# Templates

Templates let you deploy a container (or a stack of containers) to an environment with a set of predetermined configuration values while still allowing you to customize the configuration (for example, environment variables).

{% content-ref url="templates/application" %}
[application](https://docs.portainer.io/2.33-lts/user/docker/templates/application)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="templates/custom" %}
[custom](https://docs.portainer.io/2.33-lts/user/docker/templates/custom)
{% endcontent-ref %}