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+.\" Date: 03/31/2012
+.\" Manual: System administration commands
+.\" Source: Heat 0.0.1
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+.TH "HEAT" "1" "03/31/2012" "HEAT 0\&.0\&.1" "System administration commands"
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+.SH "NAME"
+heat-metadata \- API server to access and manipulate metadata of Heat stacks
+.SH "SYNOPSIS"
+.sp
+heat-metadata
+.SH "DESCRIPTION"
+.sp
+\fBHeat Metadata\fR provides a restful API to metadata of each stack and resource managed by \fBHeat\fR\&.
+.sp
+It also allows instances to send usage statistics (similar to the CloudWatch
+functionality)\&.
+.sp
+The \fBMetadata server\fR communicates with \fBHeat engine\fR which takes care of the actual database access\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+.SH "AUTHOR"
+.sp
+See the AUTHORS file for a complete list of contributors\&.
+.SH "COPYRIGHT"
+.sp
+Copyright \(co 2012, Red Hat Inc
+.sp
+Heat is released under the terms of the ASL 2 License\&.
+.sp
+Extensive documentation as well as IRC and mailing list info is available on the heat home page: http://heat\&-api\&.org/