---
name: "swift-account-reaper"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "swift-account"
version: "2.35.1-0+deb13u3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/swift-account-reaper"
---

# swift-account-reaper(1)

OpenStack Swift account reaper

## NAME

**swift-account-reaper** - OpenStack Swift account reaper

## SYNOPSIS

**swift-account-reaper** \[CONFIG\] \[-h\|--help\] \[-v\|--verbose\] \[-o\|--once\]

## DESCRIPTION

Removes data from status=DELETED accounts. These are accounts that have been asked to be removed by the reseller via services remove\_storage\_account XMLRPC call.

The account is not deleted immediately by the services call, but instead the account is simply marked for deletion by setting the status column in the account\_stat table of the account database. This account reaper scans for such accounts and removes the data in the background. The background deletion process will occur on the primary account server for the account.

The options are as follows:

- \-v

  - \--verbose

  - log to console

    - \-o

  - \--once

  - only run one pass of daemon

    ## DOCUMENTATION

More in depth documentation in regards to **swift-object-auditor** and also about OpenStack Swift as a whole can be found at **https://docs.openstack.org/swift/latest/**

## SEE ALSO

**[account-server.conf(5)](/account-server.conf/5.md)**