diff --git a/salt/telegraf/etc/telegraf.conf b/salt/telegraf/etc/telegraf.conf
index 44e78ecda..fe3ed82a7 100644
--- a/salt/telegraf/etc/telegraf.conf
+++ b/salt/telegraf/etc/telegraf.conf
@@ -837,6 +837,13 @@
   files = ["/host/nsm/zeek/logs/zeek_restart.log"]
   data_format = "influx"
 {% endif %}
+{% if grains.role in ['so-manager', 'so-managersearch', 'so-standalone', 'so-eval'] %}
+[[inputs.file]]
+  files = ["/opt/so/conf/telegraf/node_tab.json"]
+  name_override = "node_config"
+  data_format = "json"
+  interval = 5m
+{% endif %}
 
 
 # # Count files in a directory
diff --git a/salt/telegraf/init.sls b/salt/telegraf/init.sls
index f057f2dfd..90731c602 100644
--- a/salt/telegraf/init.sls
+++ b/salt/telegraf/init.sls
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ 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:
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ node_tab:
     - name: /opt/so/conf/telegraf/node_tab.json
     - source: salt://telegraf/node_tab.json.jinja
     - template: jinja
+{% endif %}
 
 so-telegraf:
   docker_container.running: