diff --git a/deployment/ceph-ansible/ceph-mgr.yaml b/deployment/ceph-ansible/ceph-mgr.yaml
index 9e615ff659..56ef5db1a8 100644
--- a/deployment/ceph-ansible/ceph-mgr.yaml
+++ b/deployment/ceph-ansible/ceph-mgr.yaml
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ outputs:
                       - {get_attr: [CephMgrAnsibleVars, value, vars]}
                       - dashboard_crt: /etc/pki/tls/certs/ceph_dashboard.crt
                       - dashboard_key: /etc/pki/tls/private/ceph_dashboard.key
+                      - dashboard_protocol: 'https'
                     - {get_attr: [CephMgrAnsibleVars, value, vars]}
               - name: generate ceph-ansible group vars mgrs
                 copy: