diff --git a/docs/mkdocs/docs/api/arctic_uri.md b/docs/mkdocs/docs/api/arctic_uri.md
index 7e820007a9..bc413ad254 100644
--- a/docs/mkdocs/docs/api/arctic_uri.md
+++ b/docs/mkdocs/docs/api/arctic_uri.md
@@ -42,8 +42,9 @@ Additional options specific for ArcticDB:
 | Container     | Azure container for blobs |
 | Path_prefix   | Path within Azure container to use for data storage |
 | CA_cert_path  | (Non-Windows platform only) Azure CA certificate path. If not set, default path will be used. Note: For Linux distribution, default path is set to `/etc/pki/ca-trust/extracted/pem/tls-ca-bundle.pem`. If the certificate cannot be found in the provided path, an Azure exception with no meaningful error code will be thrown. For more details, please see [here](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-cpp/issues/4738). For example, `Failed to iterate azure blobs 'C' 0:`.<br><br>Default certificate path in various Linux distributions:<br>`/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt` for Debian/Ubuntu/Gentoo etc.<br>`/etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt` for Fedora/RHEL 6<br>`/etc/ssl/ca-bundle.pem` for OpenSUSE<br>`/etc/pki/tls/cacert.pem` for OpenELEC<br>`/etc/pki/ca-trust/extracted/pem/tls-ca-bundle.pem` for CentOS/RHEL 7<br>`/etc/ssl/cert.pem` for Alpine Linux |
+| CA_cert_dir   | (Non-Windows platform only) Azure CA certificate directory. It sets option ``CURLOPT_CAPATH`` in Azure SDK's libcurl backend. If not set, python ``ssl.get_default_verify_paths().capath`` will be used. Certificates can only be used if corresponding hash files exist (https://www.openssl.org/docs/man1.0.2/man3/SSL_CTX_load_verify_locations.html) |
 
-For Windows user, `CA_cert_path` cannot be set. Please set CA certificate related option on Windows setting.
+For Windows user, `CA_cert_path` AND `CA_cert_dir` cannot be set. Please set CA certificate related option on Windows setting.
 For details, you may refer to https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/skype-sdk/sdn/articles/installing-the-trusted-root-certificate
 
 Exception: Azure exceptions message always ends with `{AZURE_SDK_HTTP_STATUS_CODE}:{AZURE_SDK_REASON_PHRASE}`.
diff --git a/python/arcticdb/storage_fixtures/azure.py b/python/arcticdb/storage_fixtures/azure.py
index c7a34e485b..bddf579ba9 100644
--- a/python/arcticdb/storage_fixtures/azure.py
+++ b/python/arcticdb/storage_fixtures/azure.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 from tempfile import mkdtemp
 
 from .api import *
-from .utils import get_ephemeral_port, GracefulProcessUtils, wait_for_server_to_come_up, safer_rmtree
+from .utils import get_ephemeral_port, GracefulProcessUtils, wait_for_server_to_come_up, safer_rmtree, get_ca_cert_for_testing
 from arcticc.pb2.storage_pb2 import EnvironmentConfigsMap
 from arcticdb.version_store.helper import add_azure_library_to_env
 
@@ -40,13 +40,14 @@ def _set_uri_and_client(self, auth: str):
 
         f = self.factory
         self.arctic_uri = (
-            f"azure://DefaultEndpointsProtocol=http;{auth};BlobEndpoint={f.endpoint_root}/{f.account_name};"
-            f"Container={self.container};CA_cert_path={f.ca_cert_path}"
+            f"azure://DefaultEndpointsProtocol={f.http_protocol};{auth};BlobEndpoint={f.endpoint_root}/{f.account_name};"
+            f"Container={self.container};CA_cert_path={f.client_cert_file}"
         )
+        # CA_cert_dir is skipped on purpose; It will be test manually in other tests
 
         # The retry_policy instance will be modified by the pipeline, so cannot be constant
         policy = {"connection_timeout": 1, "read_timeout": 2, "retry_policy": LinearRetry(retry_total=3, backoff=1)}
-        self.client = ContainerClient.from_connection_string(self.arctic_uri, self.container, **policy)
+        self.client = ContainerClient.from_connection_string(self.arctic_uri, self.container, **policy, connection_verify=f.client_cert_file)
         # add connection_verify=False to bypass ssl checking
 
     def __init__(self, factory: "AzuriteStorageFixtureFactory") -> None:
@@ -93,7 +94,7 @@ def create_test_cfg(self, lib_name: str) -> EnvironmentConfigsMap:
             env_name=Defaults.ENV,
             container_name=self.container,
             endpoint=self.arctic_uri,
-            ca_cert_path=self.factory.ca_cert_path,
+            ca_cert_path=self.factory.client_cert_file,
             with_prefix=False,  # to allow azure_store_factory reuse_name to work correctly
         )
         return cfg
@@ -122,22 +123,19 @@ def copy_underlying_objects_to(self, destination: "AzureContainer"):
 
 
 class AzuriteStorageFixtureFactory(StorageFixtureFactory):
-    host = "127.0.0.1"
+    host = "localhost"
 
     # Per https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/common/storage-configure-connection-string#configure-a-connection-string-for-azurite
     account_name = "devstoreaccount1"
     account_key = "Eby8vdM02xNOcqFlqUwJPLlmEtlCDXJ1OUzFT50uSRZ6IFsuFq2UVErCz4I6tq/K1SZFPTOtr/KBHBeksoGMGw=="
 
