diff --git a/ansible/roles/telegraf/templates/telegraf_proxy.conf.j2.j2 b/ansible/roles/telegraf/templates/telegraf_proxy.conf.j2.j2
index be51f439..5bbeb917 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/telegraf/templates/telegraf_proxy.conf.j2.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/telegraf/templates/telegraf_proxy.conf.j2.j2
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 {% raw %}   brokers = [ "{{ olap.kafka_broker.address_list | join("\",\"") }}" ]
 {% endraw %}
    topic = "POLICY-RULE-METRIC"
+   client_id = "POLICY-RULE-METRIC"
    data_format = "json"
    json_timestamp_units = "1ms"
    json_transformation = '''
diff --git a/ansible/roles/traffic-engine/files/helm/conf/telegraf_proxy.conf b/ansible/roles/traffic-engine/files/helm/conf/telegraf_proxy.conf
index 4ea9d492..431c54a4 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/traffic-engine/files/helm/conf/telegraf_proxy.conf
+++ b/ansible/roles/traffic-engine/files/helm/conf/telegraf_proxy.conf
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
    sasl_password = "{{ .Values.external_resources.olap.kafka_brokers.sasl_password }}"
    brokers = [ "{{- include "traffic-engine.config.addresses.converter"  (list .Values.external_resources.olap.kafka_brokers.addresses "\",\"") }}" ]
    topic = "POLICY-RULE-METRIC"
+   client_id = "POLICY-RULE-METRIC"
    data_format = "json"
    json_timestamp_units = "1ms"
    json_transformation = '''
diff --git a/ansible/roles/traffic-engine/files/helm/conf/telegraf_sce.conf b/ansible/roles/traffic-engine/files/helm/conf/telegraf_sce.conf
index acdeb2cc..01a87cd6 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/traffic-engine/files/helm/conf/telegraf_sce.conf
+++ b/ansible/roles/traffic-engine/files/helm/conf/telegraf_sce.conf
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@
    sasl_password = "{{ .Values.external_resources.olap.kafka_brokers.sasl_password }}"
    brokers = [ "{{- include "traffic-engine.config.addresses.converter"  (list .Values.external_resources.olap.kafka_brokers.addresses "\",\"") }}" ]
    topic = "POLICY-RULE-METRIC"
+   client_id = "POLICY-RULE-METRIC"
    data_format = "json"
    json_timestamp_units = "1ms"
    json_transformation = '''
diff --git a/ansible/roles/traffic-engine/files/helm/conf/telegraf_shaping.conf b/ansible/roles/traffic-engine/files/helm/conf/telegraf_shaping.conf
index f3b0db62..e5efa12c 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/traffic-engine/files/helm/conf/telegraf_shaping.conf
+++ b/ansible/roles/traffic-engine/files/helm/conf/telegraf_shaping.conf
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@
    sasl_password = "{{ .Values.external_resources.olap.kafka_brokers.sasl_password }}"
    brokers = [ "{{- include "traffic-engine.config.addresses.converter"  (list .Values.external_resources.olap.kafka_brokers.addresses "\",\"") }}" ]
    topic = "POLICY-RULE-METRIC"
+   client_id = "POLICY-RULE-METRIC"
    fielddrop = ["*pkts*max", "*bytes*max", "*session*max", "*queue*max", "*latency*sum"]
    data_format = "json"
    json_timestamp_units = "1ms"