diff --git a/commands/cmd_scrutinize.go b/commands/cmd_scrutinize.go
index 0bcc926..6058ef4 100644
--- a/commands/cmd_scrutinize.go
+++ b/commands/cmd_scrutinize.go
@@ -23,13 +23,12 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"strings"
 
-	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
-	"k8s.io/client-go/rest"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 
 	"github.com/vertica/vcluster/vclusterops"
 	"github.com/vertica/vcluster/vclusterops/util"
 	"github.com/vertica/vcluster/vclusterops/vlog"
+	"github.com/vertica/vertica-kubernetes/pkg/secrets"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -51,11 +50,13 @@ const (
 
 // secretRetriever is an interface for retrieving secrets.
 type secretRetriever interface {
-	RetrieveSecret(namespace, secretName string) ([]byte, []byte, []byte, error)
+	RetrieveSecret(logger vlog.Printer, namespace, secretName string) ([]byte, []byte, []byte, error)
 }
 
-// k8sSecretRetrieverStruct is an implementation of secretRetriever.
-type k8sSecretRetrieverStruct struct {
+// secretStoreRetrieverStruct is an implementation of secretRetriever. It
+// handles reading secrets from k8s and external sources like GSM, AWS, etc.
+type secretStoreRetrieverStruct struct {
+	Log vlog.Printer
 }
 
 /* CmdScrutinize
@@ -68,15 +69,15 @@ type k8sSecretRetrieverStruct struct {
  */
 type CmdScrutinize struct {
 	CmdBase
-	k8secretRetreiver secretRetriever
-	sOptions          vclusterops.VScrutinizeOptions
+	secretStoreRetriever secretRetriever
+	sOptions             vclusterops.VScrutinizeOptions
 }
 
 func makeCmdScrutinize() *CmdScrutinize {
 	newCmd := &CmdScrutinize{}
 	newCmd.parser = flag.NewFlagSet("scrutinize", flag.ExitOnError)
 	newCmd.sOptions = vclusterops.VScrutinizOptionsFactory()
-	newCmd.k8secretRetreiver = k8sSecretRetrieverStruct{}
+	newCmd.secretStoreRetriever = secretStoreRetrieverStruct{}
 	// required flags
 	newCmd.sOptions.DBName = newCmd.parser.String("db-name", "", "The name of the database to run scrutinize.  May be omitted on k8s.")
 
@@ -194,35 +195,40 @@ func (c *CmdScrutinize) Run(vcc vclusterops.VClusterCommands) error {
 	return err
 }
 
-// RetrieveSecret retrieves a secret from Kubernetes and returns its data.
-func (k8sSecretRetrieverStruct) RetrieveSecret(namespace, secretName string) (ca, cert, key []byte, err error) {
-	config, err := rest.InClusterConfig()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, nil, err
+// RetrieveSecret retrieves a secret from a secret store, such as Kubernetes or
+// GSM, and returns its data.
+func (k secretStoreRetrieverStruct) RetrieveSecret(logger vlog.Printer, namespace, secretName string) (ca, cert, key []byte, err error) {
+	// We use MultiSourceSecretFetcher since it will use the correct client
+	// depending on the secret path reference of the secret name. This can
+	// handle reading clients from the k8s-apiserver using a k8s client, or from
+	// external sources such as Google Secret Manager (GSM).
+	fetcher := secrets.MultiSourceSecretFetcher{
+		Log: &logger,
 	}
-	clientset, err := kubernetes.NewForConfig(config)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, nil, err
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	var certData map[string][]byte
+	fetchName := types.NamespacedName{
+		Namespace: namespace,
+		Name:      secretName,
 	}
-	secretsClient := clientset.CoreV1().Secrets(namespace)
-	certData, err := secretsClient.Get(context.Background(), secretName, metav1.GetOptions{})
+	certData, err = fetcher.Fetch(ctx, fetchName)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, nil, err
+		return nil, nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to fetch secret: %w", err)
 	}
 	const (
 		CACertName  = "ca.crt"
 		TLSCertName = "tls.crt"
 		TLSKeyName  = "tls.key"
 	)
-	caCertVal, exists := certData.Data[CACertName]
+	caCertVal, exists := certData[CACertName]
 	if !exists {
 		return nil, nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("missing key %s in secret", CACertName)
 	}
-	tlsCertVal, exists := certData.Data[TLSCertName]
+	tlsCertVal, exists := certData[TLSCertName]
 	if !exists {
 		return nil, nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("missing key %s in secret", TLSCertName)
 	}
-	tlsKeyVal, exists := certData.Data[TLSKeyName]
+	tlsKeyVal, exists := certData[TLSKeyName]
 	if !exists {
 		return nil, nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("missing key %s in secret", TLSKeyName)
 	}
@@ -231,7 +237,7 @@ func (k8sSecretRetrieverStruct) RetrieveSecret(namespace, secretName string) (ca
 
