diff --git a/charts/latest/blob-csi-driver-v0.0.0.tgz b/charts/latest/blob-csi-driver-v0.0.0.tgz
index 8ba56091e0..97bc68eae2 100644
Binary files a/charts/latest/blob-csi-driver-v0.0.0.tgz and b/charts/latest/blob-csi-driver-v0.0.0.tgz differ
diff --git a/charts/latest/blob-csi-driver/templates/csi-blob-node.yaml b/charts/latest/blob-csi-driver/templates/csi-blob-node.yaml
index f7b6a48f3b..4874f89b61 100644
--- a/charts/latest/blob-csi-driver/templates/csi-blob-node.yaml
+++ b/charts/latest/blob-csi-driver/templates/csi-blob-node.yaml
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ spec:
       tolerations:
 {{ toYaml . | indent 8 }}
 {{- end }}
-{{- if .Values.node.enableBlobfuseProxy }}
       initContainers:
         - name: install-blobfuse-proxy
 {{- if hasPrefix "/" .Values.image.blob.repository }}
@@ -90,6 +89,8 @@ spec:
               value: "{{ .Values.node.blobfuseProxy.installBlobfuse2 }}"
             - name: BLOBFUSE2_VERSION
               value: "{{ .Values.node.blobfuseProxy.blobfuse2Version }}"
+            - name: INSTALL_BLOBFUSE_PROXY
+              value: "{{ .Values.node.enableBlobfuseProxy }}"
             - name: SET_MAX_OPEN_FILE_NUM
               value: "{{ .Values.node.blobfuseProxy.setMaxOpenFileNum }}"
             - name: MAX_FILE_NUM
@@ -99,9 +100,10 @@ spec:
           volumeMounts:
             - name: host-usr
               mountPath: /host/usr
+            - name: host-usr-local
+              mountPath: /host/usr/local
             - name: host-etc
               mountPath: /host/etc
-{{- end }}
       containers:
         - name: liveness-probe
           imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.image.livenessProbe.pullPolicy }}
@@ -265,14 +267,15 @@ spec:
               name: mountpoint-dir
 {{- end }}
       volumes:
-{{- if .Values.node.enableBlobfuseProxy }}
         - name: host-usr
           hostPath:
             path: /usr
+        - name: host-usr-local
+          hostPath:
+            path: /usr/local
         - name: host-etc
           hostPath:
             path: /etc
-{{- end }}
         - hostPath:
             path: {{ .Values.linux.kubelet }}/plugins/{{ .Values.driver.name }}
             type: DirectoryOrCreate
diff --git a/charts/latest/blob-csi-driver/values.yaml b/charts/latest/blob-csi-driver/values.yaml
index 8ff043a423..814c43d2e5 100644
--- a/charts/latest/blob-csi-driver/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/latest/blob-csi-driver/values.yaml
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ node:
   livenessProbe:
     healthPort: 29633
   logLevel: 5
-  enableBlobfuseProxy: false
+  enableBlobfuseProxy: true
   blobfuseProxy:
     installBlobfuse: true
     blobfuseVersion: "1.4.5"
diff --git a/deploy/csi-blob-node.yaml b/deploy/csi-blob-node.yaml
index 45980e3002..18836c22b6 100644
--- a/deploy/csi-blob-node.yaml
+++ b/deploy/csi-blob-node.yaml
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ spec:
           volumeMounts:
             - name: host-usr
               mountPath: /host/usr
+            - name: host-usr-local
+              mountPath: /host/usr/local
             - name: host-etc
               mountPath: /host/etc
       containers:
@@ -177,6 +179,9 @@ spec:
         - name: host-usr
           hostPath:
             path: /usr
+        - name: host-usr-local
