# Deploy services to a swarm — Template example

> This example sets the template of the created containers based on the service's name and the ID of the node where the container is running Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically): ```console $ docker service create --name hosttempl \ --hostname="{{.Node.ID}}-{{.Service.Nam

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This example sets the template of the created containers based on the service's name and the ID of the node where the container is running

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
$ docker service create --name hosttempl \
                        --hostname="{{.Node.ID}}-{{.Service.Name}}"\
                         busybox top
```

To see the result of using the template, use the docker service ps and docker inspect commands.

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
$ docker service ps va8ew30grofhjoychbr6iot8c

ID            NAME         IMAGE                                                                                   NODE          DESIRED STATE  CURRENT STATE               ERROR  PORTS
wo41w8hg8qan  hosttempl.1  busybox:latest@sha256:29f5d56d12684887bdfa50dcd29fc31eea4aaf4ad3bec43daf19026a7ce69912  2e7a8a9c4da2  Running        Running about a minute ago
```

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
$ docker inspect --format="{{.Config.Hostname}}" hosttempl.1.wo41w8hg8qanxwjwsg4kxpprj
```

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