 func (c *CmdScrutinize) readNMACerts(logger vlog.Printer) error {
 	loaderFuncs := []func(vlog.Printer) (bool, error){
-		c.nmaCertLookupFromK8sSecret,
+		c.nmaCertLookupFromSecretStore,
 		c.nmaCertLookupFromEnv,
 	}
 	for _, fnc := range loaderFuncs {
@@ -244,9 +250,9 @@ func (c *CmdScrutinize) readNMACerts(logger vlog.Printer) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// nmaCertLookupFromK8sSecret retrieves PEM-encoded text of CA certs, the server cert, and
-// the server key directly from kubernetes secrets.
-func (c *CmdScrutinize) nmaCertLookupFromK8sSecret(logger vlog.Printer) (bool, error) {
+// nmaCertLookupFromSecretStore retrieves PEM-encoded text of CA certs, the server cert, and
+// the server key directly from a secret store.
+func (c *CmdScrutinize) nmaCertLookupFromSecretStore(logger vlog.Printer) (bool, error) {
 	_, portSet := os.LookupEnv(kubernetesPort)
 	if !portSet {
 		return false, nil
@@ -268,12 +274,12 @@ func (c *CmdScrutinize) nmaCertLookupFromK8sSecret(logger vlog.Printer) (bool, e
 		return false, nil
 	}
 
-	caCert, cert, key, err := c.k8secretRetreiver.RetrieveSecret(secretNameSpace, secretName)
+	caCert, cert, key, err := c.secretStoreRetriever.RetrieveSecret(logger, secretNameSpace, secretName)
 	if err != nil {
-		return false, fmt.Errorf("failed to read certs from k8s secret %s in namespace %s: %w", secretName, secretNameSpace, err)
+		return false, fmt.Errorf("failed to read certs from secret store with name %s in namespace %s: %w", secretName, secretNameSpace, err)
 	}
 	if len(caCert) != 0 && len(cert) != 0 && len(key) != 0 {
-		logger.Info("Successfully read cert from k8s secret ", "secretName", secretName, "secretNameSpace", secretNameSpace)
+		logger.Info("Successfully read cert from secret store", "secretName", secretName, "secretNameSpace", secretNameSpace)
 	} else {
 		return false, fmt.Errorf("failed to read CA, cert or key (sizes = %d/%d/%d)",
 			len(caCert), len(cert), len(key))
diff --git a/commands/scrutinize_test.go b/commands/scrutinize_test.go
index dbcd00e..72c4010 100644
--- a/commands/scrutinize_test.go
+++ b/commands/scrutinize_test.go
@@ -16,11 +16,14 @@
 package commands
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"os"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/vertica/vcluster/vclusterops/vlog"
+	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
@@ -37,8 +40,12 @@ type TestK8sSecretRetriever struct {
 	ca, cert, key string
 }
 
+func (t TestK8sSecretRetriever) GetSecret(_ context.Context, _ types.NamespacedName) (*corev1.Secret, error) {
+	return nil, nil
+}
+
 // RetrieveSecret retrieves a secret and returns mock values.
-func (t TestK8sSecretRetriever) RetrieveSecret(_, _ string) (caBytes []byte, certBytes []byte,
+func (t TestK8sSecretRetriever) RetrieveSecret(_ vlog.Printer, _, _ string) (caBytes []byte, certBytes []byte,
 	keyBytes []byte, err error) {
 	if !t.success { // Allow for dependency injection
 		return nil, nil, nil, errors.New("failed to retrieve secrets")
@@ -78,7 +85,7 @@ func TestScrutinCmd(t *testing.T) {
 func TestNMACertLookupFromK8sSecret(t *testing.T) {
 	const randomBytes = "123"
 	c := makeCmdScrutinize()
-	c.k8secretRetreiver = TestK8sSecretRetriever{
+	c.secretStoreRetriever = TestK8sSecretRetriever{
 		success: true,
 		ca:      "test cert 1",
 		cert:    "test cert 2",
@@ -92,7 +99,7 @@ func TestNMACertLookupFromK8sSecret(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Case 2: when the certs are configured correctly
 
-	ok, err := c.nmaCertLookupFromK8sSecret(vlog.Printer{})
+	ok, err := c.nmaCertLookupFromSecretStore(vlog.Printer{})
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.True(t, ok)
 	assert.Equal(t, "test cert 1", c.sOptions.CaCert)
@@ -101,20 +108,20 @@ func TestNMACertLookupFromK8sSecret(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// If some of the keys are missing
 	c = makeCmdScrutinize()
-	c.k8secretRetreiver = TestK8sSecretRetriever{
+	c.secretStoreRetriever = TestK8sSecretRetriever{
 		success: true,
 		ca:      "test cert 1",
 		cert:    "test cert 2",
 		key:     "", // Missing
 	}
-	ok, err = c.nmaCertLookupFromK8sSecret(vlog.Printer{})
+	ok, err = c.nmaCertLookupFromSecretStore(vlog.Printer{})
 	assert.Error(t, err)
 	assert.False(t, ok)
 
 	// Failure to retrieve the secret should fail the request
 	c = makeCmdScrutinize()
-	c.k8secretRetreiver = TestK8sSecretRetriever{success: false}
-	ok, err = c.nmaCertLookupFromK8sSecret(vlog.Printer{})
+	c.secretStoreRetriever = TestK8sSecretRetriever{success: false}
+	ok, err = c.nmaCertLookupFromSecretStore(vlog.Printer{})
 	assert.Error(t, err)
 	assert.False(t, ok)
 
@@ -122,7 +129,7 @@ func TestNMACertLookupFromK8sSecret(t *testing.T) {
 	os.Clearenv()
 	os.Setenv("KUBERNETES_PORT", randomBytes)
 	c = makeCmdScrutinize()
-	ok, err = c.nmaCertLookupFromK8sSecret(vlog.Printer{})
+	ok, err = c.nmaCertLookupFromSecretStore(vlog.Printer{})
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.False(t, ok)
 }
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 664003f..a4e4640 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -8,25 +8,36 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-logr/zapr v1.2.4
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.2
 	github.com/tonglil/buflogr v1.0.1
+	github.com/vertica/vertica-kubernetes v1.11.3-0.20231219223702-0400ddd35831
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.25.0
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20230510235704-dd950f8aeaea
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.15.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
+	k8s.io/api v0.26.2
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.26.2
-	k8s.io/client-go v0.26.2
 )
 
 require (
+	cloud.google.com/go/compute v1.21.0 // indirect
+	cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata v0.2.3 // indirect
+	cloud.google.com/go/iam v1.1.1 // indirect
+	cloud.google.com/go/secretmanager v1.11.1 // indirect
+	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.49.5 // indirect
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.11.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.19.5 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference v0.20.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/swag v0.19.14 // indirect
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 // indirect
+	github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20210331224755-41bb18bfe9da // indirect
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.3 // indirect
 	github.com/google/gnostic v0.5.7-v3refs // indirect
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9 // indirect
 	github.com/google/gofuzz v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/google/s2a-go v0.1.4 // indirect
+	github.com/googleapis/enterprise-certificate-proxy v0.2.3 // indirect
+	github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 v2.11.0 // indirect
+	github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath v0.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/josharian/intern v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12 // indirect
 	github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.7.6 // indirect
@@ -34,17 +45,25 @@ require (
 	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
+	go.opencensus.io v0.24.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.10.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.16.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.19.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.8.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.10.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sync v0.3.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/term v0.15.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.14.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/time v0.3.0 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/api v0.126.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.7 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.30.0 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20230711160842-782d3b101e98 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20230711160842-782d3b101e98 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20230711160842-782d3b101e98 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/grpc v1.58.3 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.31.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
-	k8s.io/api v0.26.2 // indirect
+	k8s.io/client-go v0.26.2 // indirect
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.80.1 // indirect
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20221012153701-172d655c2280 // indirect
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20221128185143-99ec85e7a448 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 61efebd..837e463 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,11 +1,29 @@
 cloud.google.com/go v0.26.0/go.mod h1:aQUYkXzVsufM+DwF1aE+0xfcU+56JwCaLick0ClmMTw=
+cloud.google.com/go v0.34.0/go.mod h1:aQUYkXzVsufM+DwF1aE+0xfcU+56JwCaLick0ClmMTw=
+cloud.google.com/go v0.110.4 h1:1JYyxKMN9hd5dR2MYTPWkGUgcoxVVhg0LKNKEo0qvmk=
+cloud.google.com/go/compute v1.21.0 h1:JNBsyXVoOoNJtTQcnEY5uYpZIbeCTYIeDe0Xh1bySMk=
+cloud.google.com/go/compute v1.21.0/go.mod h1:4tCnrn48xsqlwSAiLf1HXMQk8CONslYbdiEZc9FEIbM=
+cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata v0.2.3 h1:mg4jlk7mCAj6xXp9UJ4fjI9VUI5rubuGBW5aJ7UnBMY=
+cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata v0.2.3/go.mod h1:VAV5nSsACxMJvgaAuX6Pk2AawlZn8kiOGuCv6gTkwuA=
+cloud.google.com/go/iam v1.1.1 h1:lW7fzj15aVIXYHREOqjRBV9PsH0Z6u8Y46a1YGvQP4Y=
+cloud.google.com/go/iam v1.1.1/go.mod h1:A5avdyVL2tCppe4unb0951eI9jreack+RJ0/d+KUZOU=
+cloud.google.com/go/secretmanager v1.11.1 h1:cLTCwAjFh9fKvU6F13Y4L9vPcx9yiWPyWXE4+zkuEQs=
+cloud.google.com/go/secretmanager v1.11.1/go.mod h1:znq9JlXgTNdBeQk9TBW/FnR/W4uChEKGeqQWAJ8SXFw=
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1/go.mod h1:xHWCNGjB5oqiDr8zfno3MHue2Ht5sIBksp03qcyfWMU=
-github.com/PuerkitoBio/purell v1.1.1/go.mod h1:c11w/QuzBsJSee3cPx9rAFu61PvFxuPbtSwDGJws/X0=
-github.com/PuerkitoBio/urlesc v0.0.0-20170810143723-de5bf2ad4578/go.mod h1:uGdkoq3SwY9Y+13GIhn11/XLaGBb4BfwItxLd5jeuXE=
+github.com/antihax/optional v1.0.0/go.mod h1:uupD/76wgC+ih3iEmQUL+0Ugr19nfwCT1kdvxnR2qWY=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.49.5 h1:y2yfBlwjPDi3/sBVKeznYEdDy6wIhjA2L5NCBMLUIYA=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.49.5/go.mod h1:LF8svs817+Nz+DmiMQKTO3ubZ/6IaTpq3TjupRn3Eqk=
 github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J11/hYXuz8f4ySSvYwY0FKfm+ezbsZBKZxNJlLklBHA=
 github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.3.0 h1:ip6w0uFQkncKQ979AypyG0ER7mqUSBdKLOgAle/AT8A=
 github.com/census-instrumentation/opencensus-proto v0.2.1/go.mod h1:f6KPmirojxKA12rnyqOA5BBL4O983OfeGPqjHWSTneU=
+github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.1.1/go.mod h1:VGX0DQ3Q6kWi7AoAeZDth3/j3BFtOZR5XLFGgcrjCOs=
 github.com/client9/misspell v0.3.4/go.mod h1:qj6jICC3Q7zFZvVWo7KLAzC3yx5G7kyvSDkc90ppPyw=
+github.com/cncf/udpa/go v0.0.0-20191209042840-269d4d468f6f/go.mod h1:M8M6+tZqaGXZJjfX53e64911xZQV5JYwmTeXPW+k8Sc=
+github.com/cncf/udpa/go v0.0.0-20201120205902-5459f2c99403/go.mod h1:WmhPx2Nbnhtbo57+VJT5O0JRkEi1Wbu0z5j0R8u5Hbk=
+github.com/cncf/udpa/go v0.0.0-20210930031921-04548b0d99d4/go.mod h1:6pvJx4me5XPnfI9Z40ddWsdw2W/uZgQLFXToKeRcDiI=
+github.com/cncf/xds/go v0.0.0-20210805033703-aa0b78936158/go.mod h1:eXthEFrGJvWHgFFCl3hGmgk+/aYT6PnTQLykKQRLhEs=
+github.com/cncf/xds/go v0.0.0-20210922020428-25de7278fc84/go.mod h1:eXthEFrGJvWHgFFCl3hGmgk+/aYT6PnTQLykKQRLhEs=
+github.com/cncf/xds/go v0.0.0-20211011173535-cb28da3451f1/go.mod h1:eXthEFrGJvWHgFFCl3hGmgk+/aYT6PnTQLykKQRLhEs=
 github.com/creack/pty v1.1.9/go.mod h1:oKZEueFk5CKHvIhNR5MUki03XCEU+Q6VDXinZuGJ33E=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
@@ -13,12 +31,17 @@ github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSs
 github.com/deckarep/golang-set/v2 v2.3.1 h1:vjmkvJt/IV27WXPyYQpAh4bRyWJc5Y435D17XQ9QU5A=
 github.com/deckarep/golang-set/v2 v2.3.1/go.mod h1:VAky9rY/yGXJOLEDv3OMci+7wtDpOF4IN+y82NBOac4=
 github.com/docopt/docopt-go v0.0.0-20180111231733-ee0de3bc6815/go.mod h1:WwZ+bS3ebgob9U8Nd0kOddGdZWjyMGR8Wziv+TBNwSE=
-github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.9.0 h1:XwGDlfxEnQZzuopoqxwSEllNcCOM9DhhFyhFIIGKwxE=
-github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.9.0/go.mod h1:6n3XBCmQQb25CM2LCACGz8ukIrRry+4bhvbpWn3mrbc=
 github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.11.0 h1:rAQeMHw1c7zTmncogyy8VvRZwtkmkZ4FxERmMY4rD+g=
 github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.11.0/go.mod h1:6n3XBCmQQb25CM2LCACGz8ukIrRry+4bhvbpWn3mrbc=
+github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.9.0/go.mod h1:YTl/9mNaCwkRvm6d1a2C3ymFceY/DCBVvsKhRF0iEA4=
 github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.9.1-0.20191026205805-5f8ba28d4473/go.mod h1:YTl/9mNaCwkRvm6d1a2C3ymFceY/DCBVvsKhRF0iEA4=
+github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.9.4/go.mod h1:6rpuAdCZL397s3pYoYcLgu1mIlRU8Am5FuJP05cCM98=
+github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.9.9-0.20201210154907-fd9021fe5dad/go.mod h1:cXg6YxExXjJnVBQHBLXeUAgxn2UodCpnH306RInaBQk=
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 github.com/envoyproxy/protoc-gen-validate v0.1.0/go.mod h1:iSmxcyjqTsJpI2R4NaDN7+kN2VEUnK/pcBlmesArF7c=
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@@ -238,6 +337,7 @@ k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20221012153701-172d655c2280 h1:+70TFaan3hfJzs+7VK2o+O
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diff --git a/rfc7807/errors.go b/rfc7807/errors.go
index ea6a01f..225a00b 100644
--- a/rfc7807/errors.go
+++ b/rfc7807/errors.go
@@ -92,6 +92,11 @@ var (
 		"Internal error while persisting spread encryption key",
 		http.StatusInternalServerError,
 	)
+	GenericShowRestorePointsFailure = newProblemID(
+		path.Join(errorEndpointsPrefix, "internal-show-restore-points-failure"),
+		"Internal error while showing restore points",
+		http.StatusInternalServerError,
+	)
 	SubclusterNotFound = newProblemID(
 		path.Join(errorEndpointsPrefix, "subcluster-not-found"),
 		"Subcluster is not found",
diff --git a/vclusterops/add_node.go b/vclusterops/add_node.go
index 5722eb1..75b5e06 100644
--- a/vclusterops/add_node.go
+++ b/vclusterops/add_node.go
@@ -26,14 +26,26 @@ import (
 // VAddNodeOptions represents the available options for VAddNode.
 type VAddNodeOptions struct {
 	DatabaseOptions
-	NewHosts            []string // Hosts to add to database
-	SCName              *string  // Name of the subcluster that the new nodes will be added to
-	Initiator           string   // A primary up host that will be used to execute add_node operations.
-	DepotSize           *string  // Depot size, e.g. 10G
-	SkipRebalanceShards *bool    // Skip rebalance shards if true
-	ForceRemoval        *bool    // Use force remove if true
-	ExpectedNodeNames   []string // Names of the existing nodes in the cluster. This option can be
+	// Hosts to add to database
+	NewHosts []string
+	// Name of the subcluster that the new nodes will be added to
+	SCName *string
+	// A primary up host that will be used to execute add_node operations
+	Initiator string
+	// Depot size, e.g. 10G
+	DepotSize *string
+	// Skip rebalance shards if true
+	SkipRebalanceShards *bool
+	// Use force remove if true
+	ForceRemoval *bool
+	// If the path is set, the NMA will store the Vertica start command at the path
+	// instead of executing it. This is useful in containerized environments where
+	// you may not want to have both the NMA and Vertica server in the same container.
+	// This feature requires version 24.2.0+.
+	StartUpConf *string
+	// Names of the existing nodes in the cluster. This option can be
 	// used to remove partially added nodes from catalog.
+	ExpectedNodeNames []string
 }
 