+          hostPath:
+            path: /usr/local
         - name: host-etc
           hostPath:
             path: /etc
diff --git a/pkg/blobfuse-proxy/init.sh b/pkg/blobfuse-proxy/init.sh
index c0e2ff1c5c..5826f21858 100755
--- a/pkg/blobfuse-proxy/init.sh
+++ b/pkg/blobfuse-proxy/init.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 set -xe
 
-INSTALL_BLOBFUSE_PROXY=${INSTALL_BLOBFUSE_PROXY:-true}
 DISABLE_UPDATEDB=${DISABLE_UPDATEDB:-true}
 SET_MAX_OPEN_FILE_NUM=${SET_MAX_OPEN_FILE_NUM:-true}
 SET_READ_AHEAD_SIZE=${SET_READ_AHEAD_SIZE:-true}
@@ -25,113 +24,30 @@ READ_AHEAD_KB=${READ_AHEAD_KB:-15380}
 HOST_CMD="nsenter --mount=/proc/1/ns/mnt"
 
 DISTRIBUTION=$($HOST_CMD cat /etc/os-release | grep ^ID= | cut -d'=' -f2 | tr -d '"')
-echo "Linux distribution: $DISTRIBUTION"
 ARCH=$($HOST_CMD uname -m)
-echo "Linux Arch is $(uname -m)"
-
-if [ "${ARCH}" != "aarch64" ]
-then
-  if [ "${DISTRIBUTION}" = "ubuntu" ] && { [ "${INSTALL_BLOBFUSE}" = "true" ] || [ "${INSTALL_BLOBFUSE2}" = "true" ]; }
-  then
-    release=$($HOST_CMD lsb_release -rs)
-    echo "Ubuntu release: $release"
-    
-    if [ "$(expr "$release" \< "22.04")" -eq 1 ]
-    then
-      cp /blobfuse-proxy/packages-microsoft-prod-18.04.deb /host/etc/packages-microsoft-prod.deb
-    else
-      cp /blobfuse-proxy/packages-microsoft-prod-22.04.deb /host/etc/packages-microsoft-prod.deb
-    fi
-    
-    # when running dpkg -i /etc/packages-microsoft-prod.deb, need to enter y to continue. 
-    # refer to https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45349571/how-to-install-deb-with-dpkg-non-interactively
-    yes | $HOST_CMD dpkg -i /etc/packages-microsoft-prod.deb && $HOST_CMD apt update
-
-    pkg_list=""
-    if [ "${INSTALL_BLOBFUSE}" = "true" ] && [ "$(expr "$release" \< "22.04")" -eq 1 ]
-    then
-      pkg_list="${pkg_list} fuse"
-      # install blobfuse with latest version or specific version
-      if [ -z "${BLOBFUSE_VERSION}" ]; then
-        echo "install blobfuse with latest version"
-        pkg_list="${pkg_list} blobfuse"
-      else
-        pkg_list="${pkg_list} blobfuse=${BLOBFUSE_VERSION}"
-      fi
-    fi
-
-    if [ "${INSTALL_BLOBFUSE2}" = "true" ]
-    then
-      if [ "$(expr "$release" \< "22.04")" -eq 1 ]; then
-        echo "install fuse for blobfuse2"
-        pkg_list="${pkg_list} fuse"
-      else
-        echo "install fuse3 for blobfuse2, current release is $release"
-        pkg_list="${pkg_list} fuse3"
-      fi
-
-      # install blobfuse2 with latest version or specific version
-      if [ -z "${BLOBFUSE2_VERSION}" ]; then
-        echo "install blobfuse2 with latest version"
-        pkg_list="${pkg_list} blobfuse2"
-      else
-        pkg_list="${pkg_list} blobfuse2=${BLOBFUSE2_VERSION}"
-      fi
-    fi
-    echo "begin to install ${pkg_list}"
-    $HOST_CMD apt-get install -y $pkg_list
-    $HOST_CMD rm -f /etc/packages-microsoft-prod.deb
-  fi
-
-  updateBlobfuseProxy="true"
-  if [ -f "/host/usr/bin/blobfuse-proxy" ];then
-    old=$(sha256sum /host/usr/bin/blobfuse-proxy | awk '{print $1}')
-    new=$(sha256sum /blobfuse-proxy/blobfuse-proxy | awk '{print $1}')
-    if [ "$old" = "$new" ];then
-      updateBlobfuseProxy="false"
-      echo "no need to update blobfuse-proxy"
-    fi
-  fi
-
-  if [ "$updateBlobfuseProxy" = "true" ];then
-    echo "copy blobfuse-proxy...."
-    rm -rf /host/var/lib/kubelet/plugins/blob.csi.azure.com/blobfuse-proxy.sock
-    rm -rf /host/usr/bin/blobfuse-proxy
-    cp /blobfuse-proxy/blobfuse-proxy /host/usr/bin/blobfuse-proxy
-    chmod 755 /host/usr/bin/blobfuse-proxy
-  fi
-
-  updateService="true"
-  if [ -f "/host/usr/lib/systemd/system/blobfuse-proxy.service" ];then
-    old=$(sha256sum /host/usr/lib/systemd/system/blobfuse-proxy.service | awk '{print $1}')
-    new=$(sha256sum /blobfuse-proxy/blobfuse-proxy.service | awk '{print $1}')
-    if [ "$old" = "$new" ];then
-      updateService="false"
-      echo "no need to update blobfuse-proxy.service"
-    fi
-  fi
-
-  if [ "$updateService" = "true" ];then
-    echo "copy blobfuse-proxy.service...."
-    mkdir -p /host/usr/lib/systemd/system
-    cp /blobfuse-proxy/blobfuse-proxy.service /host/usr/lib/systemd/system/blobfuse-proxy.service
-  fi
-
-  if [ "${INSTALL_BLOBFUSE_PROXY}" = "true" ];then
-    if [ "$updateBlobfuseProxy" = "true" ] || [ "$updateService" = "true" ];then
-      echo "start blobfuse-proxy...."
-      $HOST_CMD systemctl daemon-reload
-      $HOST_CMD systemctl enable blobfuse-proxy.service
-      $HOST_CMD systemctl restart blobfuse-proxy.service
-    fi
-  fi
-fi
-
+echo "Linux distribution: $DISTRIBUTION, Arch: $ARCH"
+
+# install blobfuse-proxy and blobfuse/blofuse2 if needed
+case "${DISTRIBUTION}" in
+  "ubuntu")
+    . ./pkg/blobfuse-proxy/install-proxy-ubuntu.sh
+    ;;
+  "rhcos")
+    . ./pkg/blobfuse-proxy/install-proxy-rhcos.sh
+    ;;
+  *)
+    echo "Unsupported distribution: ${DISTRIBUTION}"
+    exit 1
+    ;;
+esac
+
+# set max open file num
 if [ "${SET_MAX_OPEN_FILE_NUM}" = "true" ]
 then
   $HOST_CMD sysctl -w fs.file-max="${MAX_FILE_NUM}"
 fi
 
+# disable updatedb
 updateDBConfigPath="/host/etc/updatedb.conf"
 if [ "${DISABLE_UPDATEDB}" = "true" ] && [ -f ${updateDBConfigPath} ]
 then
@@ -143,6 +59,7 @@ then
   cat ${updateDBConfigPath}
 fi
 
+# set read ahead size
 if [ "${SET_READ_AHEAD_SIZE}" = "true" ]
 then
   echo "set read ahead size to ${READ_AHEAD_KB}KB"
diff --git a/pkg/blobfuse-proxy/install-proxy-rhcos.sh b/pkg/blobfuse-proxy/install-proxy-rhcos.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7e866e4848
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/blobfuse-proxy/install-proxy-rhcos.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Copyright 2019 The Kubernetes Authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+set -xe
+
+if [ "${ARCH}" == "aarch64" ]
+then
+  echo "aarch64 is not supported yet..."
+  return 0
+fi
+
+# install blobfuse2
+if [ "${INSTALL_BLOBFUSE}" = "true" ] || [ "${INSTALL_BLOBFUSE2}" = "true" ]
+then
+  echo "copy blobfuse2...."
+  cp /usr/bin/blobfuse2 /host/usr/local/bin/blobfuse2
+fi
+
+# install blobfuse-proxy
+updateBlobfuseProxy="true"
+if [ -f "/host/usr/local/bin/blobfuse-proxy" ];then
+  old=$(sha256sum /host/usr/local/bin/blobfuse-proxy | awk '{print $1}')
+  new=$(sha256sum /blobfuse-proxy/blobfuse-proxy | awk '{print $1}')
+  if [ "$old" = "$new" ];then
+    updateBlobfuseProxy="false"
+    echo "no need to update blobfuse-proxy"
+  fi
+fi
+if [ "$updateBlobfuseProxy" = "true" ];then
+  echo "copy blobfuse-proxy...."
