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**To describe a provisioning template**
The following ``describe-provisioning-template`` example describes a provisioning template. ::
aws iot describe-provisioning-template \
--template-name MyTestProvisioningTemplate
Output::
{
"templateArn": "arn:aws:iot:us-west-2:57EXAMPLE833:provisioningtemplate/MyTestProvisioningTemplate",
"templateName": "MyTestProvisioningTemplate",
"creationDate": 1589308310.574,
"lastModifiedDate": 1589308345.539,
"defaultVersionId": 1,
"templateBody": "{
\"Parameters\":{
\"SerialNumber\":{
\"Type\":\"String\"
},
\"AWS::IoT::Certificate::Id\":{
\"Type\":\"String\"
}
},
\"Resources\":{
\"certificate\":{
\"Properties\":{
\"CertificateId\":{
\"Ref\":\"AWS::IoT::Certificate::Id\"
},
\"Status\":\"Active\"
},
\"Type\":\"AWS::IoT::Certificate\"
},
\"policy\":{
\"Properties\":{
\"PolicyName\":\"MyIotPolicy\"
},
\"Type\":\"AWS::IoT::Policy\"
},
\"thing\":{
\"OverrideSettings\":{
\"AttributePayload\":\"MERGE\",
\"ThingGroups\":\"DO_NOTHING\",
\"ThingTypeName\":\"REPLACE\"
},
\"Properties\":{
\"AttributePayload\":{},
\"ThingGroups\":[],
\"ThingName\":{
\"Fn::Join\":[
\"\",
[
\"DemoGroup_\",
{\"Ref\":\"SerialNumber\"}
]
]
},
\"ThingTypeName\":\"VirtualThings\"
},
\"Type\":\"AWS::IoT::Thing\"
}
}
}",
"enabled": true,
"provisioningRoleArn": "arn:aws:iam::571032923833:role/service-role/IoT_access"
}
For more information, see `Provisioning devices that don't have device certificates using fleet provisioning <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iot/latest/developerguide/provision-wo-cert.html>`__ in the *AWS IoT Core Developers Guide*.