diff --git a/ansible/roles/octavia_preconf/templates/octavia_amphora_provider.yaml.j2 b/ansible/roles/octavia_preconf/templates/octavia_amphora_provider.yaml.j2
index 4c76181dd..dbd1e88dc 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/octavia_preconf/templates/octavia_amphora_provider.yaml.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/octavia_preconf/templates/octavia_amphora_provider.yaml.j2
@@ -23,7 +23,13 @@ pod:
             subPath: client.key-and-cert.pem
           - name: pod-run-octavia
             mountPath: /var/run/octavia
+          - name: ovn-tls
+            mountPath: /etc/octavia/ovn
+            readOnly: true
         volumes:
+          - name: ovn-tls
+            secret:
+              secretName: ovn-client-tls
           - name: octavia-certs
             secret:
               secretName: octavia-certs
@@ -47,7 +53,13 @@ pod:
             subPath: client.key-and-cert.pem
           - name: pod-run-octavia
             mountPath: /var/run/octavia
+          - name: ovn-tls
+            mountPath: /etc/octavia/ovn
+            readOnly: true
         volumes:
+          - name: ovn-tls
+            secret:
+              secretName: ovn-client-tls
           - name: octavia-certs
             secret:
               secretName: octavia-certs
diff --git a/base-helm-configs/kube-ovn/kube-ovn-helm-overrides.yaml b/base-helm-configs/kube-ovn/kube-ovn-helm-overrides.yaml
index 200bd321b..aceafdc9a 100644
--- a/base-helm-configs/kube-ovn/kube-ovn-helm-overrides.yaml
+++ b/base-helm-configs/kube-ovn/kube-ovn-helm-overrides.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Default values for kubeovn.
 # This is a YAML-formatted file.
 # Declare variables to be passed into your templates.
+---
 global:
   registry:
     address: ghcr.io/rackerlabs/genestack-images
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ MASTER_NODES_LABEL: "kube-ovn/role=master"
 networking:
   # NET_STACK defaults to ipv4
   NET_STACK: ipv4
-  ENABLE_SSL: false
+  ENABLE_SSL: true
   # network type could be geneve or vlan
   NETWORK_TYPE: geneve
   # tunnel type could be geneve, vxlan or stt
@@ -38,13 +39,13 @@ networking:
   vlan:
     PROVIDER_NAME: "provider"
     VLAN_INTERFACE_NAME: "br-overlay"
-    #VLAN_NAME: "ovn-vlan"
-    #VLAN_ID: "100"
+    # VLAN_NAME: "ovn-vlan"
+    # VLAN_ID: "100"
   EXCHANGE_LINK_NAME: false
   ENABLE_EIP_SNAT: false
   DEFAULT_SUBNET: "ovn-default"
   DEFAULT_VPC: "ovn-cluster"
-  NODE_SUBNET: "join" #mesh network
+  NODE_SUBNET: "join" # mesh network
   ENABLE_ECMP: true
   ENABLE_METRICS: true
   # comma-separated string of nodelocal DNS ip addresses
diff --git a/base-helm-configs/neutron/neutron-helm-overrides.yaml b/base-helm-configs/neutron/neutron-helm-overrides.yaml
index f18d753f1..30ebe57ce 100644
--- a/base-helm-configs/neutron/neutron-helm-overrides.yaml
+++ b/base-helm-configs/neutron/neutron-helm-overrides.yaml
@@ -147,6 +147,27 @@ pod:
         timeout: 60
       ironic_agent:
         timeout: 60
+  mounts:
+    neutron_server:
+      neutron_server:
+        volumes:
+          - name: ovn-tls
+            secret:
+              secretName: ovn-client-tls
+        volumeMounts:
+          - name: ovn-tls
+            mountPath: /etc/neutron/ovn
+            readOnly: true
+    neutron_ovn_metadata_agent:
+      neutron_ovn_metadata_agent:
+        volumes:
+          - name: ovn-tls
+            secret:
+              secretName: ovn-client-tls
+        volumeMounts:
+          - name: ovn-tls
+            mountPath: /etc/neutron/ovn
+            readOnly: true
 
