diff --git a/salt/influxdb/defaults.yaml b/salt/influxdb/defaults.yaml
index 72c436a41..64b7d394b 100644
--- a/salt/influxdb/defaults.yaml
+++ b/salt/influxdb/defaults.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ influxdb:
   config:
     bolt-path: /var/lib/influxdb2/influxd.bolt
     engine-path: /var/lib/influxdb2/engine
-    feature-flags:
+    feature-flags: ""
     flux-log-enabled: false
     hardening-enabled: true
     http-bind-address: :8086
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ influxdb:
     influxql-max-select-buckets: 0
     influxql-max-select-point: 0
     influxql-max-select-series: 0
-    instance-id:
+    instance-id: ""
     log-level: info
     metrics-disabled: true
     no-tasks: false
@@ -52,18 +52,18 @@ influxdb:
     tls-key: /conf/influxdb.key
     tls-min-version: 1.2
     tls-strict-ciphers: true
-    tracing-type: log
+    tracing-type: ""
     ui-disabled: false
-    vault-addr: 
-    vault-cacert: 
-    vault-capath: 
-    vault-client-cert: 
-    vault-client-key: 
+    vault-addr: ""
+    vault-cacert: ""
+    vault-capath: ""
+    vault-client-cert: ""
+    vault-client-key: ""
     vault-client-timeout: 60s
     vault-max-retries: 2
     vault-skip-verify: false
-    vault-tls-server-name: 
-    vault-token: 
+    vault-tls-server-name: ""
+    vault-token: ""
   retention_policies:
     so_short_term:
       default: True
diff --git a/salt/nginx/etc/nginx.conf b/salt/nginx/etc/nginx.conf
index d72052a01..391033766 100644
--- a/salt/nginx/etc/nginx.conf
+++ b/salt/nginx/etc/nginx.conf
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ http {
 		location /influxdb/ {
 			auth_request          /auth/sessions/whoami;
 			rewrite               /influxdb/(.*) /$1 break;
-			proxy_pass            http://{{ GLOBALS.manager_ip }}:8086/;
+			proxy_pass            https://{{ GLOBALS.manager_ip }}:8086/;
 			proxy_read_timeout    90;
 			proxy_connect_timeout 90;
 			proxy_set_header      Host $host;