diff --git a/salt/telegraf/etc/telegraf.conf b/salt/telegraf/etc/telegraf.conf
index 67cbf0af9..86be01e70 100644
--- a/salt/telegraf/etc/telegraf.conf
+++ b/salt/telegraf/etc/telegraf.conf
@@ -832,19 +832,18 @@
 #   ## more about them here:
 #   ## https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/blob/master/docs/DATA_FORMATS_INPUT.md
 #   data_format = "influx"
-{% if salt['pillar.get']('healthcheck:enabled', 'False') %}
+{%- if salt['pillar.get']('healthcheck:enabled', 'False') %}
 [[inputs.file]]
   files = ["/host/nsm/zeek/logs/zeek_restart.log"]
   data_format = "influx"
-{% endif %}
-{% if grains.role in ['so-manager', 'so-managersearch', 'so-standalone', 'so-eval'] %}
+{%- endif %}
 [[inputs.file]]
-  files = ["/etc/telegraf/nodes_config.json"]
-  name_override = "nodes_config"
+  files = ["/etc/telegraf/node_config.json"]
+  name_override = "node_config"
   data_format = "json"
   interval = "5m"
-{% endif %}
-
+  json_string_fields = ['manint', 'monint']
+  tag_keys = ['role']
 
 # # Count files in a directory
 # [[inputs.filecount]]
diff --git a/salt/telegraf/init.sls b/salt/telegraf/init.sls
index 7c2091875..615cfc237 100644
--- a/salt/telegraf/init.sls
+++ b/salt/telegraf/init.sls
@@ -42,15 +42,13 @@ tgrafconf:
     - template: jinja
     - source: salt://telegraf/etc/telegraf.conf
 
-{% if grains.role in ['so-manager', 'so-managersearch', 'so-standalone', 'so-eval'] %}
 #this file will be read by telegraf to send node details(management interface, monitor interface, etc)
 # into influx so that grafan can build dashboards using queries
-node_tab:
+node_config:
   file.managed:
-    - name: /opt/so/conf/telegraf/nodes_config.json
-    - source: salt://telegraf/nodes_config.json.jinja
+    - name: /opt/so/conf/telegraf/node_config.json
+    - source: salt://telegraf/node_config.json.jinja
     - template: jinja
-{% endif %}
 
 so-telegraf:
   docker_container.running:
@@ -66,9 +64,7 @@ so-telegraf:
     - binds:
       - /opt/so/log/telegraf:/var/log/telegraf:rw
       - /opt/so/conf/telegraf/etc/telegraf.conf:/etc/telegraf/telegraf.conf:ro
-{% if grains.role in ['so-manager', 'so-managersearch', 'so-standalone', 'so-eval'] %}
-      - /opt/so/conf/telegraf/nodes_config.json:/etc/telegraf/nodes_config.json:ro
-{% endif %}
+      - /opt/so/conf/telegraf/node_config.json:/etc/telegraf/node_config.json:ro
       - /var/run/utmp:/var/run/utmp:ro
       - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro
       - /:/host/root:ro
@@ -91,6 +87,7 @@ so-telegraf:
     - watch:
       - file: tgrafconf
       - file: tgrafsyncscripts
+      - file: node_config
 
 append_so-telegraf_so-status.conf:
   file.append:
diff --git a/salt/telegraf/node_config.json.jinja b/salt/telegraf/node_config.json.jinja
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6aeef5fb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/salt/telegraf/node_config.json.jinja
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "role": "{{ grains.id.split('_') | last }}",
+  "manint": "{{ salt['pillar.get']('host:mainint', '') }}",
+{%- if grains.role in  ['so-standalone', 'so-eval', 'so-sensor', 'so-heavynode', ] %}
+  "monint": "{{ salt['pillar.get']('sensor:interface', '') }}"
+{% endif -%}
+}
diff --git a/salt/telegraf/nodes_config.json.jinja b/salt/telegraf/nodes_config.json.jinja
deleted file mode 100644
index 891e944a3..000000000
--- a/salt/telegraf/nodes_config.json.jinja
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-{% for tabtype in ['managertab', 'managersearchtab', 'standalonetab', 'sensorstab', 'nodestab', 'evaltab'] %}
-  {% set node_type_data = salt['pillar.get'](tabtype, False) %}
-  {% if node_type_data %}
-    {{ node_type_data | json }}
-  {% endif %}
-{% endfor %}