If your goal is to have an Analytics server without metadata, and Viya isn't an option either, you could try SASjs Server - https://github.com/sasjs/server
It's an open source middleware over the Foundation SAS executable. It's very lightweight, and will even run in a $6 cloud VPS. Docs are here: https://server.sasjs.io
Today I wrote an installation guide for a fresh cloud machine: https://sasapps.io/sasjs-server-on-vps
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