diff --git a/ansible-scylla-node/defaults/main.yml b/ansible-scylla-node/defaults/main.yml
index 742e6b06..dae0822f 100644
--- a/ansible-scylla-node/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/ansible-scylla-node/defaults/main.yml
@@ -275,21 +275,21 @@ scylla_yaml_params:
   internode_compression: all
 
 # SSL configuration for Scylla nodes:
-# localhost_cert_path is the path where the certificates will be stored in the localhost before they're coppied to the nodes. If not set,
-# the playbook will consider it to be the same path where the inventory is located.
+# localhost_cert_path and localhost_cert_key_path are the paths where the certificates and keys will be stored in the localhost before they're coppied to the nodes.
 # cert_path is the path where the certificates will be placed in the scylla nodes.
+# localhost_truststore_path is the path to the truststore that should be coppied to the nodes. You can remove this variable if you don't want to provide a truststore.
 # If no certificates are present, this playbook will generate a selfsigned CA and node certificates locally and push them out to all the nodes.
-# WARNING: if a local ${localhost_cert_path}/ssl/ directory is not present and populated by existing certificates for all nodes, it will be generated
-# and certificates on the nodes can get overwritten with new certificates.
+# WARNING: if certs are no given by the user they will be automatically generated if scylla_ssl is enabled and certificates on the nodes can get overwritten
 # To use existing certificates:
-# 1. To use your own CA, place it in ${localhost_cert_path}/ssl/ca/{{ scylla_cluster_name }}-ca.crt and its respective key in
-# ${localhost_cert_path}/ssl/ca/{{ scylla_cluster_name }}-ca.pem and derived per-node certificates will be generated from it, if they are not present.
-# 2. To use your own node certificates, create a directory per hostname (same as in the inventory) in ${localhost_cert_path}/ssl/{{ hostname }}
-# and place the .pem and .crt files as {{ hostname }}.pem and {{ hostname }}.crt respectively and then place the CA you used to sign the certificates in
-# ${localhost_cert_path}/ssl/ca/{{ scylla_cluster_name }}-ca.crt and its respective key in ${localhost_cert_path}/ssl/ca/{{ scylla_cluster_name }}-ca.pem.
-# To skip this configuration entirely, set enabled: false for both options or comment out the scylla_ssl variable.
+# 1. To use your own CA, place it in ${inventory_dir}/ssl/ca/{{ scylla_cluster_name }}-ca.crt and its respective key in
+# ${inventory_dir}/ssl/ca/{{ scylla_cluster_name }}-ca.pem and derived per-node certificates will be generated from it, if they are not present.
+# 2. To use your own node certificates and keys, just place them in 'localhost_cert_path' and 'localhost_cert_key_path'
+# To skip this configuration entirely, set enabled: false for both options
 scylla_ssl:
-  # localhost_cert_path: path/to/certificates
+  localhost_cert_path: "{{ inventory_dir }}/ssl/scylla.crt"
+  localhost_cert_key_path: "{{ inventory_dir }}/scylla.pem"
+  localhost_truststore_path: "{{ inventory_dir }}/ssl/scylla.crt"
+  localhost_ca_cert_path: "{{ inventory_dir }}/ssl/ca/"
   cert_path: /etc/scylla
   internode:
     enabled: true
diff --git a/ansible-scylla-node/tasks/common.yml b/ansible-scylla-node/tasks/common.yml
index 1048f831..e1b84244 100644
--- a/ansible-scylla-node/tasks/common.yml
+++ b/ansible-scylla-node/tasks/common.yml
@@ -224,6 +224,13 @@
   when: (scylla_package_prefix + '-node-exporter') in ansible_facts.packages
   become: true
 
+- name: enable ssl options
+  include_tasks: ssl.yml
+  when:
+    - scylla_ssl is defined
+    - (scylla_ssl.internode.enabled|bool) or
+      (scylla_ssl.client.enabled|bool)
+
 - name: configure scylla.yaml
   template:
     src: templates/scylla.yaml.j2
@@ -300,13 +307,6 @@
   become: true
   loop: "{{ lookup('dict', scylla_yaml_params) }}"
 