 conf:
   dhcp_agent:
@@ -184,7 +205,7 @@ conf:
       agent_version: v2
       driver: neutron_fwaas.services.firewall.service_drivers.ovn.firewall_l3_driver.OVNFwaasDriver
       # NOTE(cloudnull): in 2025.1 we can enable this
-      enabled: False
+      enabled: false
     agent:
       extensions: vpnaas,metadata
       availability_zone: az1
@@ -243,6 +264,13 @@ conf:
       metadata_workers: 2
     ovs:
       ovsdb_connection: "tcp:127.0.0.1:6640"
+    ovn:
+      ovn_nb_private_key: /etc/neutron/ovn/key
+      ovn_nb_certificate: /etc/neutron/ovn/cert
+      ovn_nb_ca_cert: /etc/neutron/ovn/cacert
+      ovn_sb_private_key: /etc/neutron/ovn/key
+      ovn_sb_certificate: /etc/neutron/ovn/cert
+      ovn_sb_ca_cert: /etc/neutron/ovn/cacert
   ovn_vpn_agent:
     ovs:
       ovsdb_connection: "tcp:127.0.0.1:6640"
@@ -269,6 +297,13 @@ conf:
         ovn_metadata_enabled: true
         ovn_nb_connection: "tcp:127.0.0.1:6641"
         ovn_sb_connection: "tcp:127.0.0.1:6642"
+        ovn_nb_private_key: "/etc/neutron/ovn/key"
+        ovn_nb_certificate: "/etc/neutron/ovn/cert"
+        ovn_nb_ca_cert: "/etc/neutron/ovn/cacert"
+        ovn_sb_private_key: "/etc/neutron/ovn/key"
+        ovn_sb_certificate: "/etc/neutron/ovn/cert"
+        ovn_sb_ca_cert: "/etc/neutron/ovn/cacert"
+
     openvswitch_agent:
       agent:
         availability_zone: az1
diff --git a/base-helm-configs/octavia/octavia-helm-overrides.yaml b/base-helm-configs/octavia/octavia-helm-overrides.yaml
index 22c8e0b0f..73f05c2c2 100644
--- a/base-helm-configs/octavia/octavia-helm-overrides.yaml
+++ b/base-helm-configs/octavia/octavia-helm-overrides.yaml
@@ -148,6 +148,14 @@ conf:
     ovn:
       ovn_nb_connection: "tcp:127.0.0.1:6641"
       ovn_sb_connection: "tcp:127.0.0.1:6642"
+
+      ovn_nb_private_key: /etc/octavia/ovn/key
+      ovn_nb_certificate: /etc/octavia/ovn/cert
+      ovn_nb_ca_cert: /etc/octavia/ovn/cacert
+
+      ovn_sb_private_key: /etc/octavia/ovn/key
+      ovn_sb_certificate: /etc/octavia/ovn/cert
+      ovn_sb_ca_cert: /etc/octavia/ovn/cacert
     service_auth:
       insecure: true
     task_flow:
@@ -276,18 +284,30 @@ pod:
       init_container: null
       octavia_api:
         volumeMounts:
+          - name: ovn-tls
+            mountPath: /etc/octavia/ovn
+            readOnly: true
           - name: pod-run-octavia
             mountPath: /var/run/octavia
         volumes:
+          - name: ovn-tls
+            secret:
+              secretName: ovn-client-tls
           - name: pod-run-octavia
             emptyDir: {}
     octavia_worker:
       init_container: null
       octavia_worker:
         volumeMounts:
+          - name: ovn-tls
+            mountPath: /etc/octavia/ovn
+            readOnly: true
           - name: pod-run-octavia
             mountPath: /var/run/octavia
         volumes:
+          - name: ovn-tls
+            secret:
+              secretName: ovn-client-tls
           - name: pod-run-octavia
             emptyDir: {}
     octavia_driver_agent:
diff --git a/base-kustomize/neutron/base/kustomization.yaml b/base-kustomize/neutron/base/kustomization.yaml
index 98617a65a..542e56807 100644
--- a/base-kustomize/neutron/base/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/base-kustomize/neutron/base/kustomization.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+---
 sortOptions:
   order: fifo
 resources:
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@ resources:
   - policies.yaml
 
 patches:
+  - path: patch-ovn-tls-optional.yaml
   - target:
       kind: ConfigMap
       name: neutron-bin
diff --git a/base-kustomize/neutron/base/patch-ovn-tls-optional.yaml b/base-kustomize/neutron/base/patch-ovn-tls-optional.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6fb2c63ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/base-kustomize/neutron/base/patch-ovn-tls-optional.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# I don't believe the OpenStack helm Neutron chart offers the ability to use
+# optional volume mounts, and this secret may not exist on installations not
+# using Kube-OVN's "control plane" TLS
+---
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: DaemonSet
+metadata:
+  name: neutron-ovn-metadata-agent-default
+spec:
+  template:
+    spec:
+      volumes:
+        - name: ovn-tls
+          secret:
+            optional: true
+---
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: neutron-server
+spec:
+  template:
+    spec:
+      volumes:
+        - name: ovn-tls
+          secret:
+            optional: true
diff --git a/base-kustomize/octavia/base/kustomization.yaml b/base-kustomize/octavia/base/kustomization.yaml
index 16aaaceec..1704d3a06 100644
--- a/base-kustomize/octavia/base/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/base-kustomize/octavia/base/kustomization.yaml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ resources:
 
