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  Represents a NodeTemplate resource.
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# google\_compute\_node\_template

Represents a NodeTemplate resource. Node templates specify properties
for creating sole-tenant nodes, such as node type, vCPU and memory
requirments, node affinity labels, and region.


To get more information about NodeTemplate, see:

* [API documentation](https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/reference/rest/v1/nodeTemplates)
* How-to Guides
    * [Sole-Tenant Nodes](https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/nodes/)

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## Example Usage - Node Template Basic


```hcl
data "google_compute_node_types" "central1a" {
  zone = "us-central1-a"
}

resource "google_compute_node_template" "template" {
  name = "soletenant-tmpl"
  region = "us-central1"

  node_affinity_labels = {
    foo = "baz"
  }

  node_type = "${data.google_compute_node_types.central1a.names[0]}"
}
```

## Argument Reference

The following arguments are supported:



- - -


* `description` -
  (Optional)
  An optional textual description of the resource.

* `name` -
  (Optional)
  Name of the resource.

* `node_affinity_labels` -
  (Optional)
  Labels to use for node affinity, which will be used in
  instance scheduling.

* `node_type` -
  (Optional)
  Node type to use for nodes group that are created from this template.
  Only one of nodeTypeFlexibility and nodeType can be specified.

* `node_type_flexibility` -
  (Optional)
  Flexible properties for the desired node type. Node groups that
  use this node template will create nodes of a type that matches
  these properties. Only one of nodeTypeFlexibility and nodeType can
  be specified.  Structure is documented below.

* `region` -
  (Optional)
  Region where nodes using the node template will be created.
  If it is not provided, the provider region is used.
* `project` - (Optional) The ID of the project in which the resource belongs.
    If it is not provided, the provider project is used.


The `node_type_flexibility` block supports:

* `cpus` -
  (Optional)
  Number of virtual CPUs to use.

* `memory` -
  (Optional)
  Physical memory available to the node, defined in MB.

* `local_ssd` -
  Use local SSD

## Attributes Reference

In addition to the arguments listed above, the following computed attributes are exported:


* `creation_timestamp` -
  Creation timestamp in RFC3339 text format.
* `self_link` - The URI of the created resource.


## Timeouts

This resource provides the following
[Timeouts](/docs/configuration/resources.html#timeouts) configuration options:

- `create` - Default is 4 minutes.
- `delete` - Default is 4 minutes.

## Import

NodeTemplate can be imported using any of these accepted formats:

```
$ terraform import google_compute_node_template.default projects/{{project}}/regions/{{region}}/nodeTemplates/{{name}}
$ terraform import google_compute_node_template.default {{project}}/{{region}}/{{name}}
$ terraform import google_compute_node_template.default {{name}}
```

-> If you're importing a resource with beta features, make sure to include `-provider=google-beta`
as an argument so that Terraform uses the correct provider to import your resource.