+  rm -rf /host/var/lib/kubelet/plugins/blob.csi.azure.com/blobfuse-proxy.sock
+  rm -rf /host/usr/local/bin/blobfuse-proxy
+  cp /blobfuse-proxy/blobfuse-proxy /host/usr/local/bin/blobfuse-proxy
+  chmod 755 /host/usr/local/bin/blobfuse-proxy
+fi
+
+updateService="true"
+echo "change from /usr/bin/blobfuse-proxy to /usr/local/bin/blobfuse-proxy in blobfuse-proxy.service"
+sed -i 's/\/usr\/bin\/blobfuse-proxy/\/usr\/local\/bin\/blobfuse-proxy/g' /blobfuse-proxy/blobfuse-proxy.service
+if [ -f "/host/etc/systemd/system/blobfuse-proxy.service" ];then
+  old=$(sha256sum /host/etc/systemd/system/blobfuse-proxy.service | awk '{print $1}')
+  new=$(sha256sum /blobfuse-proxy/blobfuse-proxy.service | awk '{print $1}')
+  if [ "$old" = "$new" ];then
+      updateService="false"
+      echo "no need to update blobfuse-proxy.service"
+  fi
+fi
+if [ "$updateService" = "true" ];then
+  echo "copy blobfuse-proxy.service...."
+  mkdir -p /host/etc/systemd/system/
+  cp /blobfuse-proxy/blobfuse-proxy.service /host/etc/systemd/system/blobfuse-proxy.service
+fi
+
+if [ "${INSTALL_BLOBFUSE_PROXY}" = "true" ];then
+  if [ "$updateBlobfuseProxy" = "true" ] || [ "$updateService" = "true" ];then
+    echo "start blobfuse-proxy...."
+    $HOST_CMD systemctl daemon-reload
+    $HOST_CMD systemctl enable blobfuse-proxy.service
+    $HOST_CMD systemctl restart blobfuse-proxy.service
+  fi
+fi
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/pkg/blobfuse-proxy/install-proxy-ubuntu.sh b/pkg/blobfuse-proxy/install-proxy-ubuntu.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b9abab80fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/blobfuse-proxy/install-proxy-ubuntu.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Copyright 2019 The Kubernetes Authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+set -xe
+
+if [ "${ARCH}" == "aarch64" ]
+then
+  echo "aarch64 is not supported yet..."
+  return 0
+fi
+
+# install blobfuse/blobfuse2
+if [ "${INSTALL_BLOBFUSE}" = "true" ] || [ "${INSTALL_BLOBFUSE2}" = "true" ]
+then
+  echo "start to install blobfuse/blobfuse2...."
+
+  release=$($HOST_CMD lsb_release -rs)
+  echo "Ubuntu release: $release"
+  
+  if [ "$(expr "$release" \< "22.04")" -eq 1 ]
+  then
+    cp /blobfuse-proxy/packages-microsoft-prod-18.04.deb /host/etc/packages-microsoft-prod.deb
+  else
+    cp /blobfuse-proxy/packages-microsoft-prod-22.04.deb /host/etc/packages-microsoft-prod.deb
+  fi
+  # when running dpkg -i /etc/packages-microsoft-prod.deb, need to enter y to continue. 