 # To run the OVN driver, the octavia-api container must have an agent container within the same pod.
 patches:
+  - path: patch-ovn-tls-optional.yaml
   - target:
       kind: Secret
       name: octavia-etc
diff --git a/base-kustomize/octavia/base/patch-ovn-tls-optional.yaml b/base-kustomize/octavia/base/patch-ovn-tls-optional.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1d48a73f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/base-kustomize/octavia/base/patch-ovn-tls-optional.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# I don't believe the OpenStack helm Neutron chart offers the ability to use
+# optional volume mounts, and this secret may not exist on installations not
+# using Kube-OVN's "control plane" TLS
+---
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: DaemonSet
+metadata:
+  name: octavia-worker-default
+spec:
+  template:
+    spec:
+      volumes:
+        - name: ovn-tls
+          secret:
+            optional: true
+---
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: octavia-api
+spec:
+  template:
+    spec:
+      volumes:
+        - name: ovn-tls
+          secret:
+            optional: true
diff --git a/bin/create-secrets.sh b/bin/create-secrets.sh
index b72e7e539..bcd0d3dd6 100755
--- a/bin/create-secrets.sh
+++ b/bin/create-secrets.sh
@@ -905,6 +905,24 @@ else
     echo "Note: ${SKYLINE_SECRETS_FILE} not found. Run create-skyline-secrets.sh to add skyline secrets."
 fi
 
+# Check if kube-ovn-tls secret exists, and copy to openstack namespace if it does
+if kubectl -n kube-system get secret kube-ovn-tls >/dev/null 2>&1
+then
+    cat <<EOF >> $OUTPUT_FILE
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Secret
+metadata:
+  name: ovn-client-tls
+  namespace: openstack
+type: Opaque
+data:
+  cacert: $(kubectl -n kube-system get secret kube-ovn-tls -o jsonpath='{.data.cacert}')
+  cert: $(kubectl -n kube-system get secret kube-ovn-tls -o jsonpath='{.data.cert}')
+  key: $(kubectl -n kube-system get secret kube-ovn-tls -o jsonpath='{.data.key}')
+EOF
+fi
+
 rm nova_ssh_key nova_ssh_key.pub
 rm manila_ssh_key manila_ssh_key.pub
 chmod 0640 ${OUTPUT_FILE}
diff --git a/bin/install-neutron.sh b/bin/install-neutron.sh
index 3595bc3d0..15bef2021 100755
--- a/bin/install-neutron.sh
+++ b/bin/install-neutron.sh
@@ -124,6 +124,28 @@ fi
 
 echo
 
+# Set connection string based on whether we use Kube-OVN TLS
+# Hyperconverged build tries to execute the install script without yq in the
+# path
+function installYq() {
+    export VERSION=v4.47.2
+    export BINARY=yq_linux_amd64
+    wget https://github.com/mikefarah/yq/releases/download/${VERSION}/${BINARY}.tar.gz -q -O - | tar xz && mv ${BINARY} /usr/local/bin/yq
+}
+
+if ! yq --version 2> /dev/null; then
+  echo "yq is not installed. Attempting to install yq"
+  installYq
+fi
+
+if helm -n kube-system get values kube-ovn \
+  | yq -e '.networking.ENABLE_SSL == true' >/dev/null 2>&1
+then
+    CONNECTION_STRING="ssl"
+else
+    CONNECTION_STRING="tcp"
+fi
+
 # Collect all --set arguments, executing commands and quoting safely
 # NOTE: This array contains OpenStack-specific secret retrievals and MUST be updated
 #       with the necessary --set arguments for your target SERVICE_NAME_DEFAULT.
@@ -143,10 +165,13 @@ set_args=(
     --set "conf.neutron.keystone_authtoken.memcache_secret_key=$(kubectl --namespace openstack get secret os-memcached -o jsonpath='{.data.memcache_secret_key}' | base64 -d)"
     --set "endpoints.oslo_messaging.auth.admin.password=$(kubectl --namespace openstack get secret rabbitmq-default-user -o jsonpath='{.data.password}' | base64 -d)"
     --set "endpoints.oslo_messaging.auth.neutron.password=$(kubectl --namespace openstack get secret neutron-rabbitmq-password -o jsonpath='{.data.password}' | base64 -d)"
-    --set "conf.neutron.ovn.ovn_nb_connection=tcp:$(kubectl --namespace kube-system get service ovn-nb -o jsonpath='{.spec.clusterIP}:{.spec.ports[0].port}')"
-    --set "conf.neutron.ovn.ovn_sb_connection=tcp:$(kubectl --namespace kube-system get service ovn-sb -o jsonpath='{.spec.clusterIP}:{.spec.ports[0].port}')"
-    --set "conf.plugins.ml2_conf.ovn.ovn_nb_connection=tcp:$(kubectl --namespace kube-system get service ovn-nb -o jsonpath='{.spec.clusterIP}:{.spec.ports[0].port}')"
-    --set "conf.plugins.ml2_conf.ovn.ovn_sb_connection=tcp:$(kubectl --namespace kube-system get service ovn-sb -o jsonpath='{.spec.clusterIP}:{.spec.ports[0].port}')"
+    --set "conf.neutron.ovn.ovn_nb_connection=$CONNECTION_STRING:$(kubectl --namespace kube-system get service ovn-nb -o jsonpath='{.spec.clusterIP}:{.spec.ports[0].port}')"
+    --set "conf.neutron.ovn.ovn_sb_connection=$CONNECTION_STRING:$(kubectl --namespace kube-system get service ovn-sb -o jsonpath='{.spec.clusterIP}:{.spec.ports[0].port}')"
+    --set "conf.plugins.ml2_conf.ovn.ovn_nb_connection=$CONNECTION_STRING:$(kubectl --namespace kube-system get service ovn-nb -o jsonpath='{.spec.clusterIP}:{.spec.ports[0].port}')"
+    --set "conf.plugins.ml2_conf.ovn.ovn_sb_connection=$CONNECTION_STRING:$(kubectl --namespace kube-system get service ovn-sb -o jsonpath='{.spec.clusterIP}:{.spec.ports[0].port}')"
+    --set "conf.ovn_metadata_agent.ovn.ovn_nb_connection=$CONNECTION_STRING:$(kubectl --namespace kube-system get service ovn-nb -o jsonpath='{.spec.clusterIP}:{.spec.ports[0].port}')"
+    --set "conf.ovn_metadata_agent.ovn.ovn_sb_connection=$CONNECTION_STRING:$(kubectl --namespace kube-system get service ovn-sb -o jsonpath='{.spec.clusterIP}:{.spec.ports[0].port}')"
+
 )
 
