> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.runpod.io/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Create a template > Creates a reusable container-configuration preset — image, disk, ports, env, registry, and mount settings — for pods and serverless endpoints. `createPod` and `createEndpoint` don't take a template ID; instead, spread a template's fields into the request body directly. Returns the created template. ## OpenAPI ````yaml post /v2/templates openapi: 3.1.0 info: title: Runpod REST API version: 2.0.0 description: Runpod public REST API — v2 servers: - url: https://api.runpod.io description: Runpod API v2 production server security: - bearerAuth: [] tags: - name: Pods description: GPU and CPU pod lifecycle, configuration, actions, and log streaming. - name: Serverless description: >- Serverless endpoint lifecycle, worker visibility, releases, and worker log streaming. - name: Templates description: Reusable pod and endpoint configuration templates. - name: Network Volumes description: Persistent network storage volumes for workloads. - name: Registries description: Container registry credentials used to pull private images. - name: Catalog description: Available GPU, CPU, and data center catalog metadata. - name: Billing description: Billing history and usage cost records across resource types. paths: /v2/templates: post: tags: - Templates summary: Create a template description: | Creates a reusable container-configuration preset — image, disk, ports, env, registry, and mount settings — for pods and serverless endpoints. `createPod` and `createEndpoint` don't take a template ID; instead, spread a template's fields into the request body directly. Returns the created template. operationId: createTemplate requestBody: required: true content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateTemplateRequest' examples: podTemplate: summary: Pod template value: name: PyTorch GPU Template image: runpod/pytorch:2.8.0-py3.11-cuda12.8.1 category: NVIDIA disk: 50 ports: - 8888/http env: JUPYTER_ENABLE_LAB: 'yes' mounts: persistent: size: 20 path: /workspace serverless: false public: false responses: '201': description: Created content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Template' examples: template: summary: Successful response value: id: 9x4m2p7v name: PyTorch GPU Template image: runpod/pytorch:2.8.0-py3.11-cuda12.8.1 args: '' disk: 50 mounts: persistent: size: 20 path: /workspace ports: - 8888/http env: JUPYTER_ENABLE_LAB: 'yes' registry: null serverless: false public: false category: NVIDIA '400': $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequestError' '401': $ref: '#/components/responses/UnauthorizedError' '403': $ref: '#/components/responses/ForbiddenError' '422': $ref: '#/components/responses/UnprocessableEntityError' '429': $ref: '#/components/responses/TooManyRequestsError' default: description: Error content: application/problem+json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse' components: schemas: CreateTemplateRequest: allOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ContainerConfig' - type: object required: - name - image properties: name: type: string minLength: 1 examples: - My PyTorch Template mounts: $ref: '#/components/schemas/TemplateMounts' serverless: type: boolean default: false public: type: boolean default: false category: description: Optional. Defaults to `NVIDIA` when omitted. allOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/TemplateCategory' default: NVIDIA unevaluatedProperties: false Template: allOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ContainerConfig' - type: object required: - id - name - image - args - disk - mounts - ports - env - registry - serverless - public - category properties: id: type: string examples: - tpl_abc name: type: string examples: - My PyTorch Template mounts: $ref: '#/components/schemas/TemplateMounts' serverless: type: boolean description: >- Whether this template is for serverless workers (true) or pods (false) examples: - false public: type: boolean description: Whether this template is visible to other Runpod users examples: - false category: $ref: '#/components/schemas/TemplateCategory' ErrorResponse: type: object required: - title - status - detail properties: title: type: string description: Short human-readable summary examples: - Not Found status: type: integer description: HTTP status code examples: - 404 detail: type: string description: Human-readable explanation examples: - pod not found errors: type: array description: Individual request-validation failures. items: type: string examples: - - '$: additional properties ''bogus'' not allowed' ContainerConfig: type: object description: > Reusable container configuration shared across templates, pods, and serverless endpoints. Adding a field here automatically propagates to all three resources. properties: image: type: string