It looks like the heat_admin user did not have a proper role on the services tenant ? Raw format for better readability: http://paste.openstack.org/raw/484208/ [root@n27 ~]# openstack role assignment list +----------------------------------+----------------------------------+-------+----------------------------------+----------------------------------+-----------+ | Role | User | Group | Project | Domain | Inherited | +----------------------------------+----------------------------------+-------+----------------------------------+----------------------------------+-----------+ | 8cb02ff4fcc1486fa758caba1b1ee9b8 | 0f5fb3b47da14e19b8a39dad20dff35d | | a6542148bace42c1bb442cda9dada65a | | False | | 8cb02ff4fcc1486fa758caba1b1ee9b8 | 145d78112da945df82ab6eef473d33bf | | a6542148bace42c1bb442cda9dada65a | | False | | 8cb02ff4fcc1486fa758caba1b1ee9b8 | 14a9ae9b039749dd83d7091bdfd80795 | | a6542148bace42c1bb442cda9dada65a | | False | | 8cb02ff4fcc1486fa758caba1b1ee9b8 | 464f3b67e6d54491ac296a6ceff6db31 | | a6542148bace42c1bb442cda9dada65a | | False | | 8cb02ff4fcc1486fa758caba1b1ee9b8 | 5df280cbec3f4852b94a054bf2a9ace8 | | a6542148bace42c1bb442cda9dada65a | | False | | 8cb02ff4fcc1486fa758caba1b1ee9b8 | 670bb7d8c2614f009993e817591cbdef | | a6542148bace42c1bb442cda9dada65a | | False | | 8cb02ff4fcc1486fa758caba1b1ee9b8 | cf75ce9ce1ff4b3abfea45677be5c971 | | a6542148bace42c1bb442cda9dada65a | | False | | 8cb02ff4fcc1486fa758caba1b1ee9b8 | f91a4e9af4004763aeee740bc2506c1e | | a779793672254183bba23dabdd6f9bcd | | False | | 8cb02ff4fcc1486fa758caba1b1ee9b8 | 3d3d5aee81654d29b43caa330ebf2378 | | | 7310aa5ea8424fa08be53ca227186fb4 | False | +----------------------------------+----------------------------------+-------+----------------------------------+----------------------------------+-----------+ [root@n27 ~]# openstack role show 8cb02ff4fcc1486fa758caba1b1ee9b8 +-------+----------------------------------+ | Field | Value | +-------+----------------------------------+ | id | 8cb02ff4fcc1486fa758caba1b1ee9b8 | | name | admin | +-------+----------------------------------+ [root@n27 ~]# openstack project show a6542148bace42c1bb442cda9dada65a +-------------+-----------------------------------+ | Field | Value | +-------------+-----------------------------------+ | description | Tenant for the openstack services | | domain_id | default | | enabled | True | | id | a6542148bace42c1bb442cda9dada65a | | is_domain | False | | name | services | | parent_id | None | +-------------+-----------------------------------+ [root@n27 ~]# openstack role assignment list +----------------------------------+----------------------------------+-------+----------------------------------+----------------------------------+-----------+ | Role | User | Group | Project | Domain | Inherited | +----------------------------------+----------------------------------+-------+----------------------------------+----------------------------------+-----------+ | 8cb02ff4fcc1486fa758caba1b1ee9b8 | 0f5fb3b47da14e19b8a39dad20dff35d | | a6542148bace42c1bb442cda9dada65a | | False | | 8cb02ff4fcc1486fa758caba1b1ee9b8 | 145d78112da945df82ab6eef473d33bf | | a6542148bace42c1bb442cda9dada65a | | False | | 8cb02ff4fcc1486fa758caba1b1ee9b8 | 14a9ae9b039749dd83d7091bdfd80795 | | a6542148bace42c1bb442cda9dada65a | | False | | 8cb02ff4fcc1486fa758caba1b1ee9b8 | 3d3d5aee81654d29b43caa330ebf2378 | | a6542148bace42c1bb442cda9dada65a | | False | | 8cb02ff4fcc1486fa758caba1b1ee9b8 | 464f3b67e6d54491ac296a6ceff6db31 | | a6542148bace42c1bb442cda9dada65a | | False | | 8cb02ff4fcc1486fa758caba1b1ee9b8 | 5df280cbec3f4852b94a054bf2a9ace8 | | a6542148bace42c1bb442cda9dada65a | | False | | 8cb02ff4fcc1486fa758caba1b1ee9b8 | 670bb7d8c2614f009993e817591cbdef | | a6542148bace42c1bb442cda9dada65a | | False | | 8cb02ff4fcc1486fa758caba1b1ee9b8 | cf75ce9ce1ff4b3abfea45677be5c971 | | a6542148bace42c1bb442cda9dada65a | | False | | 8cb02ff4fcc1486fa758caba1b1ee9b8 | f91a4e9af4004763aeee740bc2506c1e | | a779793672254183bba23dabdd6f9bcd | | False | | 8cb02ff4fcc1486fa758caba1b1ee9b8 | 3d3d5aee81654d29b43caa330ebf2378 | | | 7310aa5ea8424fa08be53ca227186fb4 | False | +----------------------------------+----------------------------------+-------+----------------------------------+----------------------------------+-----------+ [root@n27 ~]# openstack project list --user heat_admin +----------------------------------+----------+ | ID | Name | +----------------------------------+----------+ | a6542148bace42c1bb442cda9dada65a | services | +----------------------------------+----------+