File: //lib/python3/dist-packages/awscli/examples/iot/create-provisioning-template.rst
**To create a provisioning template**
The following ``create-provisioning-template`` example creates a provisioning template as defined by the file ``template.json``. ::
aws iot create-provisioning-template \
--template-name widget-template \
--description "A provisioning template for widgets" \
--provisioning-role-arn arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/Provision_role \
--template-body file://template.json
Contents of ``template.json``::
{
"Parameters" : {
"DeviceLocation": {
"Type": "String"
}
},
"Mappings": {
"LocationTable": {
"Seattle": {
"LocationUrl": "https://example.aws"
}
}
},
"Resources" : {
"thing" : {
"Type" : "AWS::IoT::Thing",
"Properties" : {
"AttributePayload" : {
"version" : "v1",
"serialNumber" : "serialNumber"
},
"ThingName" : {"Fn::Join":["",["ThingPrefix_",{"Ref":"SerialNumber"}]]},
"ThingTypeName" : {"Fn::Join":["",["ThingTypePrefix_",{"Ref":"SerialNumber"}]]},
"ThingGroups" : ["widgets", "WA"],
"BillingGroup": "BillingGroup"
},
"OverrideSettings" : {
"AttributePayload" : "MERGE",
"ThingTypeName" : "REPLACE",
"ThingGroups" : "DO_NOTHING"
}
},
"certificate" : {
"Type" : "AWS::IoT::Certificate",
"Properties" : {
"CertificateId": {"Ref": "AWS::IoT::Certificate::Id"},
"Status" : "Active"
}
},
"policy" : {
"Type" : "AWS::IoT::Policy",
"Properties" : {
"PolicyDocument" : {
"Version": "2012-10-17",
"Statement": [{
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action":["iot:Publish"],
"Resource": ["arn:aws:iot:us-east-1:504350838278:topic/foo/bar"]
}]
}
}
}
},
"DeviceConfiguration": {
"FallbackUrl": "https://www.example.com/test-site",
"LocationUrl": {
"Fn::FindInMap": ["LocationTable",{"Ref": "DeviceLocation"}, "LocationUrl"]}
}
}
}
Output::
{
"templateArn": "arn:aws:iot:us-east-1:123456789012:provisioningtemplate/widget-template",
"templateName": "widget-template",
"defaultVersionId": 1
}
For more information, see `AWS IoT Secure Tunneling <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iot/latest/developerguide/secure-tunneling.html>`__ in the *AWS IoT Core Developer Guide*.