-- name: enable ssl options
-  include_tasks: ssl.yml
-  when:
-    - scylla_ssl is defined
-    - (scylla_ssl.internode.enabled|bool) or
-      (scylla_ssl.client.enabled|bool)
-
 - name: Copy system keys
   include_tasks: handle_encryption_at_rest_keys.yml
   vars:
diff --git a/ansible-scylla-node/tasks/ssl.yml b/ansible-scylla-node/tasks/ssl.yml
index 9953233d..6a6348f4 100644
--- a/ansible-scylla-node/tasks/ssl.yml
+++ b/ansible-scylla-node/tasks/ssl.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 ---
+
 - set_fact:
-    _localhost_cert_path: "{{ scylla_ssl.localhost_cert_path | default(inventory_dir) }}"
+    _localhost_cert_path: "{{ scylla_ssl.localhost_cert_path | default(inventory_dir + '/ssl/' + inventory_hostname + '/' + inventory_hostname + '.crt') }}"
+    _localhost_cert_key_path: "{{ scylla_ssl.localhost_cert_key_path | default(inventory_dir + '/ssl/' + inventory_hostname + '/' + inventory_hostname + '.pem') }}"
 
 - name: For every node, check if crt file exists
   stat:
-    path: "{{ _localhost_cert_path }}/ssl/{{ hostvars[item]['inventory_hostname'] }}/{{ hostvars[item]['inventory_hostname'] }}.crt"
+    path: "{{ hostvars[item]['_localhost_cert_path'] }}"
   register: _node_crt
   loop: "{{ groups['scylla'] }}"
   delegate_to: localhost
@@ -12,7 +14,7 @@
 
 - name: For every node, check if key file exists
   stat:
-    path: "{{ _localhost_cert_path }}/ssl/{{ hostvars[item]['inventory_hostname'] }}/{{ hostvars[item]['inventory_hostname'] }}.pem"
+    path: "{{ hostvars[item]['_localhost_cert_key_path'] }}"
   register: _node_key
   loop: "{{ groups['scylla'] }}"
   delegate_to: localhost
@@ -25,15 +27,21 @@
   when: _crt_and_key_exist is not defined or _crt_and_key_exist == True
   run_once: true
 
+- name: Check if at least one crt was provided
+  set_fact:
+    _some_crt_and_key_exist: "{{ item.stat.exists }}"
+  loop: "{{ _node_crt.results + _node_key.results }}"
+  when: _some_crt_and_key_exist is not defined or _some_crt_and_key_exist == False
+
 - name: Check if CA exists
   block:
     - name: Check if CA crt file exists
       stat:
-        path: "{{ _localhost_cert_path }}/ssl/ca/{{ scylla_cluster_name }}-ca.crt"
+        path: "{{ inventory_dir }}/ssl/ca/{{ scylla_cluster_name }}-ca.crt"
       register: _ca_crt
     - name: Check if CA key file exists
       stat:
-        path: "{{ _localhost_cert_path }}/ssl/ca/{{ scylla_cluster_name }}-ca.pem"
+        path: "{{ inventory_dir }}/ssl/ca/{{ scylla_cluster_name }}-ca.pem"
       register: _ca_key
     - set_fact:
         _ca_crt_and_key_exist: "{{ _ca_crt.stat.exists|bool and _ca_key.stat.exists|bool }}"
@@ -41,23 +49,24 @@
   run_once: true
 
 - fail:
-    msg: "If you want to use your own node certificates you also have to provide a CA"
-  when: _crt_and_key_exist and not _ca_crt_and_key_exist
+    msg: "You've provided crts only for a subset of your nodes. Either provide a CA that should be used for generating equivalent certificates for the others or delete the existing crts in order for the role to generate a new self-signed CA and certs for all the nodes"
+  run_once: true
+  when: not _crt_and_key_exist and _some_crt_and_key_exist and not _ca_crt_and_key_exist
 
 - name: If crt and keys were not provided for all nodes and no CA was provided, generate a self-signed CA
   block:
     - name: Create dir for the CA
       file:
-        path: "{{ _localhost_cert_path }}/ssl/ca"
+        path: "{{ inventory_dir }}/ssl/ca"
         state: directory
 