+  # refer to https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45349571/how-to-install-deb-with-dpkg-non-interactively
+  yes | $HOST_CMD dpkg -i /etc/packages-microsoft-prod.deb && $HOST_CMD apt update
+
+  pkg_list=""
+  # blobfuse
+  if [ "${INSTALL_BLOBFUSE}" = "true" ] && [ "$(expr "$release" \< "22.04")" -eq 1 ]
+  then
+    pkg_list="${pkg_list} fuse"
+    if [ -z "${BLOBFUSE_VERSION}" ]; then
+      echo "install blobfuse with latest version"
+      pkg_list="${pkg_list} blobfuse"
+    else
+      pkg_list="${pkg_list} blobfuse=${BLOBFUSE_VERSION}"
+    fi
+  fi
+
+  # blobfuse2
+  if [ "${INSTALL_BLOBFUSE2}" = "true" ]
+  then
+    if [ "$(expr "$release" \< "22.04")" -eq 1 ]; then
+      echo "install fuse for blobfuse2"
+      pkg_list="${pkg_list} fuse"
+    else
+      echo "install fuse3 for blobfuse2, current release is $release"
+      pkg_list="${pkg_list} fuse3"
+    fi
+
+    if [ -z "${BLOBFUSE2_VERSION}" ]; then
+      echo "install blobfuse2 with latest version"
+      pkg_list="${pkg_list} blobfuse2"
+    else
+      pkg_list="${pkg_list} blobfuse2=${BLOBFUSE2_VERSION}"
+    fi
+  fi
+
+  echo "begin to install ${pkg_list}"
+  $HOST_CMD apt-get install -y $pkg_list
+  $HOST_CMD rm -f /etc/packages-microsoft-prod.deb
+fi
+
+# install blobfuse-proxy
+updateBlobfuseProxy="true"
+if [ -f "/host/usr/bin/blobfuse-proxy" ];then
+  old=$(sha256sum /host/usr/bin/blobfuse-proxy | awk '{print $1}')
+  new=$(sha256sum /blobfuse-proxy/blobfuse-proxy | awk '{print $1}')
+  if [ "$old" = "$new" ];then
+    updateBlobfuseProxy="false"
+    echo "no need to update blobfuse-proxy"
+  fi
+fi
+if [ "$updateBlobfuseProxy" = "true" ];then
+  echo "copy blobfuse-proxy...."
+  rm -rf /host/var/lib/kubelet/plugins/blob.csi.azure.com/blobfuse-proxy.sock
+  rm -rf /host/usr/bin/blobfuse-proxy
+  cp /blobfuse-proxy/blobfuse-proxy /host/usr/bin/blobfuse-proxy
+  chmod 755 /host/usr/bin/blobfuse-proxy
+fi
+
+updateService="true"
+if [ -f "/host/usr/lib/systemd/system/blobfuse-proxy.service" ];then
+  old=$(sha256sum /host/usr/lib/systemd/system/blobfuse-proxy.service | awk '{print $1}')
+  new=$(sha256sum /blobfuse-proxy/blobfuse-proxy.service | awk '{print $1}')
+  if [ "$old" = "$new" ];then
+      updateService="false"
+      echo "no need to update blobfuse-proxy.service"
+  fi
+fi
+if [ "$updateService" = "true" ];then
+  echo "copy blobfuse-proxy.service...."
+  mkdir -p /host/usr/lib/systemd/system
+  cp /blobfuse-proxy/blobfuse-proxy.service /host/usr/lib/systemd/system/blobfuse-proxy.service
+fi
+
+if [ "${INSTALL_BLOBFUSE_PROXY}" = "true" ];then
+  if [ "$updateBlobfuseProxy" = "true" ] || [ "$updateService" = "true" ];then
+    echo "start blobfuse-proxy...."
+    $HOST_CMD systemctl daemon-reload
+    $HOST_CMD systemctl enable blobfuse-proxy.service
+    $HOST_CMD systemctl restart blobfuse-proxy.service
+  fi
+fi
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/pkg/blobplugin/Dockerfile b/pkg/blobplugin/Dockerfile
index 1b5ab5c0ac..10633bddd8 100644
--- a/pkg/blobplugin/Dockerfile
+++ b/pkg/blobplugin/Dockerfile
@@ -21,10 +21,14 @@ COPY ${binary} /blobplugin
 RUN mkdir /blobfuse-proxy/
 
 COPY ./pkg/blobfuse-proxy/init.sh /blobfuse-proxy/
+COPY ./pkg/blobfuse-proxy/install-proxy-ubuntu.sh /blobfuse-proxy/
+COPY ./pkg/blobfuse-proxy/install-proxy-rhcos.sh /blobfuse-proxy/
 COPY ./pkg/blobfuse-proxy/blobfuse-proxy.service /blobfuse-proxy/
 COPY ./_output/${ARCH}/blobfuse-proxy /blobfuse-proxy/
 
 RUN chmod +x /blobfuse-proxy/init.sh && \
+ chmod +x /blobfuse-proxy/install-proxy-ubuntu.sh && \
+ chmod +x /blobfuse-proxy/install-proxy-rhcos.sh && \
  chmod +x /blobfuse-proxy/blobfuse-proxy.service && \
  chmod +x /blobfuse-proxy/blobfuse-proxy