diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b1fe41f33..f871d0924 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Following parameters are available to customize the elastic cluster:
 - data-node-replicas: Number of data node replicas
 - zones: Define which zones to deploy data nodes to for high availability (_Note: Zones are evenly distributed based upon number of data-node-replicas defined_)
 - data-volume-size: Size of persistent volume to attach to data nodes
-- elastic-search-image: Override the elasticsearch image (e.g. `upmcenterprises/docker-elasticsearch-kubernetes:5.3.1`)
+- elastic-search-image: Override the elasticsearch image (e.g. `upmcenterprises/docker-elasticsearch-kubernetes:5.3.1_3`)
 - [snapshot](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/modules-snapshots.html)
   - scheduler-enabled: If the cron scheduler should be running to enable snapshotting
   - bucket-name: Name of S3 bucket to dump snaptshots
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ If supplying your own certs, first generate them and add to a secret. Secret sho
 
 ## Base image
 
-The base image used is `upmcenterprises/docker-elasticsearch-kubernetes:5.3.1` which can be overriden by addeding to the custom cluster you create _(See: [CustomResourceDefinition](#customdesourcedefinition) above)_. 
+The base image used is `upmcenterprises/docker-elasticsearch-kubernetes:5.3.1_3` which can be overriden by addeding to the custom cluster you create _(See: [CustomResourceDefinition](#customdesourcedefinition) above)_. 
 
 _NOTE: If no image is specified, the default noted previously is used._
 
diff --git a/cmd/operator/main.go b/cmd/operator/main.go
index 381c9b913..1c4e778e9 100644
--- a/cmd/operator/main.go
+++ b/cmd/operator/main.go
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ var (
 
 func init() {
 	flag.BoolVar(&printVersion, "version", false, "Show version and quit")
-	flag.StringVar(&baseImage, "baseImage", "upmcenterprises/docker-elasticsearch-kubernetes:5.3.1", "Base image to use when spinning up the elasticsearch components.")
+	flag.StringVar(&baseImage, "baseImage", "upmcenterprises/docker-elasticsearch-kubernetes:5.3.1_3", "Base image to use when spinning up the elasticsearch components.")
 	flag.StringVar(&kubeCfgFile, "kubecfg-file", "", "Location of kubecfg file for access to kubernetes master service; --kube_master_url overrides the URL part of this; if neither this nor --kube_master_url are provided, defaults to service account tokens")
 	flag.StringVar(&masterHost, "masterhost", "http://127.0.0.1:8001", "Full url to k8s api server")
 	flag.Parse()
diff --git a/example/controller.yaml b/example/controller.yaml
index 0121488da..c5d6d9f84 100644
--- a/example/controller.yaml
+++ b/example/controller.yaml
@@ -71,16 +71,16 @@ spec:
         ports:
         - containerPort: 8000
           name: http
-          livenessProbe:
-            httpGet:
-              path: /live
-              port: "8000"
-            initialDelaySeconds: 10
-            timeoutSeconds: 10
-          readinessProbe:
-            httpGet:
-              path: /ready
-              port: "8000"
-            initialDelaySeconds: 10
-            timeoutSeconds: 5
+        livenessProbe:
+          httpGet:
+            path: /live
+            port: "8000"
+          initialDelaySeconds: 10
+          timeoutSeconds: 10
+        readinessProbe:
+          httpGet:
+            path: /ready
+            port: "8000"
+          initialDelaySeconds: 10
+          timeoutSeconds: 5
       serviceAccount: elasticsearch-operator
diff --git a/example/example-es-cluster-minikube.yaml b/example/example-es-cluster-minikube.yaml
index 29e2e40d1..e6940fc16 100644
--- a/example/example-es-cluster-minikube.yaml
+++ b/example/example-es-cluster-minikube.yaml
@@ -5,13 +5,14 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   kibana:
     image: upmcenterprises/kibana:5.3.1
-  #cerebro:
-  #  image: upmcenterprises/cerebro:0.6.8
-  elastic-search-image: upmcenterprises/docker-elasticsearch-kubernetes:5.3.1
+  cerebro:
+   image: upmcenterprises/cerebro:0.6.8
+  elastic-search-image: upmcenterprises/docker-elasticsearch-kubernetes:5.3.1_3
   client-node-replicas: 1
   master-node-replicas: 1
   data-node-replicas: 3
   network-host: 0.0.0.0
+  enable-ssl: true
   zones: []
   data-volume-size: 10Gi
   java-options: "-Xms256m -Xmx256m"
diff --git a/example/example-es-cluster.yaml b/example/example-es-cluster.yaml
index 7551057db..48ea94f21 100644
--- a/example/example-es-cluster.yaml
+++ b/example/example-es-cluster.yaml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ spec:
   master-node-replicas: 2
   data-node-replicas: 3
   network-host: 0.0.0.0
+  enable-ssl: true
   zones:
   - us-east-1c
   - us-east-1d
diff --git a/pkg/k8sutil/deployments.go b/pkg/k8sutil/deployments.go
index 8eaec26e7..4aee8991d 100644
--- a/pkg/k8sutil/deployments.go
+++ b/pkg/k8sutil/deployments.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ package k8sutil
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"strconv"
 