     - name: Generate an OpenSSL private key for the CA.
       openssl_privatekey:
-        path: "{{ _localhost_cert_path }}/ssl/ca/{{ scylla_cluster_name }}-ca.pem"
+        path: "{{ inventory_dir }}/ssl/ca/{{ scylla_cluster_name }}-ca.pem"
 
     - name: Generate an OpenSSL Certificate Signing Request for the CA
       community.crypto.openssl_csr_pipe:
-        privatekey_path: "{{ _localhost_cert_path }}/ssl/ca/{{ scylla_cluster_name }}-ca.pem"
+        privatekey_path: "{{ inventory_dir }}/ssl/ca/{{ scylla_cluster_name }}-ca.pem"
         common_name: "{{ scylla_cluster_name }}.internal"
         use_common_name_for_san: false  # since we do not specify SANs, don't use CN as a SAN
         basic_constraints:
@@ -70,44 +79,79 @@
 
     - name: Generate a Self Signed OpenSSL certificate for the CA
       community.crypto.x509_certificate:
-        path: "{{ _localhost_cert_path }}/ssl/ca/{{scylla_cluster_name }}-ca.crt"
-        privatekey_path: "{{ _localhost_cert_path }}/ssl/ca/{{ scylla_cluster_name }}-ca.pem"
+        path: "{{ inventory_dir }}/ssl/ca/{{scylla_cluster_name }}-ca.crt"
+        privatekey_path: "{{ inventory_dir }}/ssl/ca/{{ scylla_cluster_name }}-ca.pem"
         csr_content: "{{ ca_csr.csr }}"
         provider: selfsigned
+
+    - set_fact:
+        _ca_crt_and_key_exist: True
   when: _crt_and_key_exist == False and _ca_crt_and_key_exist == False
   delegate_to: localhost
   run_once: true
 
 - name: Generate keys signed by the local CA
   block:
+    - name: Create a directory for the crt
+      file:
+        path: "{{ _localhost_cert_path | dirname }}"
+        state: directory
+      delegate_to: localhost
+
     - name: Create a directory for the key
       file:
-        path: "{{ _localhost_cert_path }}/ssl/{{ inventory_hostname }}"
+        path: "{{ _localhost_cert_key_path | dirname }}"
         state: directory
       delegate_to: localhost
 
     - name: Generate an OpenSSL private key.
       openssl_privatekey:
-        path: "{{ _localhost_cert_path }}/ssl/{{ inventory_hostname }}/{{ inventory_hostname }}.pem"
+        path: "{{ _localhost_cert_key_path }}"
       delegate_to: localhost
 
     - name: Generate an OpenSSL Certificate Signing Request
       openssl_csr:
-        path: "{{ _localhost_cert_path }}/ssl/{{ inventory_hostname }}/{{ inventory_hostname }}.csr"
-        privatekey_path: "{{ _localhost_cert_path }}/ssl/{{ inventory_hostname }}/{{ inventory_hostname }}.pem"
+        path: "{{ _localhost_cert_path }}.csr"
+        privatekey_path: "{{ _localhost_cert_key_path }}"
         common_name: "{{ inventory_hostname }}.{{ scylla_cluster_name }}.internal"
       delegate_to: localhost
 
     - name: Generate an OpenSSL certificate signed with our CA certificate
       openssl_certificate:
-        path: "{{ _localhost_cert_path }}/ssl/{{ inventory_hostname }}/{{ inventory_hostname }}.crt"
-        csr_path: "{{ _localhost_cert_path }}/ssl/{{ inventory_hostname }}/{{ inventory_hostname }}.csr"
-        ownca_path: "{{ _localhost_cert_path }}/ssl/ca/{{scylla_cluster_name }}-ca.crt"
-        ownca_privatekey_path: "{{ _localhost_cert_path }}/ssl/ca/{{ scylla_cluster_name }}-ca.pem"
+        path: "{{ _localhost_cert_path }}"
+        csr_path: "{{ _localhost_cert_path }}.csr"
+        ownca_path: "{{ inventory_dir }}/ssl/ca/{{scylla_cluster_name }}-ca.crt"
+        ownca_privatekey_path: "{{ inventory_dir }}/ssl/ca/{{ scylla_cluster_name }}-ca.pem"
         provider: ownca
       delegate_to: localhost
   when: _crt_and_key_exist == False
 
