To retrieve object store statistics, the Telemetry service needs access to Object Storage with the ResellerAdmin role. Give this role to your os_username user for the os_tenant_name tenant: $ keystone role-create --name=ResellerAdmin +----------+----------------------------------+ | Property | Value | +----------+----------------------------------+ | id | 462fa46c13fd4798a95a3bfbe27b5e54 | | name | ResellerAdmin | +----------+----------------------------------+ $ keystone user-role-add --tenant service --user ceilometer \ --role 462fa46c13fd4798a95a3bfbe27b5e54 You must also add the Telemetry middleware to Object Storage to handle incoming and outgoing traffic. Add these lines to the /etc/swift/proxy-server.conf file: [filter:ceilometer] use = egg:ceilometer#swift Add ceilometer to the pipeline parameter of that same file: [pipeline:main] pipeline = healthcheck cache authtoken keystoneauth ceilometer proxy-server Restart the service with its new settings: # service swift-proxy restart # service openstack-swift-proxy restart