diff --git a/roles/telegraf/templates/telegraf.conf.j2 b/roles/telegraf/templates/telegraf.conf.j2
index da10ee9be16daf446193e1c80d2434f379f1f1b0..f136311b2f1a0682dc8b2619574d36a3bf8d1a89 100644
--- a/roles/telegraf/templates/telegraf.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/telegraf/templates/telegraf.conf.j2
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
   # Precision of writes, valid values are n, u, ms, s, m, and h
   # note: using second precision greatly helps InfluxDB compression
   precision = "s"
-  insecure_skip_verify = false
+  insecure_skip_verify = true
   # Connection timeout (for the connection with InfluxDB), formatted as a string.
   # If not provided, will default to 0 (no timeout)
   # timeout = "5s"
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
   urls = ["{{ influxdb_server }}"] # required
   database = "slurm" # required
   precision = "s"
-  insecure_skip_verify = false
+  insecure_skip_verify = true
   username = "{{ influxdb_user }}" 
   password = "{{ influxdb_password }}"
   [outputs.influxdb.tagpass]