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+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+
+"""WSGI script for Nova metadata
+
+EXPERIMENTAL support script for running Nova metadata under Apache2 etc.
+
+"""
+
+from oslo_config import cfg
+from oslo_log import log as logging
+from paste import deploy
+
+from nova import config
+from nova import objects
+from nova import service  # noqa
+from nova import utils
+
+CONF = cfg.CONF
+
+config_files = ['/etc/nova/api-paste.ini', '/etc/nova/nova.conf']
+config.parse_args([], default_config_files=config_files)
+
+logging.setup(CONF, "nova")
+utils.monkey_patch()
+objects.register_all()
+
+conf = config_files[0]
+name = "metadata"
+
+options = deploy.appconfig('config:%s' % conf, name=name)
+
+application = deploy.loadapp('config:%s' % conf, name=name)