 
@@ -172,4 +197,4 @@ printf '%q ' "${helm_command[@]}"
 echo
 
 # Execute the command directly from the array
-"${helm_command[@]}"
\ No newline at end of file
+"${helm_command[@]}"
diff --git a/bin/install-octavia.sh b/bin/install-octavia.sh
index bb08298e7..6b1bdb413 100755
--- a/bin/install-octavia.sh
+++ b/bin/install-octavia.sh
@@ -123,6 +123,28 @@ fi
 
 echo
 
+# Set connection string based on whether we use Kube-OVN TLS
+# Hyperconverged build tries to execute the install script without yq in the
+# path
+function installYq() {
+    export VERSION=v4.47.2
+    export BINARY=yq_linux_amd64
+    wget https://github.com/mikefarah/yq/releases/download/${VERSION}/${BINARY}.tar.gz -q -O - | tar xz && mv ${BINARY} /usr/local/bin/yq
+}
+
+if ! yq --version 2> /dev/null; then
+  echo "yq is not installed. Attempting to install yq"
+  installYq
+fi
+
+if helm -n kube-system get values kube-ovn \
+  | yq -e '.networking.ENABLE_SSL == true' >/dev/null 2>&1
+then
+    CONNECTION_STRING="ssl"
+else
+    CONNECTION_STRING="tcp"
+fi
+
 # Collect all --set arguments, executing commands and quoting safely
 # NOTE: This array contains OpenStack-specific secret retrievals and MUST be updated
 #       with the necessary --set arguments for your target SERVICE_NAME_DEFAULT.
@@ -148,8 +170,8 @@ set_args=(
     --set "conf.octavia.certificates.ca_private_key_passphrase=$(kubectl --namespace openstack get secret octavia-certificates -o jsonpath='{.data.password}' | base64 -d)"
 
     # OVN connections (dynamic clusterIP lookup)
-    --set "conf.octavia.ovn.ovn_nb_connection=tcp:$(kubectl --namespace kube-system get service ovn-nb -o jsonpath='{.spec.clusterIP}:{.spec.ports[0].port}')"
-    --set "conf.octavia.ovn.ovn_sb_connection=tcp:$(kubectl --namespace kube-system get service ovn-sb -o jsonpath='{.spec.clusterIP}:{.spec.ports[0].port}')"
+    --set "conf.octavia.ovn.ovn_nb_connection=$CONNECTION_STRING:$(kubectl --namespace kube-system get service ovn-nb -o jsonpath='{.spec.clusterIP}:{.spec.ports[0].port}')"
+    --set "conf.octavia.ovn.ovn_sb_connection=$CONNECTION_STRING:$(kubectl --namespace kube-system get service ovn-sb -o jsonpath='{.spec.clusterIP}:{.spec.ports[0].port}')"
 )
 
 
@@ -175,4 +197,4 @@ printf '%q ' "${helm_command[@]}"
 echo
 
 # Execute the command directly from the array
-"${helm_command[@]}"
\ No newline at end of file
+"${helm_command[@]}"