InfluxDB Templates API
Export and apply InfluxDB **templates**. Manage **stacks** of templated InfluxDB resources. InfluxDB templates are prepackaged configurations for resources. Use InfluxDB templates to configure a fresh instance of InfluxDB, back up your dashboard configuration, or share your configuration. Use the `/api/v2/templates` endpoints to export templates and apply templates. **InfluxDB stacks** are stateful InfluxDB templates that let you add, update, and remove installed template resources over time, avoid duplicating resources when applying the same or similar templates more than once, and apply changes to distributed instances of InfluxDB OSS or InfluxDB Cloud. Use the `/api/v2/stacks` endpoints to manage installed template resources. ### Related guides - [InfluxDB stacks](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/influxdb-templates/stacks/) - [InfluxDB templates](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/influxdb-templates/)