diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 62702f20377ae67e328cdb15f938849a0320b7d1..6761fe133a461657cf34d224d89cf7b0fbd00aab 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y git python3 python3-pip \
     && python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip \
     && python3 -m pip install -U grpcio-tools \
     && python3 -m pip install -U grpclib \
-    && python3 -m pip install -U PyYAML
+    && python3 -m pip install -U PyYAML \
+    && python3 -m pip install -U kubernetes
 
 # Libraries used by the vnf: asyncssh, ansible
 #RUN apt-get update && apt-get install software-properties-common \
diff --git a/osm_ee/util/util_grpc.py b/osm_ee/util/util_grpc.py
index df904c1a2104693f0db6f5954c0775b69b2bb5fd..5fe8fc5b86a35235402ae43836341a7ccd0d56c4 100644
--- a/osm_ee/util/util_grpc.py
+++ b/osm_ee/util/util_grpc.py
@@ -1,26 +1,46 @@
+from base64 import b64decode
 import logging
 import ssl
+from .util_kubernetes import get_secret_data
 
 logger = logging.getLogger("osm_ee.util_grpc")
-
-SERVER_CERT = "/etc/ssl/grpc-tls/tls.crt"
-SERVER_KEY = "/etc/ssl/grpc-tls/tls.key"
+SERVER_CERT_SECRET = "ee-tls"
+CLIENT_CA_SECRET = "osm-ca"
+SERVER_CERT_FILE = "/etc/ssl/ee-tls.crt"
+SERVER_KEY_FILE = "/etc/ssl/ee-tls.key"
+CLIENT_CA_FILE = "/etc/ssl/osm-ca.crt"
 
 
 def create_secure_context() -> ssl.SSLContext:
-    ctx = ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLS_SERVER)
-    # ctx.verify_mode = ssl.CERT_REQUIRED
-    try:
-        ctx.load_cert_chain(str(SERVER_CERT), str(SERVER_KEY))
-    except FileNotFoundError:
-        logger.warning("TLS Certificate not found, starting gRPC server in unsecure mode")
+    # retrieve certificates from secrets
+    if not _retrieve_certs():
+        logger.warning("TLS Certificates not found, starting gRPC server in unsecure mode")
         return None
-    # TODO: client TLS 
-    # ctx.load_verify_locations(str(trusted))
+    # create SSL context
+    ctx = ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLS_SERVER)
+    ctx.verify_mode = ssl.CERT_REQUIRED
+    ctx.load_cert_chain(SERVER_CERT_FILE, SERVER_KEY_FILE)
+    ctx.load_verify_locations(CLIENT_CA_FILE)
     ctx.set_ciphers('ECDHE+AESGCM:ECDHE+CHACHA20:DHE+AESGCM:DHE+CHACHA20')
     ctx.set_alpn_protocols(['h2'])
     try:
         ctx.set_npn_protocols(['h2'])
     except NotImplementedError:
         pass
-    return ctx
\ No newline at end of file
+    return ctx
+
+
+def _retrieve_certs():
+    _server_data = get_secret_data(SERVER_CERT_SECRET)
+    lcm_ca = get_secret_data(CLIENT_CA_SECRET).get("ca.crt")
+    if not (_server_data and lcm_ca):
+        return False
+    server_cert = _server_data.get("tls.crt")
+    with open(SERVER_CERT_FILE, "w") as server_cert_file:
+        server_cert_file.write(b64decode(server_cert).decode())
+    server_key = _server_data.get("tls.key")
+    with open(SERVER_KEY_FILE, "w") as server_key_file:
+        server_key_file.write(b64decode(server_key).decode())
+    with open(CLIENT_CA_FILE, "w") as client_ca_file:
+        client_ca_file.write(b64decode(lcm_ca).decode())
+    return True
diff --git a/osm_ee/util/util_kubernetes.py b/osm_ee/util/util_kubernetes.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d4594d9268ca413821231121395eb28bc56a0896
--- /dev/null
+++ b/osm_ee/util/util_kubernetes.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+from kubernetes import client, config
+from kubernetes.client.rest import ApiException
+
+
+def get_secret_data(name) -> dict:
+    # assume that we are executing in a kubernetes pod
+    try:
+        config.load_incluster_config()
+    except config.ConfigException:
+        # we are not running in kubernetes
+        return {}
+    # Read the namespace from the service account
+    current_namespace = open("/var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/namespace").read()
+
+    v1 = client.CoreV1Api()
+    try:
+        secret = v1.read_namespaced_secret(name, current_namespace)
+    except ApiException as e:
+        if e.reason == 'Not Found':  # Backwards compatibility: we run in k8s but certs don't exist
+            return {}
+        else:
+            raise
+    return secret.data