+- name: Copy truststore to the nodes
+  block:
+    - name: Copy truststore
+      copy:
+        src: "{{ scylla_ssl.localhost_truststore_path }}"
+        dest: "{{ scylla_ssl.cert_path }}/truststore.crt"
+        owner: root
+        group: root
+        mode: '0644'
+      become: true
+      when: scylla_ssl.localhost_truststore_path is defined
+
+    - name: Copy CA
+      copy:
+        src: "{{ inventory_dir }}/ssl/ca/{{scylla_cluster_name }}-ca.crt"
+        dest: "{{ scylla_ssl.cert_path }}/truststore.crt"
+        owner: root
+        group: root
+        mode: '0644'
+      become: true
+      when: scylla_ssl.localhost_truststore_path is not defined and _ca_crt_and_key_exist
+
+    - name: Set _truststore_exists
+      set_fact:
+        _truststore_exists: "{{ scylla_ssl.localhost_truststore_path is defined or _ca_crt_and_key_exist }}"
+
 - name: Copy the certificates into their proper locations
   copy:
     src: "{{ item }}"
@@ -117,14 +161,13 @@
     mode: '0644'
   become: true
   loop:
-    - "{{ _localhost_cert_path }}/ssl/ca/{{ scylla_cluster_name }}-ca.crt"
-    - "{{ _localhost_cert_path }}/ssl/{{ inventory_hostname }}/{{ inventory_hostname }}.crt"
-    - "{{ _localhost_cert_path }}/ssl/{{ inventory_hostname }}/{{ inventory_hostname }}.pem"
+    - "{{ _localhost_cert_path }}"
+    - "{{ _localhost_cert_key_path }}"
 
 - name: Generate cqlshrc
   template:
     src: templates/cqlshrc.j2
-    dest: "{{ _localhost_cert_path }}/cqlshrc"
+    dest: "{{ inventory_dir }}/cqlshrc"
   delegate_to: localhost
   run_once: true
 
diff --git a/ansible-scylla-node/templates/scylla.yaml.j2 b/ansible-scylla-node/templates/scylla.yaml.j2
index 2a564046..e93c5ae1 100644
--- a/ansible-scylla-node/templates/scylla.yaml.j2
+++ b/ansible-scylla-node/templates/scylla.yaml.j2
@@ -49,17 +49,21 @@ native_shard_aware_transport_port_ssl: 19142
 
 client_encryption_options:
     enabled: true
-    certificate: {{ scylla_ssl.cert_path }}/{{ inventory_hostname }}.crt
-    keyfile: {{ scylla_ssl.cert_path }}/{{ inventory_hostname }}.pem
-    truststore: {{ scylla_ssl.cert_path }}/{{ scylla_cluster_name }}-ca.crt
+    certificate: {{ scylla_ssl.cert_path }}/{{ _localhost_cert_path | basename }}
+    keyfile: {{ scylla_ssl.cert_path }}/{{ _localhost_cert_key_path | basename }}
+{% if _truststore_exists %}
+    truststore: {{ scylla_ssl.cert_path }}/truststore.crt
+{% endif %}
 {% endif %}
 
 {% if scylla_ssl is defined and scylla_ssl.internode.enabled %}
 server_encryption_options:
     internode_encryption: {{ scylla_ssl.internode.internode_encryption }}
-    certificate: {{ scylla_ssl.cert_path }}/{{ inventory_hostname }}.crt
-    keyfile: {{ scylla_ssl.cert_path }}/{{ inventory_hostname }}.pem
-    truststore: {{ scylla_ssl.cert_path }}/{{ scylla_cluster_name }}-ca.crt
+    certificate: {{ scylla_ssl.cert_path }}/{{ _localhost_cert_path | basename }}
+    keyfile: {{ scylla_ssl.cert_path }}/{{ _localhost_cert_key_path | basename }}
+{% if _truststore_exists %}
+    truststore: {{ scylla_ssl.cert_path }}/truststore.crt
+{% endif %}
 {% endif %}
 {% if handle_system_keys|bool %}
 system_key_directory: {{ system_key_directory }}