description: Docker image reference examples: - runpod/pytorch:2.8.0-py3.11-cuda12.8.1 args: type: string description: Arguments passed to the container entrypoint examples: - '' disk: type: integer minimum: 1 description: Container disk in GB (ephemeral, wiped on restart) examples: - 50 ports: type: array description: Exposed ports, formatted as port/protocol items: type: string examples: - - 8888/http - 22/tcp env: type: object additionalProperties: type: string description: Environment variables as key-value pairs examples: - JUPYTER_PASSWORD: hunter2 registry: type: - string - 'null' description: Container registry credential ID (for private images) examples: - null TemplateMounts: type: object additionalProperties: false description: | Storage mounts attached to a template. Templates support only a single persistent mount today; any `network` property is rejected with 422 by the schema validator. PATCH semantics: omitting `mounts` or sending `{}` leaves the existing mount unchanged. properties: persistent: $ref: '#/components/schemas/PersistentMount' TemplateCategory: type: string description: | Controls how the template is grouped and filtered in the Runpod console. It does not affect hardware selection, scheduling, or billing. - `CPU` — CPU-only workloads - `NVIDIA` — NVIDIA GPU workloads - `AMD` — AMD GPU workloads enum: - CPU - NVIDIA - AMD PersistentMount: type: object required: - size - path additionalProperties: false description: | Host-local persistent storage. Pinned to the pod's host machine — data does not survive a host failure. Disallowed on CPU pods. Mutually exclusive with NetworkMount. Deprecated: prefer NetworkMount for any data you cannot recreate. properties: size: type: integer minimum: 10 description: >- Host-local persistent storage in GB. Upstream enforces a 10 GB floor. examples: - 20 path: type: string description: Mount path inside the container. May be changed via PATCH. examples: - /workspace responses: BadRequestError: description: >- The request could not be processed because it is malformed or conflicts with request rules. content: application/problem+json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse' examples: badRequest: summary: Bad request value: title: Bad Request status: 400 detail: request could not be processed UnauthorizedError: description: >- Authentication failed because the bearer token is missing, malformed, expired, or invalid. content: application/problem+json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse' examples: missingBearerToken: summary: Missing bearer token value: title: Unauthorized status: 401 detail: missing bearer token ForbiddenError: description: >- The bearer token is valid, but it does not grant access to the requested resource or action. content: application/problem+json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse' examples: insufficientAccess: summary: Insufficient access value: title: Forbidden status: 403 detail: access denied UnprocessableEntityError: description: >- The request body or parameters were syntactically valid but failed validation. content: application/problem+json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse' examples: validationFailed: summary: Validation failed value: title: Unprocessable Entity status: 422 detail: Request validation failed. TooManyRequestsError: description: > The caller exceeded its per-user rate limit. The response identifies the window that was exceeded and how long to wait. The `RateLimit` and `RateLimit-Policy` headers (per the IETF ratelimit-headers draft) also accompany successful responses, so clients can track quota before a 429. headers: Retry-After: description: Seconds to wait before retrying, per the exceeded window. schema: type: integer example: 12 RateLimit: description: > Live per-window state as a structured-field list — one member per window (`minute`, `hour`, `day`) with remaining count `r` and seconds-until-reset `t`. schema: type: string example: '"minute";r=0;t=12, "hour";r=2800;t=1812, "day";r=49500;t=45012' RateLimit-Policy: description: > Static quota policy as a structured-field list — one member per window with quota `q` and window length `w` (seconds). schema: type: string example: '"minute";q=60;w=60, "hour";q=3000;w=3600, "day";q=50000;w=86400' content: application/problem+json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse' examples: rateLimited: summary: Rate limit exceeded value: title: Too Many Requests status: 429 detail: rate limit exceeded for the minute window securitySchemes: bearerAuth: type: http scheme: bearer bearerFormat: Runpod API Key description: > Runpod API key authentication. Generate an API key in the Runpod console and send it in the `Authorization` header as `Bearer `. Keys are scoped to the permissions granted when created; requests may return `403` when a valid key lacks access to the requested resource or action. ````