In order to retrieve object store statistics, the Metering Service needs access to Object Storage with ResellerAdmin role. You should give this role to your os_username user for tenant os_tenant_name: $ keystone role-create --name=ResellerAdmin +----------+----------------------------------+ | Property | Value | +----------+----------------------------------+ | id | 462fa46c13fd4798a95a3bfbe27b5e54 | | name | ResellerAdmin | +----------+----------------------------------+ $ keystone user-role-add --tenant_id $SERVICE_TENANT \ --user_id $CEILOMETER_USER \ --role_id 462fa46c13fd4798a95a3bfbe27b5e54 You’ll also need to add the Metering middleware to Object Storage to account for incoming and outgoing traffic, by adding these lines to /etc/swift/proxy-server.conf: [filter:ceilometer] use = egg:ceilometer#swiftNext, add ceilometer to the pipeline parameter of that same file, right before the entry proxy-server. We now restart the service with its new settings. # service swift-proxy-server restart We now restart the service with its new settings. # service openstack-swift-proxy-server restart # systemctl restart openstack-swift-proxy-server.service