Backport of MR !72717 from main to 24.0: modification to use https prefix in CREST URL
This is required to run from CREST in rel 24.
modification to use https prefix in CREST URL
See merge request !72717 (merged)
(cherry picked from commit c2fea312)
14907254 modification to use https prefix in CREST URL
Co-authored-by: Tadej Novak tadej.novak@cern.ch