**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*.