 func VAddNodeOptionsFactory() VAddNodeOptions {
@@ -51,6 +63,7 @@ func (o *VAddNodeOptions) setDefaultValues() {
 	o.SkipRebalanceShards = new(bool)
 	o.DepotSize = new(string)
 	o.ForceRemoval = new(bool)
+	o.StartUpConf = new(string)
 }
 
 func (o *VAddNodeOptions) validateEonOptions() error {
@@ -388,7 +401,7 @@ func (vcc *VClusterCommands) produceAddNodeInstructions(vdb *VCoordinationDataba
 		vdb.HostList,
 		vdb /*db configurations retrieved from a running db*/)
 
-	nmaStartNewNodesOp := makeNMAStartNodeOpWithVDB(vcc.Log, newHosts, vdb)
+	nmaStartNewNodesOp := makeNMAStartNodeOpWithVDB(vcc.Log, newHosts, *options.StartUpConf, vdb)
 	httpsPollNodeStateOp, err := makeHTTPSPollNodeStateOp(vcc.Log, newHosts, usePassword, username, password)
 	if err != nil {
 		return instructions, err
diff --git a/vclusterops/cluster_op_engine.go b/vclusterops/cluster_op_engine.go
index d9ce160..f2371c9 100644
--- a/vclusterops/cluster_op_engine.go
+++ b/vclusterops/cluster_op_engine.go
@@ -42,12 +42,16 @@ func (opEngine *VClusterOpEngine) run(logger vlog.Printer) error {
 	execContext := makeOpEngineExecContext(logger)
 	opEngine.execContext = &execContext
 
+	return opEngine.runWithExecContext(logger, &execContext)
+}
+
+func (opEngine *VClusterOpEngine) runWithExecContext(logger vlog.Printer, execContext *opEngineExecContext) error {
 	findCertsInOptions := opEngine.shouldGetCertsFromOptions()
 
 	for _, op := range opEngine.instructions {
 		op.setupBasicInfo()
 		op.logPrepare()
-		err := op.prepare(&execContext)
+		err := op.prepare(execContext)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("prepare %s failed, details: %w", op.getName(), err)
 		}
@@ -60,14 +64,14 @@ func (opEngine *VClusterOpEngine) run(logger vlog.Printer) error {
 
 			// execute an instruction
 			op.logExecute()
-			err = op.execute(&execContext)
+			err = op.execute(execContext)
 			if err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("execute %s failed, details: %w", op.getName(), err)
 			}
 		}
 
 		op.logFinalize()
-		err = op.finalize(&execContext)
+		err = op.finalize(execContext)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("finalize failed %w", err)
 		}
diff --git a/vclusterops/create_db.go b/vclusterops/create_db.go
index 94b2515..2e8f442 100644
--- a/vclusterops/create_db.go
+++ b/vclusterops/create_db.go
@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ type VCreateDatabaseOptions struct {
 
 	SkipStartupPolling *bool // whether skip startup polling
 	GenerateHTTPCerts  *bool // whether generate http certificates
+	// If the path is set, the NMA will store the Vertica start command at the path
+	// instead of executing it. This is useful in containerized environments where
+	// you may not want to have both the NMA and Vertica server in the same container.
+	// This feature requires version 24.2.0+.
+	StartUpConf *string
 
 	/* hidden options (which cache information only) */
 
@@ -91,6 +96,7 @@ func (opt *VCreateDatabaseOptions) setDefaultValues() {
 	opt.ForceRemovalAtCreation = new(bool)
 	opt.SkipPackageInstall = new(bool)
 	opt.GenerateHTTPCerts = new(bool)
+	opt.StartUpConf = new(string)
 
 	defaultTimeoutNodeStartupSeconds := util.DefaultTimeoutSeconds
 	opt.TimeoutNodeStartupSeconds = &defaultTimeoutNodeStartupSeconds
@@ -531,7 +537,7 @@ func (vcc *VClusterCommands) produceCreateDBBootstrapInstructions(
 		)
 	}
 
-	nmaStartNodeOp := makeNMAStartNodeOp(vcc.Log, bootstrapHost)
+	nmaStartNodeOp := makeNMAStartNodeOp(vcc.Log, bootstrapHost, *options.StartUpConf)
 
 	httpsPollBootstrapNodeStateOp, err := makeHTTPSPollNodeStateOp(vcc.Log, bootstrapHost, true, /* useHTTPPassword */
 		*options.UserName, options.Password)
@@ -598,7 +604,7 @@ func (vcc *VClusterCommands) produceCreateDBWorkerNodesInstructions(
 			bootstrapHost,
 			vdb.HostList,
 			vdb /*db configurations retrieved from a running db*/)
-		nmaStartNewNodesOp := makeNMAStartNodeOpWithVDB(vcc.Log, newNodeHosts, vdb)
+		nmaStartNewNodesOp := makeNMAStartNodeOpWithVDB(vcc.Log, newNodeHosts, *options.StartUpConf, vdb)
 		instructions = append(instructions, &nmaStartNewNodesOp)
 	}
 
diff --git a/vclusterops/nma_start_node_op.go b/vclusterops/nma_start_node_op.go
index 57f42e2..55e286e 100644
--- a/vclusterops/nma_start_node_op.go
+++ b/vclusterops/nma_start_node_op.go
@@ -25,21 +25,29 @@ import (
 
 type nmaStartNodeOp struct {
 	opBase
+	startupConf        string
 	hostRequestBodyMap map[string]string
 	vdb                *VCoordinationDatabase
 }
 
