Getting NullPointerException  when using the Influxdb plugin even after providing all required values.

Env and plugin details:
InfluxDB-plugin : 1.17
Jenkins version : 2.107.2

Influx version : 
C:\Program Files>influx.exe
Connected to http://localhost:8086 version 1.7.0~n201807110800
InfluxDB shell version: 1.7.0~n201807110800
 

Publishing data to: url=[localhost:8086 ERROR: Build step failed with exception java.lang.NullPointerException at jenkinsci.plugins.influxdb.InfluxDbPublisher.perform(InfluxDbPublisher.java:292) at hudson.tasks.BuildStepCompatibilityLayer.perform(BuildStepCompatibilityLayer.java