Creating Templates
Users with the Template Administrator role or above can create templates
within Coder.
From a starter template
In most cases, it is best to start with a starter template.
After navigating to the Templates page in the Coder dashboard, choose
Create Template > Choose a starter template.
From there, select a starter template for desired underlying infrastructure for workspaces.
Give your template a name, description, and icon and press Create template.
[!NOTE] If template creation fails, Coder is likely not authorized to deploy infrastructure in the given location. Learn how to configure provisioner authentication.
From an existing template
You can duplicate an existing template in your Coder deployment. This will copy the template code and metadata, allowing you to make changes without affecting the original template.
After navigating to the page for a template, use the dropdown menu on the right
to Duplicate.
Give the new template a name, icon, and description.
Press Create template. After the build, you will be taken to the new template
page.
From scratch (advanced)
There may be cases where you want to create a template from scratch. You can use any Terraform provider with Coder to create templates for additional clouds (e.g. Hetzner, Alibaba) or orchestrators (VMware, Proxmox) that we do not provide example templates for.
Refer to the following resources:
- Tutorial: Create a template from scratch
- Extending templates: Features and concepts around templates (agents, parameters, variables, etc)
- Coder Registry: Official and community templates for Coder
- Coder Terraform Provider Reference