diff --git a/salt/telegraf/etc/telegraf.conf b/salt/telegraf/etc/telegraf.conf
index b8976b8c9..f6bcbdaf5 100644
--- a/salt/telegraf/etc/telegraf.conf
+++ b/salt/telegraf/etc/telegraf.conf
@@ -618,11 +618,8 @@
 # # Read stats from one or more Elasticsearch servers or clusters
 {% if grains['role'] in ['so-manager', 'so-eval', 'so-managersearch', 'so-standalone']   %}
  [[inputs.elasticsearch]]
-
-#   ## specify a list of one or more Elasticsearch servers
-#   # you can add username and password to your url to use basic authentication:
-#   # servers = ["http://user:pass@localhost:9200"]
    servers = ["https://{{ MANAGER }}:9200"]
+   insecure_skip_verify = true
 {% elif grains['role'] in ['so-node', 'so-hotnode', 'so-warmnode', 'so-heavynode']  %}
  [[inputs.elasticsearch]]
    servers = ["https://{{ NODEIP }}:9200"]