diff --git a/kvirt/cluster/openshift/apps/kubevirt-hyperconverged/kcli_default.yml b/kvirt/cluster/openshift/apps/kubevirt-hyperconverged/kcli_default.yml
index de765109a..bebcfc515 100644
--- a/kvirt/cluster/openshift/apps/kubevirt-hyperconverged/kcli_default.yml
+++ b/kvirt/cluster/openshift/apps/kubevirt-hyperconverged/kcli_default.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 kubevirt_infra: master
 kubevirt_workloads: worker
 kubevirt_ovs: false
-kubevirt_featuregates: []
+kubevirt_featuregates: [VMLiveUpdateFeatures]
 kubevirt_tekton: false
 kubevirt_tekton_namespace: default
diff --git a/kvirt/common/__init__.py b/kvirt/common/__init__.py
index afeea94b9..eca11a68c 100644
--- a/kvirt/common/__init__.py
+++ b/kvirt/common/__init__.py
@@ -1493,15 +1493,15 @@ def _ssh_credentials(k, name):
     user, ip, status = info.get('user', 'root'), info.get('ip'), info.get('status')
     if status in ['down', 'suspended', 'unknown']:
         error(f"{name} down")
-    if 'nodeport' in info:
+    if 'loadbalancerip' in info:
+        ip = info['loadbalancerip']
+    elif 'nodeport' in info:
         vmport = info['nodeport']
         nodehost = info.get('host')
         ip = k.node_host(name=nodehost)
         if ip is None:
             warning(f"Connecting to {name} using node fqdn")
             ip = nodehost
-    elif 'loadbalancerip' in info:
-        ip = info['loadbalancerip']
     if ip is None:
         error(f"No ip found for {name}")
     return user, ip, vmport
diff --git a/kvirt/providers/kubevirt/__init__.py b/kvirt/providers/kubevirt/__init__.py
index bdd991151..96cefb9ad 100644
--- a/kvirt/providers/kubevirt/__init__.py
+++ b/kvirt/providers/kubevirt/__init__.py
@@ -107,7 +107,8 @@ def create(self, name, virttype=None, profile='', flavor=None, plan='kvirt', cpu
                metadata={}, securitygroups=[], vmuser=None):
         owners = []
         container_disk = overrides.get('container_disk', False)
-        guestagent = False
+        guest_agent = False
+        need_ssh_service = not tunnel and self.access_mode != 'External'
         if self.exists(name):
             return {'result': 'failure', 'reason': f"VM {name} already exists"}
         if image is not None:
@@ -313,7 +314,9 @@ def create(self, name, virttype=None, profile='', flavor=None, plan='kvirt', cpu
                     return {'result': 'failure', 'reason': f"network {netname} not found"}
                 else:
                     newnet['multus'] = {'networkName': netname}
-                    guestagent = True
+                    guest_agent = True
+                    if index == 0:
+                        need_ssh_service = False
             else:
                 newnet['pod'] = {}
             interfaces.append(newif)
@@ -401,7 +404,7 @@ def create(self, name, virttype=None, profile='', flavor=None, plan='kvirt', cpu
             vm['spec']['template']['spec']['domain']['devices']['disks'].append(newdisk)
             vm['spec']['template']['spec']['volumes'].append(myvolume)
             cloudinit = False
-        if guestagent:
+        if guest_agent:
             gcmds = []
             if image is not None and common.need_guest_agent(image):
                 gcmds.append('yum -y install qemu-guest-agent')
@@ -532,7 +535,7 @@ def create(self, name, virttype=None, profile='', flavor=None, plan='kvirt', cpu
                            'spec': {'selector': {'subdomain': newdomain}, 'clusterIP': 'None',
                                     'ports': [{'name': 'foo', 'port': 1234, 'targetPort': 1234}]}}
                 core.create_namespaced_service(namespace, dnsspec)
-        if not tunnel and self.access_mode != 'External':
+        if need_ssh_service:
             try:
                 core.read_namespaced_service(f'{name}-ssh', namespace)
             except: