diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 624db9ecafd..9fec9c6370a 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -87,6 +87,14 @@ jobs:
             sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y /home/ubuntu/influxdb.deb
             sudo service influxdb start
             EOF
+            ssh -o "StrictHostKeyChecking=no" ubuntu@$ec2_ip \<< EOF
+            sudo service influxdb stop
+            sudo sed -i 's/  # https-enabled = false/  https-enabled = true/' /etc/influxdb/influxdb.conf
+            sudo sed -i 's/  # https-certificate = "/etc/ssl/influxdb.pem"/  https-certificate = "/etc/ssl/influxdb.crt"/' /etc/influxdb/influxdb.conf
+            sudo sed -i 's/  # https-private-key = ""/  https-private-key = "/etc/ssl/influxdb.key"/' /etc/influxdb/influxdb.conf
+            sudo openssl req -x509 -nodes -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout /etc/ssl/influxdb.key -out /etc/ssl/influxdb.crt -days 365 -subj /C=US/ST=CA/L=sanfrancisco/O=influxdata/OU=edgeteam/CN=localhost
+            sudo chown influxdb:influxdb /etc/ssl/influxdb.*
+            sudo service influxdb start
       - run:
           name: Terraform destroy
           command: |