diff --git a/share/default/config/index.container.mysql.toml b/share/default/config/index.container.mysql.toml
index 4a352a54..1d2a6375 100644
--- a/share/default/config/index.container.mysql.toml
+++ b/share/default/config/index.container.mysql.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-version = "2"
+[metadata]
+crate = "torrust-index"
+purpose = "configuration"
+schema_version = "2.0.0"
 
 [logging]
 #threshold = "off"
diff --git a/share/default/config/index.container.sqlite3.toml b/share/default/config/index.container.sqlite3.toml
index cd73ce0a..907f1333 100644
--- a/share/default/config/index.container.sqlite3.toml
+++ b/share/default/config/index.container.sqlite3.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-version = "2"
+[metadata]
+crate = "torrust-index"
+purpose = "configuration"
+schema_version = "2.0.0"
 
 [logging]
 #threshold = "off"
diff --git a/share/default/config/index.development.sqlite3.toml b/share/default/config/index.development.sqlite3.toml
index ecd66d98..8ea7e990 100644
--- a/share/default/config/index.development.sqlite3.toml
+++ b/share/default/config/index.development.sqlite3.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-version = "2"
+[metadata]
+crate = "torrust-index"
+purpose = "configuration"
+schema_version = "2.0.0"
 
 [logging]
 #threshold = "off"
diff --git a/share/default/config/index.private.e2e.container.sqlite3.toml b/share/default/config/index.private.e2e.container.sqlite3.toml
index 6226bc63..f24a77fe 100644
--- a/share/default/config/index.private.e2e.container.sqlite3.toml
+++ b/share/default/config/index.private.e2e.container.sqlite3.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-version = "2"
+[metadata]
+crate = "torrust-index"
+purpose = "configuration"
+schema_version = "2.0.0"
 
 [logging]
 #threshold = "off"
diff --git a/share/default/config/index.public.e2e.container.mysql.toml b/share/default/config/index.public.e2e.container.mysql.toml
index 5ef2c3d8..5b5cfe71 100644
--- a/share/default/config/index.public.e2e.container.mysql.toml
+++ b/share/default/config/index.public.e2e.container.mysql.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-version = "2"
+[metadata]
+crate = "torrust-index"
+purpose = "configuration"
+schema_version = "2.0.0"
 
 [logging]
 #threshold = "off"
diff --git a/share/default/config/index.public.e2e.container.sqlite3.toml b/share/default/config/index.public.e2e.container.sqlite3.toml
index 8547d565..be66d49c 100644
--- a/share/default/config/index.public.e2e.container.sqlite3.toml
+++ b/share/default/config/index.public.e2e.container.sqlite3.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-version = "2"
+[metadata]
+crate = "torrust-index"
+purpose = "configuration"
+schema_version = "2.0.0"
 
 [logging]
 #threshold = "off"
diff --git a/src/config/mod.rs b/src/config/mod.rs
index f27cb7a3..0000c450 100644
--- a/src/config/mod.rs
+++ b/src/config/mod.rs
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ pub type Threshold = v2::logging::Threshold;
 pub type Website = v2::website::Website;
 
 /// Configuration version
-const VERSION_2: &str = "2";
+const VERSION_2: &str = "2.0.0";
 
 /// Prefix for env vars that overwrite configuration options.
 const CONFIG_OVERRIDE_PREFIX: &str = "TORRUST_INDEX_CONFIG_OVERRIDE_";
@@ -64,41 +64,74 @@ pub const ENV_VAR_CONFIG_TOML: &str = "TORRUST_INDEX_CONFIG_TOML";
 /// The `index.toml` file location.
 pub const ENV_VAR_CONFIG_TOML_PATH: &str = "TORRUST_INDEX_CONFIG_TOML_PATH";
 
-pub const LATEST_VERSION: &str = "2";
+pub const LATEST_VERSION: &str = "2.0.0";
 