+type startNodeRequestData struct {
+	StartCommand []string `json:"start_command"`
+	StartupConf  string   `json:"startup_conf"`
+}
+
 func makeNMAStartNodeOp(logger vlog.Printer,
-	hosts []string) nmaStartNodeOp {
+	hosts []string, startupConf string) nmaStartNodeOp {
 	startNodeOp := nmaStartNodeOp{}
 	startNodeOp.name = "NMAStartNodeOp"
 	startNodeOp.logger = logger.WithName(startNodeOp.name)
 	startNodeOp.hosts = hosts
+	startNodeOp.startupConf = startupConf
 	return startNodeOp
 }
 
-func makeNMAStartNodeOpWithVDB(logger vlog.Printer, hosts []string, vdb *VCoordinationDatabase) nmaStartNodeOp {
-	startNodeOp := makeNMAStartNodeOp(logger, hosts)
+func makeNMAStartNodeOpWithVDB(logger vlog.Printer,
+	hosts []string, startupConf string, vdb *VCoordinationDatabase) nmaStartNodeOp {
+	startNodeOp := makeNMAStartNodeOp(logger, hosts, startupConf)
 	startNodeOp.vdb = vdb
 	return startNodeOp
 }
@@ -85,15 +93,16 @@ func (op *nmaStartNodeOp) updateRequestBody(execContext *opEngineExecContext) er
 }
 
 func (op *nmaStartNodeOp) updateHostRequestBodyMapFromNodeStartCommand(host string, hostStartCommand []string) error {
-	type NodeStartCommand struct {
-		StartCommand []string `json:"start_command"`
+	startNodeData := startNodeRequestData{
+		StartCommand: hostStartCommand,
+		StartupConf:  op.startupConf,
 	}
-	nodeStartCommand := NodeStartCommand{StartCommand: hostStartCommand}
-	marshaledCommand, err := json.Marshal(nodeStartCommand)
+
+	dataBytes, err := json.Marshal(startNodeData)
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("[%s] fail to marshal start command to JSON string %w", op.name, err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("[%s] fail to marshal request data to JSON string %w", op.name, err)
 	}
-	op.hostRequestBodyMap[host] = string(marshaledCommand)
+	op.hostRequestBodyMap[host] = string(dataBytes)
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/vclusterops/nma_start_node_op_test.go b/vclusterops/nma_start_node_op_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bf10d76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vclusterops/nma_start_node_op_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+package vclusterops
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+
+	"github.com/vertica/vcluster/vclusterops/vlog"
+)
+
+func TestStartNodeOp(t *testing.T) {
+	vl := vlog.Printer{}
+	hosts := []string{"host1"}
+	startupConf := "/tmp/startup.json"
+	// makeNMAStartNodeOp is called by create_db, add_node, start_db.
+	// if we pass startupConf to the op initializer, we expect to find
+	// it in the data to be sent to nodes/start
+	op := makeNMAStartNodeOp(vl, hosts, startupConf)
+	op.skipExecute = true
+	instructions := []clusterOp{&op}
+	certs := httpsCerts{}
+	clusterOpEngine := makeClusterOpEngine(instructions, &certs)
+
+	execContext := makeOpEngineExecContext(vl)
+	clusterOpEngine.execContext = &execContext
+	execContext.nmaVDatabase = nmaVDatabase{}
+	execContext.nmaVDatabase.HostNodeMap = make(map[string]*nmaVNode)
+	startCmd := []string{
+		"/opt/vertica/bin/vertica",
+		"-D",
+		"/data/practice_db/v_practice_db_node0001_catalog",
+	}
+	// this would be normally set by another op. We set it here
+	// for testing
+	execContext.nmaVDatabase.HostNodeMap[hosts[0]] = &nmaVNode{StartCommand: startCmd}
+
+	err := clusterOpEngine.runWithExecContext(vl, &execContext)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	httpRequest := op.clusterHTTPRequest.RequestCollection[hosts[0]]
+	startNodeData := startNodeRequestData{}
+	err = json.Unmarshal([]byte(httpRequest.RequestData), &startNodeData)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, len(startNodeData.StartCommand), len(startCmd))
+	assert.Equal(t, startNodeData.StartupConf, startupConf)
+}
diff --git a/vclusterops/start_db.go b/vclusterops/start_db.go
index 037cb42..5dbbe25 100644
--- a/vclusterops/start_db.go
+++ b/vclusterops/start_db.go
@@ -25,9 +25,17 @@ import (
 // VStartDatabaseOptions represents the available options when you start a database
 // with VStartDatabase.
 type VStartDatabaseOptions struct {
-	DatabaseOptions           // basic db info
-	StatePollingTimeout *int  // timeout for polling the states of all nodes in the database in HTTPSPollNodeStateOp
-	TrimHostList        *bool // whether trim the input host list based on the catalog info
+	// basic db info
+	DatabaseOptions
+	// timeout for polling the states of all nodes in the database in HTTPSPollNodeStateOp
+	StatePollingTimeout *int
+	// whether trim the input host list based on the catalog info
+	TrimHostList *bool
+	// If the path is set, the NMA will store the Vertica start command at the path
+	// instead of executing it. This is useful in containerized environments where
+	// you may not want to have both the NMA and Vertica server in the same container.
+	// This feature requires version 24.2.0+.
+	StartUpConf *string
 }
 
