diff --git a/.github/workflows/providers-build.yml b/.github/workflows/providers-build.yml
index 391acbcf8..8393ad250 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/providers-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/providers-build.yml
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ jobs:
           fi
           entrypoint=$(docker inspect --format '{{ .Config.Entrypoint }}' $IMAGE_ID)
           echo "Entrypoint: $entrypoint"
-          if [ "$entrypoint" != "[python -m llama_stack.core.server.server /app/run.yaml]" ]; then
+          if [ "$entrypoint" != "[/app/entrypoint.sh /app/run.yaml]" ]; then
             echo "Entrypoint is not correct"
             exit 1
           fi
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ jobs:
           fi
           entrypoint=$(docker inspect --format '{{ .Config.Entrypoint }}' $IMAGE_ID)
           echo "Entrypoint: $entrypoint"
-          if [ "$entrypoint" != "[python -m llama_stack.core.server.server /app/run.yaml]" ]; then
+          if [ "$entrypoint" != "[/app/entrypoint.sh /app/run.yaml]" ]; then
             echo "Entrypoint is not correct"
             exit 1
           fi
diff --git a/docs/source/distributions/self_hosted_distro/starter.md b/docs/source/distributions/self_hosted_distro/starter.md
index 9218f7f81..c788ab93f 100644
--- a/docs/source/distributions/self_hosted_distro/starter.md
+++ b/docs/source/distributions/self_hosted_distro/starter.md
@@ -164,7 +164,41 @@ docker run \
   --port $LLAMA_STACK_PORT
 ```
 
-### Via venv
+The container will run the distribution with a SQLite store by default. This store is used for the following components:
+
+- Metadata store: store metadata about the models, providers, etc.
+- Inference store: collect of responses from the inference provider
+- Agents store: store agent configurations (sessions, turns, etc.)
+- Agents Responses store: store responses from the agents
+
+However, you can override the default behavior by setting the `ENABLE_POSTGRES_STORE` environment variable to `1`.
+To run the distribution with a Postgres store, you can use the following command:
+
+```bash
+docker run \
+  -it \
+  --pull always \
+  -p $LLAMA_STACK_PORT:$LLAMA_STACK_PORT \
+  -e OPENAI_API_KEY=your_openai_key \
+  -e FIREWORKS_API_KEY=your_fireworks_key \
+  -e TOGETHER_API_KEY=your_together_key \
+  -e POSTGRES_HOST=your_postgres_host \
+  -e POSTGRES_PORT=your_postgres_port \
+  -e POSTGRES_DB=your_postgres_db \
+  -e POSTGRES_USER=your_postgres_user \
+  -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=your_postgres_password \
+  -e ENABLE_POSTGRES_STORE=1
+```
+
+Postgres environment variables:
+
+- `POSTGRES_HOST`: Postgres host (default: `localhost`)
+- `POSTGRES_PORT`: Postgres port (default: `5432`)
+- `POSTGRES_DB`: Postgres database name (default: `llamastack`)
+- `POSTGRES_USER`: Postgres username (default: `llamastack`)
+- `POSTGRES_PASSWORD`: Postgres password (default: `llamastack`)
+
+### Via Conda or venv
 
 Ensure you have configured the starter distribution using the environment variables explained above.
 
diff --git a/llama_stack/core/build_container.sh b/llama_stack/core/build_container.sh
index 424b40a9d..b5828b8a7 100755
--- a/llama_stack/core/build_container.sh
+++ b/llama_stack/core/build_container.sh
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ RUN_CONFIG_PATH=/app/run.yaml
 
 BUILD_CONTEXT_DIR=$(pwd)
 
+# Placeholder for template files
+TEMPLATE_FILES=()
+
 set -euo pipefail
 
 # Define color codes
@@ -324,14 +327,19 @@ fi
 RUN pip uninstall -y uv
 EOF
 
-# If a run config is provided, we use the --config flag
+# Copy the entrypoint script to build context and then into the container
+cp llama_stack/core/entrypoint.sh "$BUILD_CONTEXT_DIR/entrypoint.sh"
+add_to_container << EOF
+COPY entrypoint.sh /app/entrypoint.sh
+RUN chmod +x /app/entrypoint.sh
+EOF
 if [[ -n "$run_config" ]]; then
   add_to_container << EOF
-ENTRYPOINT ["python", "-m", "llama_stack.core.server.server", "$RUN_CONFIG_PATH"]
+ENTRYPOINT ["/app/entrypoint.sh", "$RUN_CONFIG_PATH"]
 EOF
 elif [[ "$distro_or_config" != *.yaml ]]; then
   add_to_container << EOF
-ENTRYPOINT ["python", "-m", "llama_stack.core.server.server", "$distro_or_config"]
+ENTRYPOINT ["/app/entrypoint.sh", "$distro_or_config"]
 EOF
 fi
 
@@ -404,7 +412,8 @@ $CONTAINER_BINARY build \
   "$BUILD_CONTEXT_DIR"
 
 # clean up tmp/configs
-rm -rf "$BUILD_CONTEXT_DIR/run.yaml" "$TEMP_DIR"
+rm -rf "$BUILD_CONTEXT_DIR/run.yaml" "$BUILD_CONTEXT_DIR/entrypoint.sh" "$TEMP_DIR" "${TEMPLATE_FILES[@]}"
+
 set +x
 
 echo "Success!"