 	"github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
 	myspec "github.com/upmc-enterprises/elasticsearch-operator/pkg/spec"
@@ -93,7 +94,7 @@ func (k *K8sutil) DeleteDeployment(clusterName, namespace, deploymentType string
 }
 
 // CreateClientDeployment creates the client deployment
-func (k *K8sutil) CreateClientDeployment(baseImage string, replicas *int32, javaOptions string,
+func (k *K8sutil) CreateClientDeployment(baseImage string, replicas *int32, javaOptions string, enableSSL bool,
 	resources myspec.Resources, imagePullSecrets []myspec.ImagePullSecrets, clusterName, statsdEndpoint, networkHost, namespace string) error {
 
 	component := fmt.Sprintf("elasticsearch-%s", clusterName)
@@ -178,6 +179,14 @@ func (k *K8sutil) CreateClientDeployment(baseImage string, replicas *int32, java
 										Name:  "HTTP_ENABLE",
 										Value: "true",
 									},
+									v1.EnvVar{
+										Name:  "SEARCHGUARD_SSL_TRANSPORT_ENABLED",
+										Value: strconv.FormatBool(enableSSL),
+									},
+									v1.EnvVar{
+										Name:  "SEARCHGUARD_SSL_HTTP_ENABLED",
+										Value: strconv.FormatBool(enableSSL),
+									},
 									v1.EnvVar{
 										Name:  "ES_JAVA_OPTS",
 										Value: javaOptions,
@@ -278,12 +287,12 @@ func (k *K8sutil) CreateClientDeployment(baseImage string, replicas *int32, java
 }
 
 // CreateKibanaDeployment creates a deployment of Kibana
-func (k *K8sutil) CreateKibanaDeployment(baseImage, clusterName, namespace string, imagePullSecrets []myspec.ImagePullSecrets) error {
+func (k *K8sutil) CreateKibanaDeployment(baseImage, clusterName, namespace string, enableSSL bool, imagePullSecrets []myspec.ImagePullSecrets) error {
 
 	replicaCount := int32(1)
 
 	component := fmt.Sprintf("elasticsearch-%s", clusterName)
-	elasticHTTPEndpoint := fmt.Sprintf("https://%s:9200", component)
+
 	deploymentName := fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s", kibanaDeploymentName, clusterName)
 
 	// Check if deployment exists
@@ -320,7 +329,7 @@ func (k *K8sutil) CreateKibanaDeployment(baseImage, clusterName, namespace strin
 								Env: []v1.EnvVar{
 									v1.EnvVar{
 										Name:  "ELASTICSEARCH_URL",
-										Value: elasticHTTPEndpoint,
+										Value: GetESURL(component, enableSSL),
 									},
 									v1.EnvVar{
 										Name:  "ELASTICSEARCH_SSL_CERTIFICATEAUTHORITIES",
@@ -328,7 +337,7 @@ func (k *K8sutil) CreateKibanaDeployment(baseImage, clusterName, namespace strin
 									},
 									v1.EnvVar{
 										Name:  "SERVER_SSL_ENABLED",
-										Value: "true",
+										Value: strconv.FormatBool(enableSSL),
 									},
 									v1.EnvVar{
 										Name:  "SERVER_SSL_KEY",
@@ -391,7 +400,7 @@ func (k *K8sutil) CreateKibanaDeployment(baseImage, clusterName, namespace strin
 }
 