 /// Info about the configuration specification.
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq, Debug, Display, Clone)]
+#[display(fmt = "Metadata(app: {app}, purpose: {purpose}, schema_version: {schema_version})")]
 pub struct Metadata {
-    #[serde(default = "Metadata::default_version")]
+    /// The application this configuration is valid for.
+    #[serde(default = "Metadata::default_app")]
+    app: App,
+
+    /// The purpose of this parsed file.
+    #[serde(default = "Metadata::default_purpose")]
+    purpose: Purpose,
+
+    /// The schema version for the configuration.
+    #[serde(default = "Metadata::default_schema_version")]
     #[serde(flatten)]
-    version: Version,
+    schema_version: Version,
 }
 
 impl Default for Metadata {
     fn default() -> Self {
         Self {
-            version: Self::default_version(),
+            app: Self::default_app(),
+            purpose: Self::default_purpose(),
+            schema_version: Self::default_schema_version(),
         }
     }
 }
 
 impl Metadata {
-    fn default_version() -> Version {
+    fn default_app() -> App {
+        App::TorrustIndex
+    }
+
+    fn default_purpose() -> Purpose {
+        Purpose::Configuration
+    }
+
+    fn default_schema_version() -> Version {
         Version::latest()
     }
 }
 
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq, Debug, Display, Clone)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "kebab-case")]
+pub enum App {
+    TorrustIndex,
+}
+
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq, Debug, Display, Clone)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "lowercase")]
+pub enum Purpose {
+    Configuration,
+}
+
 /// The configuration version.
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq, Debug, Display, Clone)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "lowercase")]
 pub struct Version {
     #[serde(default = "Version::default_semver")]
-    version: String,
+    schema_version: String,
 }
 
 impl Default for Version {
     fn default() -> Self {
         Self {
-            version: Self::default_semver(),
+            schema_version: Self::default_semver(),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -106,13 +139,13 @@ impl Default for Version {
 impl Version {
     fn new(semver: &str) -> Self {
         Self {
-            version: semver.to_owned(),
+            schema_version: semver.to_owned(),
         }
     }
 
     fn latest() -> Self {
         Self {
-            version: LATEST_VERSION.to_string(),
+            schema_version: LATEST_VERSION.to_string(),
         }
     }
 
@@ -284,9 +317,9 @@ impl Configuration {
 
         let settings: Settings = figment.extract()?;
 
-        if settings.metadata.version != Version::new(VERSION_2) {
+        if settings.metadata.schema_version != Version::new(VERSION_2) {
             return Err(Error::UnsupportedVersion {
-                version: settings.metadata.version,
+                version: settings.metadata.schema_version,
             });
         }
 
@@ -320,7 +353,10 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[cfg(test)]
     fn default_config_toml() -> String {
-        let config = r#"version = "2"
+        let config = r#"[metadata]
+                                app = "torrust-index"
+                                purpose = "configuration"
+                                schema_version = "2.0.0"
 
                                 [logging]
                                 threshold = "info"
diff --git a/src/config/v2/mod.rs b/src/config/v2/mod.rs
index 53af3dc8..faf99edd 100644
--- a/src/config/v2/mod.rs
+++ b/src/config/v2/mod.rs
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ use super::Metadata;
 pub struct Settings {
     /// Configuration metadata.
     #[serde(default = "Settings::default_metadata")]
-    #[serde(flatten)]
     pub metadata: Metadata,
 
     /// The logging configuration.
diff --git a/src/web/api/server/v1/contexts/settings/mod.rs b/src/web/api/server/v1/contexts/settings/mod.rs
index 335fa803..a542bbf0 100644
--- a/src/web/api/server/v1/contexts/settings/mod.rs
+++ b/src/web/api/server/v1/contexts/settings/mod.rs
@@ -29,7 +29,11 @@
 //! ```json
 //! {
 //!   "data": {
-//!     "version": "2",
+//!     "metadata": {
+//!        "app": "torrust-index",
+//!        "purpose": "configuration",
+//!        "schema_version": "2.0.0"
+//!     },
 //!     "logging": {
 //!       "threshold": "info"
 //!     },