diff --git a/ansible/roles/cloudkitty/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/roles/cloudkitty/defaults/main.yml
index 14ac9145c..446f46e6b 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/cloudkitty/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/cloudkitty/defaults/main.yml
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ cloudkitty_storage_backend: "influxdb"
 # cloudkitty_influxdb_retention_policy: "autogen"
 
 # Set to true to use SSL for InfluxDB connections.
-# cloudkitty_influxdb_use_ssl: false
+cloudkitty_influxdb_use_ssl: true
 
 # Path of the CA certificate to trust for HTTPS connections.
 # cloudkitty_influxdb_cafile: "{{ openstack_cacert }}"
diff --git a/ansible/roles/cloudkitty/tasks/bootstrap.yml b/ansible/roles/cloudkitty/tasks/bootstrap.yml
index 2ba290656..05a9a00aa 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/cloudkitty/tasks/bootstrap.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/cloudkitty/tasks/bootstrap.yml
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
       hostname: "{{ influxdb_address }}"
       port: "{{ influxdb_http_port }}"
       database_name: "{{ cloudkitty_influxdb_name }}"
+      ssl: yes
   run_once: True
   delegate_to: "{{ groups['cloudkitty-api'][0] }}"
   when: cloudkitty_storage_backend == 'influxdb'
diff --git a/ansible/roles/monasca/tasks/bootstrap.yml b/ansible/roles/monasca/tasks/bootstrap.yml
index 0ae726e0f..f8b905cce 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/monasca/tasks/bootstrap.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/monasca/tasks/bootstrap.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 # [1] https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb-python#influxdb-pre-v110-users
 - name: List influxdb databases
   become: true
-  command: "docker exec influxdb influx -host {{ monasca_influxdb_address }} -port {{ monasca_influxdb_http_port }} -execute 'show databases'"
+  command: "docker exec influxdb influx -ssl -host {{ monasca_influxdb_address }} -port {{ monasca_influxdb_http_port }} -execute 'show databases'"
   run_once: True
   delegate_to: "{{ groups['influxdb'][0] }}"
   register: monasca_influxdb_database
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 - name: Creating monasca influxdb database
   become: true
   command: >
-    docker exec influxdb influx -host {{ monasca_influxdb_address }} -port {{ monasca_influxdb_http_port }} -execute
+    docker exec influxdb influx -ssl -host {{ monasca_influxdb_address }} -port {{ monasca_influxdb_http_port }} -execute
     'CREATE DATABASE {{ monasca_influxdb_name }} WITH DURATION {{ monasca_influxdb_retention_policy.duration }}
     REPLICATION  {{ monasca_influxdb_retention_policy.replication_count }} NAME {{ monasca_influxdb_retention_policy.name }}'
   run_once: True
diff --git a/ansible/roles/watcher/tasks/config.yml b/ansible/roles/watcher/tasks/config.yml
index a634d03db..2b1688a09 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/watcher/tasks/config.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/watcher/tasks/config.yml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
     src: "{{ item.key }}.json.j2"
     dest: "{{ node_config_directory }}/{{ item.key }}/config.json"
     mode: "0660"
+  become: true
   when:
     - inventory_hostname in groups[item.value.group]
     - item.value.enabled | bool
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@
       - "{{ node_custom_config }}/watcher/{{ inventory_hostname }}/watcher.conf"
     dest: "{{ node_config_directory }}/{{ item.key }}/watcher.conf"
     mode: "0660"
+  become: true
   when:
     - inventory_hostname in groups[item.value.group]
     - item.value.enabled | bool
@@ -71,6 +73,7 @@
     src: "{{ watcher_policy_file_path }}"
     dest: "{{ node_config_directory }}/{{ item.key }}/{{ watcher_policy_file }}"
     mode: "0660"
+  become: true
   when:
     - watcher_policy_file is defined
     - inventory_hostname in groups[item.value.group]