OS: Centos 7, Swift Version:swift 2.3.1, Ceilometer:1.0.12, Python: 2.7.5

After configuring Ceilometer, Swift proxy-server fails to start.

Error: openstack-swift-proxy.service - OpenStack Object Storage (swift) - Proxy Server Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/openstack-swift-proxy.service; enabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Tue 2015-01-06 21:32:38 IST; 2s ago Process: 19988 ExecStart=/usr/bin/swift-proxy-server /etc/swift/proxy-server.conf (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Main PID: 19988 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Jan 06 21:32:38 localhost.localdomain swift-proxy-server[19988]: filelog = logging.handlers.WatchedFileHandler(logpath) Jan 06 21:32:38 localhost.localdomain swift-proxy-server[19988]: File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/logging/handlers.py", line 392, in __init__ Jan 06 21:32:38 localhost.localdomain swift-proxy-server[19988]: logging.FileHandler.__init__(self, filename, mode, encoding, delay) Jan 06 21:32:38 localhost.localdomain swift-proxy-server[19988]: File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/logging/__init__.py", line 902, in __init__ Jan 06 21:32:38 localhost.localdomain swift-proxy-server[19988]: StreamHandler.__init__(self, self._open()) Jan 06 21:32:38 localhost.localdomain swift-proxy-server[19988]: File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/logging/__init__.py", line 925, in _open Jan 06 21:32:38 localhost.localdomain swift-proxy-server[19988]: stream = open(self.baseFilename, self.mode) Jan 06 21:32:38 localhost.localdomain swift-proxy-server[19988]: IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/ceilometer/swift-proxy-....log' Jan 06 21:32:38 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: openstack-swift-proxy.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Jan 06 21:32:38 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Unit openstack-swift-proxy.service entered failed state.

I referred the previous post: https://ask.openstack.org/en/question...

as well as the bug reports: a) https://bugs.launchpad.net/swift/+bug... (Privilege drop/escalation does not pick up secondary UNIX groups) b) https://bugs.launchpad.net/ceilometer... ( When adding ceilometer to the pipeline, swift-proxy cannot start )

I assume the fix suggested in Bug #1269473 is part of latest swift version(Swift Version:swift 2.3.1). I tried all those directory permissions mentioned in above posts. I did not try code changes mentioned in Bug:1262264 (in /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/swift/common/utils.py (in my case))

Problem still persists.

Any help or suggestions?