 // CreateCerebroDeployment creates a deployment of Cerebro
-func (k *K8sutil) CreateCerebroDeployment(baseImage, clusterName, namespace, cert string, imagePullSecrets []myspec.ImagePullSecrets) error {
+func (k *K8sutil) CreateCerebroDeployment(baseImage, clusterName, namespace, cert string, enableSSL bool, imagePullSecrets []myspec.ImagePullSecrets) error {
 	replicaCount := int32(1)
 	component := fmt.Sprintf("elasticsearch-%s", clusterName)
 	deploymentName := fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s", cerebroDeploymentName, clusterName)
diff --git a/pkg/k8sutil/k8sutil.go b/pkg/k8sutil/k8sutil.go
index efdaf0a20..e074be639 100644
--- a/pkg/k8sutil/k8sutil.go
+++ b/pkg/k8sutil/k8sutil.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ package k8sutil
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"strconv"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
@@ -353,9 +354,20 @@ func TemplateImagePullSecrets(ips []myspec.ImagePullSecrets) []v1.LocalObjectRef
 	return outSecrets
 }
 
+// GetESURL Return elasticsearch url
+func GetESURL(esHost string, enableSSL bool) string {
+
+	if !enableSSL {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("http://%s:9200", esHost)
+	}
+
+	return fmt.Sprintf("https://%s:9200", esHost)
+
+}
+
 // CreateDataNodeDeployment creates the data node deployment
 func (k *K8sutil) CreateDataNodeDeployment(deploymentType string, replicas *int32, baseImage, storageClass string, dataDiskSize string, resources myspec.Resources,
-	imagePullSecrets []myspec.ImagePullSecrets, clusterName, statsdEndpoint, networkHost, namespace, javaOptions string) error {
+	enableSSL bool, imagePullSecrets []myspec.ImagePullSecrets, clusterName, statsdEndpoint, networkHost, namespace, javaOptions string) error {
 
 	var deploymentName, role, isNodeMaster, isNodeData string
 
@@ -473,6 +485,14 @@ func (k *K8sutil) CreateDataNodeDeployment(deploymentType string, replicas *int3
 										Name:  "HTTP_ENABLE",
 										Value: "true",
 									},
+									v1.EnvVar{
+										Name:  "SEARCHGUARD_SSL_TRANSPORT_ENABLED",
+										Value: strconv.FormatBool(enableSSL),
+									},
+									v1.EnvVar{
+										Name:  "SEARCHGUARD_SSL_HTTP_ENABLED",
+										Value: strconv.FormatBool(enableSSL),
+									},
 									v1.EnvVar{
 										Name:  "ES_JAVA_OPTS",
 										Value: javaOptions,
@@ -568,10 +588,7 @@ func (k *K8sutil) CreateDataNodeDeployment(deploymentType string, replicas *int3
 				"volume.beta.kubernetes.io/storage-class": storageClass,
 			}
 		}
-
-		_, err := k.Kclient.AppsV1beta1().StatefulSets(namespace).Create(statefulSet)
-
-		if err != nil {
+		if _, err := k.Kclient.AppsV1beta1().StatefulSets(namespace).Create(statefulSet); err != nil {
 			logrus.Error("Could not create stateful set: ", err)
 			return err
 		}
@@ -589,6 +606,7 @@ func (k *K8sutil) CreateDataNodeDeployment(deploymentType string, replicas *int3
 
 			if err != nil {
 				logrus.Error("Could not scale statefulSet: ", err)
+				return err
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -596,7 +614,7 @@ func (k *K8sutil) CreateDataNodeDeployment(deploymentType string, replicas *int3
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (k *K8sutil) CreateCerebroConfiguration(clusterName string) map[string]string {
+func (k *K8sutil) CreateCerebroConfiguration(esHost string, enableSSL bool) map[string]string {
 
