diff --git a/kubernetes/applications/stx-openstack/stx-openstack-helm/stx-openstack-helm/manifests/manifest.yaml b/kubernetes/applications/stx-openstack/stx-openstack-helm/stx-openstack-helm/manifests/manifest.yaml
index 1928989dd3..e3b3854efd 100644
--- a/kubernetes/applications/stx-openstack/stx-openstack-helm/stx-openstack-helm/manifests/manifest.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/applications/stx-openstack/stx-openstack-helm/stx-openstack-helm/manifests/manifest.yaml
@@ -1127,6 +1127,11 @@ data:
       tags:
         nova_api_proxy: docker.io/starlingx/stx-nova-api-proxy:master-centos-stable-latest
         ks_endpoints: docker.io/starlingx/stx-heat:master-centos-stable-latest
+    pod:
+      affinity:
+        anti:
+          type:
+            default: requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution
   source:
     type: tar
     location: http://172.17.0.1/helm_charts/starlingx/nova-api-proxy-0.1.0.tgz
diff --git a/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/helm/nova_api_proxy.py b/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/helm/nova_api_proxy.py
index 7f65294a6f..2852907f86 100644
--- a/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/helm/nova_api_proxy.py
+++ b/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/helm/nova_api_proxy.py
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ class NovaApiProxyHelm(openstack.OpenstackBaseHelm):
                         'nova_api_proxy': {
                             'uid': 0
                         }
+                    },
+                    'replicas': {
+                        'proxy': self._num_controllers()
                     }
                 },
                 'conf': {