# Working with Profile Types

A profile is a template used to create and manage nodes, i.e. objects exposed by other OpenStack services. A profile encodes the information needed for node creation in a property named `spec`.

## List Profile Types

To examine the known profile types:

Full example: manage profile type

## Get Profile Type

To get the details about a profile type, you need to provide the name of it.

Full example: manage profile type

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