 	x := map[string]string{}
 	x["application.conf"] = fmt.Sprintf(`
@@ -608,8 +626,6 @@ play.ws.ssl {
                 ]
         }
 }
-//play.crypto.secret = "ki:s:[[@=Ag?QIW2jMwkY:eqvrJ]JqoJyi2axj3ZvOv^/KavOT4ViJSv?6YY4[N"
-//play.http.secret.key = "ki:s:[[@=Ag?QIW2jMwkY:eqvrJ]JqoJyi2axj3ZvOv^/KavOT4ViJSv?6YY4[N"
 secret = "ki:s:[[@=Ag?QIW2jMwkY:eqvrJ]JqoJyi2axj3ZvOv^/KavOT4ViJSv?6YY4[N"
 # Application base path
 basePath = "/"
@@ -623,15 +639,13 @@ pidfile.path=/dev/null
 rest.history.size = 50 // defaults to 50 if not specified
 
 # Path of local database file
-#data.path: "/var/lib/cerebro/cerebro.db"
 data.path = "./cerebro.db"
 hosts = [
 {
 	host = "%s"
-	name = "es-servers"
+	name = "%s"
 }
-]
-		`, elasticsearchCertspath, elasticsearchCertspath, fmt.Sprintf("https://%s:9200",
-		fmt.Sprintf(fmt.Sprintf("elasticsearch-%s", clusterName))))
+]`, elasticsearchCertspath, elasticsearchCertspath, GetESURL(esHost, enableSSL), esHost)
+
 	return x
 }
diff --git a/pkg/k8sutil/k8sutil_test.go b/pkg/k8sutil/k8sutil_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..07d8f7bf1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/k8sutil/k8sutil_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package k8sutil
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestGetESURL(t *testing.T) {
+
+	for _, v := range []struct {
+		host      string
+		expected  string
+		enableSSL bool
+	}{
+		{"es-ssl", "https://es-ssl:9200", true},
+		{"es-bla", "http://es-bla:9200", false},
+	} {
+
+		esURL := GetESURL(v.host, v.enableSSL)
+
+		if esURL != v.expected {
+			t.Errorf(fmt.Sprintf("Expected %s, got %s", v.expected, esURL))
+		}
+
+	}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkg/processor/processor.go b/pkg/processor/processor.go
index ea8eb8c94..2a2b8e419 100644
--- a/pkg/processor/processor.go
+++ b/pkg/processor/processor.go
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ func (p *Processor) refreshClusters() error {
 				DataNodeReplicas:   cluster.Spec.DataNodeReplicas,
 				Zones:              cluster.Spec.Zones,
 				DataDiskSize:       cluster.Spec.DataDiskSize,
+				EnableSSL:          cluster.Spec.EnableSSL,
 				ElasticSearchImage: cluster.Spec.ElasticSearchImage,
 				JavaOptions:        cluster.Spec.JavaOptions,
 				NetworkHost:        cluster.Spec.NetworkHost,
@@ -160,7 +161,7 @@ func (p *Processor) refreshClusters() error {
 					cluster.Spec.Snapshot.SchedulerEnabled,
 					cluster.Spec.Snapshot.Authentication.UserName,
 					cluster.Spec.Snapshot.Authentication.Password,
-					p.k8sclient.GetClientServiceNameFullDNS(cluster.ObjectMeta.Name, cluster.ObjectMeta.Namespace),
+					k8sutil.GetESURL(p.k8sclient.GetClientServiceNameFullDNS(cluster.ObjectMeta.Name, cluster.ObjectMeta.Namespace), cluster.Spec.EnableSSL),
 					cluster.ObjectMeta.Name,
 					cluster.ObjectMeta.Namespace,
 					p.k8sclient.Kclient,
@@ -260,7 +261,7 @@ func (p *Processor) processElasticSearchCluster(c *myspec.ElasticsearchCluster)
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if err := p.k8sclient.CreateClientDeployment(baseImage, &c.Spec.ClientNodeReplicas, c.Spec.JavaOptions,
+	if err := p.k8sclient.CreateClientDeployment(baseImage, &c.Spec.ClientNodeReplicas, c.Spec.JavaOptions, c.Spec.EnableSSL,
 		c.Spec.Resources, c.Spec.ImagePullSecrets, c.ObjectMeta.Name, c.Spec.Instrumentation.StatsdHost, c.Spec.NetworkHost, c.ObjectMeta.Namespace); err != nil {
 		logrus.Error("Error creating client deployment ", err)
 		return err
@@ -284,22 +285,25 @@ func (p *Processor) processElasticSearchCluster(c *myspec.ElasticsearchCluster)
 		// Create Master Nodes
 		for index, count := range zoneDistributionMaster {
 			if err := p.k8sclient.CreateDataNodeDeployment("master", &count, baseImage, c.Spec.Zones[index], c.Spec.DataDiskSize, c.Spec.Resources,
-				c.Spec.ImagePullSecrets, c.ObjectMeta.Name, c.Spec.Instrumentation.StatsdHost, c.Spec.NetworkHost,
+				c.Spec.EnableSSL, c.Spec.ImagePullSecrets, c.ObjectMeta.Name, c.Spec.Instrumentation.StatsdHost, c.Spec.NetworkHost,
 				c.ObjectMeta.Namespace, c.Spec.JavaOptions); err != nil {
 				logrus.Error("Error creating master node deployment ", err)
 				return err
 			}
+
 		}
 
