# Dataproc Metastore documentation

[Read product documentation](https://docs.cloud.google.com/dataproc-metastore/docs/overview)
Dataproc Metastore is a fully managed [Apache Hive metastore](https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/Hive/Design#Design-Metastore)
(HMS) that runs on Google Cloud. An HMS is the established standard in the open source big data
ecosystem for managing technical metadata.

Dataproc Metastore is highly available, autohealing, and serverless.
It helps you manage your [data lake](https://cloud.google.com/learn/what-is-a-data-lake)
metadata and provides interoperability between the various data processing engines
and tools you're using.

## Documentation resources

Find quickstarts and guides, review key references, and get help with common issues.

### Guides

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  Quickstarts:
  [Quickstart: Create a Dataproc Metastore service and cluster](https://docs.cloud.google.com/dataproc-metastore/docs/create-service-cluster)
  or
  [Quickstart: Migrate self-managed MySQL metastore to Dataproc Metastore](https://docs.cloud.google.com/dataproc-metastore/docs/migrate-mysql-metastore)


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  [Create a service](https://docs.cloud.google.com/dataproc-metastore/docs/create-service)

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  [Manage a service](https://docs.cloud.google.com/dataproc-metastore/docs/manage-service)

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  [Import metadata into a service](https://docs.cloud.google.com/dataproc-metastore/docs/import-metadata)

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  [Attach a Managed Service for Apache Spark or self-managed cluster](https://docs.cloud.google.com/dataproc-metastore/docs/attach-dataproc)

### Reference

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  [Dataproc Metastore REST reference](https://docs.cloud.google.com/dataproc-metastore/docs/reference/rest)

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  [Dataproc Metastore RPC reference](https://docs.cloud.google.com/dataproc-metastore/docs/reference/rpc)

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  [Use the Google Cloud SDK](https://docs.cloud.google.com/dataproc-metastore/docs/gcloud-installation)

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  [Use the API Explorer](https://docs.cloud.google.com/dataproc-metastore/docs/api-explorer)

### Resources

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  [Pricing](https://docs.cloud.google.com/dataproc-metastore/pricing)

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  [Quotas and limits](https://docs.cloud.google.com/dataproc-metastore/docs/quotas)

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  [Release notes](https://docs.cloud.google.com/dataproc-metastore/docs/release-notes)

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  [Troubleshooting](https://docs.cloud.google.com/dataproc-metastore/docs/troubleshooting)

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  [Get support](https://docs.cloud.google.com/dataproc-metastore/docs/support/getting-support)

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