diff --git a/llama_stack/core/entrypoint.sh b/llama_stack/core/entrypoint.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..fec031046
--- /dev/null
+++ b/llama_stack/core/entrypoint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# This source code is licensed under the terms described in the LICENSE file in
+# the root directory of this source tree.
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+determine_server_command() {
+    local server_args=()
+
+    # The env variable will take precedence over the config file
+    if [ -n "${ENABLE_POSTGRES_STORE:-}" ]; then
+        server_args=("python3" "-m" "llama_stack.core.server.server" "starter::run-with-postgres-store")
+    elif [ -n "$1" ]; then
+        server_args=("python3" "-m" "llama_stack.core.server.server" "$1")
+    fi
+    echo "${server_args[@]}"
+}
+
+main() {
+    echo "Starting Llama Stack server..."
+
+    local server_command
+    server_command=$(determine_server_command "$@")
+
+    if [[ -z "$server_command" ]]; then
+        echo "Error: Could not determine server command"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
+    printf "Executing: %s\n" "$server_command"
+    exec $server_command
+}
+
+main "$@"
diff --git a/llama_stack/core/utils/config_resolution.py b/llama_stack/core/utils/config_resolution.py
index 182a571ee..deb009afd 100644
--- a/llama_stack/core/utils/config_resolution.py
+++ b/llama_stack/core/utils/config_resolution.py
@@ -52,7 +52,17 @@ def resolve_config_or_distro(
             logger.info(f"Using distribution: {distro_config}")
             return distro_config
 
-    # Strategy 3: Try as built distribution name
+    # Strategy 3: Try as distro config path (if no .yaml extension and contains a slash)
+    # eg: starter::run-with-postgres-store.yaml
+    # Use :: to avoid slash and confusion with a filesystem path
+    if "::" in config_or_distro:
+        distro_name, config_name = config_or_distro.split("::")
+        distro_config = _get_distro_config_path(distro_name, config_name)
+        if distro_config.exists():
+            logger.info(f"Using distribution: {distro_config}")
+            return distro_config
+
+    # Strategy 4: Try as built distribution name
     distrib_config = DISTRIBS_BASE_DIR / f"llamastack-{config_or_distro}" / f"{config_or_distro}-{mode}.yaml"
     if distrib_config.exists():
         logger.info(f"Using built distribution: {distrib_config}")
@@ -63,12 +73,15 @@ def resolve_config_or_distro(
         logger.info(f"Using built distribution: {distrib_config}")
         return distrib_config
 
-    # Strategy 4: Failed - provide helpful error
+    # Strategy 5: Failed - provide helpful error
     raise ValueError(_format_resolution_error(config_or_distro, mode))
 
 
-def _get_distro_config_path(distro_name: str, mode: Mode) -> Path:
+def _get_distro_config_path(distro_name: str, mode: str) -> Path:
     """Get the config file path for a distro."""