 		// Create Data Nodes
 		for index, count := range zoneDistributionData {
+
 			if err := p.k8sclient.CreateDataNodeDeployment("data", &count, baseImage, c.Spec.Zones[index], c.Spec.DataDiskSize, c.Spec.Resources,
-				c.Spec.ImagePullSecrets, c.ObjectMeta.Name, c.Spec.Instrumentation.StatsdHost, c.Spec.NetworkHost,
+				c.Spec.EnableSSL, c.Spec.ImagePullSecrets, c.ObjectMeta.Name, c.Spec.Instrumentation.StatsdHost, c.Spec.NetworkHost,
 				c.ObjectMeta.Namespace, c.Spec.JavaOptions); err != nil {
 				logrus.Error("Error creating data node deployment ", err)
 
 				return err
 			}
+
 		}
 	} else {
 		// No zones defined, rely on current provisioning logic which may break. Other strategy is to use emptyDir?
@@ -310,7 +314,7 @@ func (p *Processor) processElasticSearchCluster(c *myspec.ElasticsearchCluster)
 
 		// Create Master Nodes
 		if err := p.k8sclient.CreateDataNodeDeployment("master", func() *int32 { i := int32(c.Spec.MasterNodeReplicas); return &i }(), baseImage, c.Spec.Storage.StorageClass,
-			c.Spec.DataDiskSize, c.Spec.Resources, c.Spec.ImagePullSecrets, c.ObjectMeta.Name,
+			c.Spec.DataDiskSize, c.Spec.Resources, c.Spec.EnableSSL, c.Spec.ImagePullSecrets, c.ObjectMeta.Name,
 			c.Spec.Instrumentation.StatsdHost, c.Spec.NetworkHost, c.ObjectMeta.Namespace, c.Spec.JavaOptions); err != nil {
 			logrus.Error("Error creating master node deployment ", err)
 
@@ -319,7 +323,7 @@ func (p *Processor) processElasticSearchCluster(c *myspec.ElasticsearchCluster)
 
 		// Create Data Nodes
 		if err := p.k8sclient.CreateDataNodeDeployment("data", func() *int32 { i := int32(c.Spec.DataNodeReplicas); return &i }(), baseImage, c.Spec.Storage.StorageClass,
-			c.Spec.DataDiskSize, c.Spec.Resources, c.Spec.ImagePullSecrets, c.ObjectMeta.Name,
+			c.Spec.DataDiskSize, c.Spec.Resources, c.Spec.EnableSSL, c.Spec.ImagePullSecrets, c.ObjectMeta.Name,
 			c.Spec.Instrumentation.StatsdHost, c.Spec.NetworkHost, c.ObjectMeta.Namespace, c.Spec.JavaOptions); err != nil {
 			logrus.Error("Error creating data node deployment ", err)
 			return err
@@ -329,7 +333,8 @@ func (p *Processor) processElasticSearchCluster(c *myspec.ElasticsearchCluster)
 	// Deploy Kibana
 	if c.Spec.Kibana.Image != "" {
 