 func VStartDatabaseOptionsFactory() VStartDatabaseOptions {
@@ -38,6 +46,7 @@ func VStartDatabaseOptionsFactory() VStartDatabaseOptions {
 
 	opt.StatePollingTimeout = new(int)
 	opt.TrimHostList = new(bool)
+	opt.StartUpConf = new(string)
 
 	return opt
 }
@@ -297,7 +306,7 @@ func (vcc *VClusterCommands) produceStartDBInstructions(options *VStartDatabaseO
 		options.Hosts,
 		nil /*db configurations retrieved from a running db*/)
 
-	nmaStartNewNodesOp := makeNMAStartNodeOp(vcc.Log, options.Hosts)
+	nmaStartNewNodesOp := makeNMAStartNodeOp(vcc.Log, options.Hosts, *options.StartUpConf)
 	httpsPollNodeStateOp, err := makeHTTPSPollNodeStateOpWithTimeoutAndCommand(vcc.Log, options.Hosts,
 		options.usePassword, *options.UserName, options.Password, *options.StatePollingTimeout, StartDBCmd)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/vclusterops/start_node.go b/vclusterops/start_node.go
index 38b0e6f..a335ba7 100644
--- a/vclusterops/start_node.go
+++ b/vclusterops/start_node.go
@@ -25,9 +25,17 @@ import (
 // VStartNodesOptions represents the available options when you start one or more nodes
 // with VStartNodes.
 type VStartNodesOptions struct {
-	DatabaseOptions                       // basic db info
-	Nodes               map[string]string // A set of nodes(nodename - host) that we want to start in the database
-	StatePollingTimeout int               // timeout for polling nodes that we want to start in httpsPollNodeStateOp
+	// basic db info
+	DatabaseOptions
+	// A set of nodes(nodename - host) that we want to start in the database
+	Nodes map[string]string
+	// timeout for polling nodes that we want to start in httpsPollNodeStateOp
+	StatePollingTimeout int
+	// If the path is set, the NMA will store the Vertica start command at the path
+	// instead of executing it. This is useful in containerized environments where
+	// you may not want to have both the NMA and Vertica server in the same container.
+	// This feature requires version 24.2.0+.
+	StartUpConf *string
 }
 
 type VStartNodesInfo struct {
@@ -51,6 +59,7 @@ func VStartNodesOptionsFactory() VStartNodesOptions {
 
 func (options *VStartNodesOptions) setDefaultValues() {
 	options.DatabaseOptions.setDefaultValues()
+	options.StartUpConf = new(string)
 }
 
 func (options *VStartNodesOptions) validateRequiredOptions(logger vlog.Printer) error {
@@ -277,7 +286,7 @@ func (vcc *VClusterCommands) produceStartNodesInstructions(startNodeInfo *VStart
 	if err != nil {
 		return instructions, err
 	}
-	nmaRestartNewNodesOp := makeNMAStartNodeOpWithVDB(vcc.Log, startNodeInfo.HostsToStart, vdb)
+	nmaRestartNewNodesOp := makeNMAStartNodeOpWithVDB(vcc.Log, startNodeInfo.HostsToStart, *options.StartUpConf, vdb)
 	httpsPollNodeStateOp, err := makeHTTPSPollNodeStateOpWithTimeoutAndCommand(vcc.Log, startNodeInfo.HostsToStart,
 		options.usePassword, *options.UserName, options.Password, options.StatePollingTimeout, StartNodeCmd)
 	if err != nil {