-    # Default cert path is used; May run into problem on Linux's non RHEL distribution
-    # See more on https://github.com/man-group/ArcticDB/issues/514
-    ca_cert_path = ""
-
     enforcing_permissions = False
     """Set to True to create AzureContainer with SAS authentication"""
 
-    def __init__(self, port=0, working_dir: Optional[str] = None):
+    def __init__(self, port=0, working_dir: Optional[str] = None, use_ssl: bool = True):
+        self.http_protocol = "https" if use_ssl else "http"
         self.port = port or get_ephemeral_port(0)
-        self.endpoint_root = f"http://{self.host}:{self.port}"
+        self.endpoint_root = f"{self.http_protocol}://{self.host}:{self.port}"
         self.working_dir = str(working_dir) if working_dir else mkdtemp(suffix="AzuriteStorageFixtureFactory")
 
     def __str__(self):
@@ -145,6 +143,15 @@ def __str__(self):
 
     def _safe_enter(self):
         args = f"{shutil.which('azurite')} --blobPort {self.port} --blobHost {self.host} --queuePort 0 --tablePort 0"
+        if self.http_protocol == "https":
+            self.ca, self.key_file, self.cert_file, self.client_cert_file = get_ca_cert_for_testing(self.working_dir)
+            self.client_cert_dir = self.working_dir
+            args += f" --key {self.key_file} --cert {self.cert_file}"
+        else:
+            self.key_file = ""
+            self.cert_file = ""
+            self.client_cert_file = ""
+            self.client_cert_dir = ""
         self._p = GracefulProcessUtils.start(args, cwd=self.working_dir)
         wait_for_server_to_come_up(self.endpoint_root, "azurite", self._p)
         return self
diff --git a/python/arcticdb/storage_fixtures/s3.py b/python/arcticdb/storage_fixtures/s3.py
index 7a5bf2e85b..2d7537e221 100644
--- a/python/arcticdb/storage_fixtures/s3.py
+++ b/python/arcticdb/storage_fixtures/s3.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 from typing import NamedTuple, Optional, Any, Type
 
 from .api import *
-from .utils import get_ephemeral_port, GracefulProcessUtils, wait_for_server_to_come_up, safer_rmtree
+from .utils import get_ephemeral_port, GracefulProcessUtils, wait_for_server_to_come_up, safer_rmtree, get_ca_cert_for_testing
 from arcticc.pb2.storage_pb2 import EnvironmentConfigsMap
 from arcticdb.version_store.helper import add_s3_library_to_env
 
@@ -282,21 +282,8 @@ def _start_server(self):
 
         self.ssl = self.http_protocol == "https" # In real world, using https protocol doesn't necessarily mean ssl will be verified
         if self.http_protocol == "https":
-            self.key_file = os.path.join(self.working_dir, "key.pem")
-            self.cert_file = os.path.join(self.working_dir, "cert.pem")
-            self.client_cert_file = os.path.join(self.working_dir, "client.pem")
-            ca = trustme.CA()
-            server_cert = ca.issue_cert("localhost")
-            server_cert.private_key_pem.write_to_path(self.key_file)
-            server_cert.cert_chain_pems[0].write_to_path(self.cert_file)
-            ca.cert_pem.write_to_path(self.client_cert_file)
+            self.ca, self.key_file, self.cert_file, self.client_cert_file = get_ca_cert_for_testing(self.working_dir)
             self.client_cert_dir = self.working_dir
-            # Create the sym link for curl CURLOPT_CAPATH option; rehash only available on openssl >=1.1.1
-            subprocess.run(
-                f'ln -s "{self.client_cert_file}" "$(openssl x509 -hash -noout -in "{self.client_cert_file}")".0',
-                cwd=self.working_dir,
-                shell=True,
-            )
         else:
             self.key_file = ""
             self.cert_file = ""
diff --git a/python/arcticdb/storage_fixtures/utils.py b/python/arcticdb/storage_fixtures/utils.py
index 86e36246fe..efc5fa8171 100644
--- a/python/arcticdb/storage_fixtures/utils.py
+++ b/python/arcticdb/storage_fixtures/utils.py
@@ -136,3 +136,21 @@ def safer_rmtree(fixture, path):
         time.sleep(1)
         with handler:  # Even with ignore_errors=True, rmtree might still throw on Windows....
             shutil.rmtree(path, ignore_errors=True)
+
+
+def get_ca_cert_for_testing(working_dir):
+    key_file = os.path.join(working_dir, "key.pem")
+    cert_file = os.path.join(working_dir, "cert.pem")
+    client_cert_file = os.path.join(working_dir, "client.pem")
+    ca = trustme.CA()
+    server_cert = ca.issue_cert("localhost")
+    server_cert.private_key_pem.write_to_path(key_file)
+    server_cert.cert_chain_pems[0].write_to_path(cert_file)
+    ca.cert_pem.write_to_path(client_cert_file)
+    # Create the sym link for curl CURLOPT_CAPATH option; rehash only available on openssl >=1.1.1
+    subprocess.run(
+        f'ln -s "{client_cert_file}" "$(openssl x509 -hash -noout -in "{client_cert_file}")".0',
+        cwd=working_dir,
+        shell=True,
+    )
+    return ca, key_file, cert_file, client_cert_file # Need to keep ca alive to authenticate the cert
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