-		if err := p.k8sclient.CreateKibanaDeployment(c.Spec.Kibana.Image, c.ObjectMeta.Name, c.ObjectMeta.Namespace, c.Spec.ImagePullSecrets); err != nil {
+		if err := p.k8sclient.CreateKibanaDeployment(c.Spec.Kibana.Image, c.ObjectMeta.Name, c.ObjectMeta.Namespace,
+			c.Spec.EnableSSL, c.Spec.ImagePullSecrets); err != nil {
 			logrus.Error("Error creating kibana deployment ", err)
 			return err
 		}
@@ -338,14 +343,8 @@ func (p *Processor) processElasticSearchCluster(c *myspec.ElasticsearchCluster)
 
 	// Deploy Cerebro
 	if c.Spec.Cerebro.Image != "" {
-		name := fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s", c.ObjectMeta.Name, "cerebro")
-		if err := p.k8sclient.CreateCerebroDeployment(c.Spec.Cerebro.Image, c.ObjectMeta.Name, c.ObjectMeta.Namespace, name, c.Spec.ImagePullSecrets); err != nil {
-			logrus.Error("Error creating cerebro deployment ", err)
-			return err
-		}
-		// TODO create service
-
-		cerebroConf := p.k8sclient.CreateCerebroConfiguration(c.ObjectMeta.Name)
+		host := fmt.Sprintf("elasticsearch-%s", c.ObjectMeta.Name)
+		cerebroConf := p.k8sclient.CreateCerebroConfiguration(host, c.Spec.EnableSSL)
 
 		// create/update cerebro configMap
 		if p.k8sclient.ConfigmapExists(c.ObjectMeta.Namespace, fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s", c.ObjectMeta.Name, "cerebro")) {
@@ -359,6 +358,12 @@ func (p *Processor) processElasticSearchCluster(c *myspec.ElasticsearchCluster)
 				return err
 			}
 		}
+
+		if err := p.k8sclient.CreateCerebroDeployment(c.Spec.Cerebro.Image, c.ObjectMeta.Name, c.ObjectMeta.Namespace,
+			fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s", c.ObjectMeta.Name, "cerebro"), c.Spec.EnableSSL, c.Spec.ImagePullSecrets); err != nil {
+			logrus.Error("Error creating cerebro deployment ", err)
+			return err
+		}
 	}
 
 	// Setup CronSchedule
diff --git a/pkg/snapshot/scheduler.go b/pkg/snapshot/scheduler.go
index 4bef64ba3..1076cb559 100644
--- a/pkg/snapshot/scheduler.go
+++ b/pkg/snapshot/scheduler.go
@@ -27,11 +27,10 @@ package snapshot
 import (
 	"fmt"
 
-	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
-
 	"github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	apiv1 "k8s.io/client-go/pkg/api/v1"
 	batchv1 "k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/batch/v1"
 	batch "k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/batch/v2alpha1"
@@ -62,8 +61,7 @@ type Authentication struct {
 }
 
 // New creates an instance of Scheduler
-func New(bucketName, cronSchedule string, enabled bool, userName, password, svcURL, clusterName, namespace string, kc kubernetes.Interface) *Scheduler {
-	elasticURL := fmt.Sprintf("https://%s:9200", svcURL) // Internal service name of cluster
+func New(bucketName, cronSchedule string, enabled bool, userName, password, elasticURL, clusterName, namespace string, kc kubernetes.Interface) *Scheduler {
 
 	return &Scheduler{
 		s3bucketName: bucketName,
diff --git a/pkg/spec/cluster.go b/pkg/spec/cluster.go
index c88e3b3fb..3c0876141 100644
--- a/pkg/spec/cluster.go
+++ b/pkg/spec/cluster.go
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ type ClusterSpec struct {
 	// ImagePullSecrets defines credentials to pull image from private repository (optional)
 	ImagePullSecrets []ImagePullSecrets `json:"image-pull-secrets"`
 
+	// Flag to enable/disable ssl
+	EnableSSL bool `json:"enable-ssl"`
+
 	// Resources defines memory / cpu constraints
 	Resources Resources `json:"resources"`