diff --git a/salt/elastalert/config.sls b/salt/elastalert/config.sls
index c435a212b..25d5bf5f8 100644
--- a/salt/elastalert/config.sls
+++ b/salt/elastalert/config.sls
@@ -96,10 +96,7 @@ elastacustomsync:
     - user: 933
     - group: 933
     - makedirs: True
-    - template: jinja
     - file_mode: 660
-    - context:
-        elastalert: {{ ELASTALERTMERGED }}
     - show_changes: False
 
 elastapredefinedsync:
diff --git a/salt/elastalert/soc_elastalert.yaml b/salt/elastalert/soc_elastalert.yaml
index ab315c482..435c5be6a 100644
--- a/salt/elastalert/soc_elastalert.yaml
+++ b/salt/elastalert/soc_elastalert.yaml
@@ -45,11 +45,54 @@ elastalert:
     forcedType: string
   files:
     custom:
-      filename__ext:
-        title: Custom Parameter File
-        description: Optional configuration file that can be used to specify custom file contents, such as a SMTP certificate file. When used, the corresponding parameter must be set to this setting's filename.ext path inside the custom subdirectory. For example, if specifying the SMTP cert file, the smtp_cert_file key must be set to /opt/elastalert/custom/smtp.crt in the Alerter Parameters setting for this certificate to be enabled, and assumes this duplicated setting has been named smtp__crt. Note that double underscores will be replaced with a period in the filename.
+      alertmanager_ca__crt:
+        description: Optional custom Certificate Authority for connecting to an AlertManager server. To utilize this custom file, the alertmanager_ca_certs key must be set to /opt/elastalert/custom/alertmanager_ca.crt in the Alerter Parameters setting. Requires a valid Security Onion license key.
+        global: True
+        file: True
+        helpLink: elastalert.html
+      gelf_ca__crt:
+        description: Optional custom Certificate Authority for connecting to a Graylog server. To utilize this custom file, the graylog_ca_certs key must be set to /opt/elastalert/custom/graylog_ca.crt in the Alerter Parameters setting. Requires a valid Security Onion license key.
+        global: True
+        file: True
+        helpLink: elastalert.html
+      http_post_ca__crt:
+        description: Optional custom Certificate Authority for connecting to a generic HTTP server, via the legacy HTTP POST alerter. To utilize this custom file, the http_post_ca_certs key must be set to /opt/elastalert/custom/http_post2_ca.crt in the Alerter Parameters setting. Requires a valid Security Onion license key.
+        global: True
+        file: True
+        helpLink: elastalert.html
+      http_post2_ca__crt:
+        description: Optional custom Certificate Authority for connecting to a generic HTTP server, via the newer HTTP POST 2 alerter. To utilize this custom file, the http_post2_ca_certs key must be set to /opt/elastalert/custom/http_post2_ca.crt in the Alerter Parameters setting. Requires a valid Security Onion license key.
+        global: True
+        file: True
+        helpLink: elastalert.html
+      ms_teams_ca__crt:
+        description: Optional custom Certificate Authority for connecting to Microsoft Teams server. To utilize this custom file, the ms_teams_ca_certs key must be set to /opt/elastalert/custom/ms_teams_ca.crt in the Alerter Parameters setting. Requires a valid Security Onion license key.
+        global: True
+        file: True
+        helpLink: elastalert.html
+      pagerduty_ca__crt:
+        description: Optional custom Certificate Authority for connecting to PagerDuty server. To utilize this custom file, the pagerduty_ca_certs key must be set to /opt/elastalert/custom/pagerduty_ca.crt in the Alerter Parameters setting. Requires a valid Security Onion license key.
+        global: True
+        file: True
+        helpLink: elastalert.html
+      rocket_chat_ca__crt:
+        description: Optional custom Certificate Authority for connecting to PagerDuty server. To utilize this custom file, the rocket_chart_ca_certs key must be set to /opt/elastalert/custom/rocket_chat_ca.crt in the Alerter Parameters setting. Requires a valid Security Onion license key.
+        global: True
+        file: True
+        helpLink: elastalert.html
+      smtp__crt:
+        description: Optional custom certificate for connecting to an SMTP server. To utilize this custom file, the smtp_cert_file key must be set to /opt/elastalert/custom/smtp.crt in the Alerter Parameters setting. Requires a valid Security Onion license key.
+        global: True
+        file: True
+        helpLink: elastalert.html
+      smtp__key:
+        description: Optional custom certificate key for connecting to an SMTP server. To utilize this custom file, the smtp_key_file key must be set to /opt/elastalert/custom/smtp.key in the Alerter Parameters setting. Requires a valid Security Onion license key.
+        global: True
+        file: True
+        helpLink: elastalert.html
+      slack_ca__crt:
+        description: Optional custom Certificate Authority for connecting to Slack. To utilize this custom file, the slack_ca_certs key must be set to /opt/elastalert/custom/slack_ca.crt in the Alerter Parameters setting. Requires a valid Security Onion license key.
         global: True
-        duplicates: True
         file: True
         helpLink: elastalert.html
   config: