diff --git a/civo/resource_template_test.go b/civo/resource_template_test.go
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+package civo
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/civo/civogo"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/helper/acctest"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/helper/resource"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/terraform"
+)
+
+// example.Widget represents a concrete Go type that represents an API resource
+func TestAccCivoTemplate_basic(t *testing.T) {
+	var template civogo.Template
+
+	// generate a random name for each test run
+	resName := "civo_template.foobar"
+	var templateName = acctest.RandomWithPrefix("tf-test")
+
+	resource.Test(t, resource.TestCase{
+		PreCheck:     func() { testAccPreCheck(t) },
+		Providers:    testAccProviders,
+		CheckDestroy: testAccCheckCivoTemplateDestroy,
+		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+			{
+				// use a dynamic configuration with the random name from above
+				Config: testAccCheckCivoTemplateConfigBasic(templateName),
+				// compose a basic test, checking both remote and local values
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+					// query the API to retrieve the widget object
+					testAccCheckCivoTemplateResourceExists(resName, &template),
+					// verify remote values
+					testAccCheckCivoTemplateValues(&template, templateName),
+					// verify local values
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(resName, "name", templateName),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttrSet(resName, "image_id"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttrSet(resName, "short_description"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttrSet(resName, "description"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttrSet(resName, "default_username"),
+				),
+			},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
+func TestAccCivoTemplate_update(t *testing.T) {
+	var template civogo.Template
+
+	// generate a random name for each test run
+	resName := "civo_template.foobar"
+	var templateName = acctest.RandomWithPrefix("tf-test")
+	var templateNameUpdate = acctest.RandomWithPrefix("tf-update")
+
+	resource.Test(t, resource.TestCase{
+		PreCheck:     func() { testAccPreCheck(t) },
+		Providers:    testAccProviders,
+		CheckDestroy: testAccCheckCivoSSHKeyDestroy,
+		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+			{
+				Config: testAccCheckCivoTemplateConfigBasic(templateName),
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+					testAccCheckCivoTemplateResourceExists(resName, &template),
+					testAccCheckCivoTemplateValues(&template, templateName),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(resName, "name", templateName),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttrSet(resName, "image_id"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttrSet(resName, "short_description"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttrSet(resName, "description"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttrSet(resName, "default_username"),
+				),
+			},
+			{
+				// use a dynamic configuration with the random name from above
+				Config: testAccCheckCivoTemplateConfigUpdates(templateName, templateNameUpdate),
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+					testAccCheckCivoTemplateResourceExists(resName, &template),
+					testAccCheckCivoTemplateUpdated(&template, templateNameUpdate),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(resName, "name", templateNameUpdate),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttrSet(resName, "image_id"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttrSet(resName, "short_description"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttrSet(resName, "description"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttrSet(resName, "default_username"),
+				),
+			},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
+func testAccCheckCivoTemplateValues(template *civogo.Template, name string) resource.TestCheckFunc {
+	return func(s *terraform.State) error {
+		if template.Name != name {
+			return fmt.Errorf("bad name, expected \"%s\", got: %#v", name, template.Name)
+		}
+		return nil
+	}
+}
+
+// testAccCheckExampleResourceExists queries the API and retrieves the matching Widget.
+func testAccCheckCivoTemplateResourceExists(n string, template *civogo.Template) resource.TestCheckFunc {
+	return func(s *terraform.State) error {
+		// find the corresponding state object
+		rs, ok := s.RootModule().Resources[n]
+		if !ok {
+			return fmt.Errorf("Not found: %s", n)
+		}
+
+		// retrieve the configured client from the test setup
+		client := testAccProvider.Meta().(*civogo.Client)
+		resp, err := client.GetTemplateByCode(rs.Primary.Attributes["code"])
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("Template not found: (%s) %s", rs.Primary.ID, err)
+		}
+
+		// If no error, assign the response Widget attribute to the widget pointer
+		*template = *resp
+
+		// return fmt.Errorf("Domain (%s) not found", rs.Primary.ID)
+		return nil
+	}
+}
+
+func testAccCheckCivoTemplateUpdated(template *civogo.Template, name string) resource.TestCheckFunc {
+	return func(s *terraform.State) error {
+		if template.Name != name {
+			return fmt.Errorf("bad name, expected \"%s\", got: %#v", name, template.Name)
+		}
+		return nil
+	}
+}
+
+func testAccCheckCivoTemplateDestroy(s *terraform.State) error {
+	client := testAccProvider.Meta().(*civogo.Client)
+
+	for _, rs := range s.RootModule().Resources {
+		if rs.Type != "civo_template" {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		_, err := client.GetTemplateByCode(rs.Primary.Attributes["code"])
+		if err == nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("Template still exists")
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func testAccCheckCivoTemplateConfigBasic(name string) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf(`
+resource "civo_template" "foobar" {
+	code = "%s"
+	name = "%s"
+	image_id = "38686161-ba25-4899-ac0a-54eaf35239c0"
+	short_description = "my-description"
+	description = "my-description-long"
+	default_username = "admin"
+}`, name, name)
+}
+
+func testAccCheckCivoTemplateConfigUpdates(name string, updateName string) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf(`
+resource "civo_template" "foobar" {
+	code = "%s"
+	name = "%s"
+	image_id = "38686161-ba25-4899-ac0a-54eaf35239c0"
+	short_description = "my-description"
+	description = "my-description-long"
+	default_username = "admin"
+}`, name, updateName)
+}