diff --git a/puppet-manifests/src/modules/platform/manifests/nfv.pp b/puppet-manifests/src/modules/platform/manifests/nfv.pp
index 1b25aa3b48..f31db1a884 100644
--- a/puppet-manifests/src/modules/platform/manifests/nfv.pp
+++ b/puppet-manifests/src/modules/platform/manifests/nfv.pp
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ class platform::nfv::params (
 class platform::nfv {
   include ::platform::params
   include ::platform::amqp::params
+  include ::platform::kubernetes::params
 
   group { 'nfv':
     ensure => 'present',
diff --git a/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/conductor/kube_app.py b/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/conductor/kube_app.py
index 4851ada2a9..22c4608ac3 100644
--- a/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/conductor/kube_app.py
+++ b/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/conductor/kube_app.py
@@ -602,6 +602,7 @@ class AppOperator(object):
                correct/update a previous manifest apply.
 
         :param rpc_app: application object in the RPC request
+        :return boolean: whether application apply was successful
         """
 
         app = AppOperator.Application(rpc_app)
@@ -649,12 +650,13 @@ class AppOperator(object):
                     self._update_app_status(app,
                                             constants.APP_APPLY_SUCCESS)
                     LOG.info("Application (%s) apply completed." % app.name)
-                    return
+                    return True
         except Exception as e:
             LOG.exception(e)
 
         # If it gets here, something went wrong
         self._abort_operation(app, constants.APP_APPLY_OP)
+        return False
 
     def perform_app_remove(self, rpc_app):
         """Process application remove request
diff --git a/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/conductor/manager.py b/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/conductor/manager.py
index fe4d0c4dde..c4e892fa82 100644
--- a/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/conductor/manager.py
+++ b/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/conductor/manager.py
@@ -10401,7 +10401,13 @@ class ConductorManager(service.PeriodicService):
         :param rpc_app: data object provided in the rpc request
 
         """
-        return self._app.perform_app_apply(rpc_app)
+        app_installed = self._app.perform_app_apply(rpc_app)
+        if app_installed:
+            # Update the VIM configuration as it may need to manage the newly
+            # installed application.
+            self._update_vim_config(context)
+
+        return app_installed
 
     def perform_app_remove(self, context, rpc_app):
         """Handling of application removal request (via AppOperator)