+    if mode.endswith(".yaml"):
+        return DISTRO_DIR / distro_name / mode
+
     return DISTRO_DIR / distro_name / f"{mode}.yaml"
 
 
diff --git a/llama_stack/core/utils/exec.py b/llama_stack/core/utils/exec.py
index 12fb82d01..7096f6cb6 100644
--- a/llama_stack/core/utils/exec.py
+++ b/llama_stack/core/utils/exec.py
@@ -84,6 +84,14 @@ def run_command(command: list[str]) -> int:
             text=True,
             check=False,
         )
+
+        # Print stdout and stderr if command failed
+        if result.returncode != 0:
+            if result.stdout:
+                log.error(f"STDOUT: {result.stdout}")
+            if result.stderr:
+                log.error(f"STDERR: {result.stderr}")
+
         return result.returncode
     except subprocess.SubprocessError as e:
         log.error(f"Subprocess error: {e}")
diff --git a/llama_stack/distributions/ci-tests/ci_tests.py b/llama_stack/distributions/ci-tests/ci_tests.py
index ab102f5f3..c06b1b98d 100644
--- a/llama_stack/distributions/ci-tests/ci_tests.py
+++ b/llama_stack/distributions/ci-tests/ci_tests.py
@@ -13,5 +13,6 @@ from ..starter.starter import get_distribution_template as get_starter_distribut
 def get_distribution_template() -> DistributionTemplate:
     template = get_starter_distribution_template(name="ci-tests")
     template.description = "CI tests for Llama Stack"
+    template.run_configs.pop("run-with-postgres-store.yaml", None)
 
     return template
diff --git a/llama_stack/distributions/postgres-demo/__init__.py b/llama_stack/distributions/postgres-demo/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 81473cb73..000000000
--- a/llama_stack/distributions/postgres-demo/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
-# All rights reserved.
-#
-# This source code is licensed under the terms described in the LICENSE file in
-# the root directory of this source tree.
-
-from .postgres_demo import get_distribution_template  # noqa: F401
diff --git a/llama_stack/distributions/postgres-demo/build.yaml b/llama_stack/distributions/postgres-demo/build.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index e5a5d3b83..000000000
--- a/llama_stack/distributions/postgres-demo/build.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-version: 2
-distribution_spec:
-  description: Quick start template for running Llama Stack with several popular providers
-  providers:
-    inference:
-    - provider_type: remote::vllm
-    - provider_type: inline::sentence-transformers
-    vector_io:
-    - provider_type: remote::chromadb
-    safety:
-    - provider_type: inline::llama-guard
-    agents:
-    - provider_type: inline::meta-reference
-    telemetry:
-    - provider_type: inline::meta-reference
-    tool_runtime:
-    - provider_type: remote::brave-search
-    - provider_type: remote::tavily-search
-    - provider_type: inline::rag-runtime
-    - provider_type: remote::model-context-protocol
-image_type: venv
-additional_pip_packages:
-- asyncpg
-- psycopg2-binary
-- sqlalchemy[asyncio]
diff --git a/llama_stack/distributions/postgres-demo/postgres_demo.py b/llama_stack/distributions/postgres-demo/postgres_demo.py
deleted file mode 100644
index c04cfedfa..000000000
--- a/llama_stack/distributions/postgres-demo/postgres_demo.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,144 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
-# All rights reserved.
-#
-# This source code is licensed under the terms described in the LICENSE file in
-# the root directory of this source tree.
-
-
-from llama_stack.apis.models import ModelType
-from llama_stack.core.datatypes import (
-    BuildProvider,
-    ModelInput,
-    Provider,
-    ShieldInput,
-    ToolGroupInput,
-)
-from llama_stack.distributions.template import (
-    DistributionTemplate,
-    RunConfigSettings,
-)
-from llama_stack.providers.inline.inference.sentence_transformers import SentenceTransformersInferenceConfig
-from llama_stack.providers.remote.inference.vllm import VLLMInferenceAdapterConfig
-from llama_stack.providers.remote.vector_io.chroma.config import ChromaVectorIOConfig
-from llama_stack.providers.utils.kvstore.config import PostgresKVStoreConfig
-from llama_stack.providers.utils.sqlstore.sqlstore import PostgresSqlStoreConfig
-
-
-def get_distribution_template() -> DistributionTemplate:
-    inference_providers = [
-        Provider(
-            provider_id="vllm-inference",
-            provider_type="remote::vllm",
-            config=VLLMInferenceAdapterConfig.sample_run_config(
-                url="${env.VLLM_URL:=http://localhost:8000/v1}",
-            ),
-        ),
-    ]
-    providers = {
-        "inference": [
-            BuildProvider(provider_type="remote::vllm"),
-            BuildProvider(provider_type="inline::sentence-transformers"),
-        ],
-        "vector_io": [BuildProvider(provider_type="remote::chromadb")],
-        "safety": [BuildProvider(provider_type="inline::llama-guard")],
-        "agents": [BuildProvider(provider_type="inline::meta-reference")],
-        "telemetry": [BuildProvider(provider_type="inline::meta-reference")],
-        "tool_runtime": [
-            BuildProvider(provider_type="remote::brave-search"),
-            BuildProvider(provider_type="remote::tavily-search"),
-            BuildProvider(provider_type="inline::rag-runtime"),
-            BuildProvider(provider_type="remote::model-context-protocol"),
-        ],
-    }
-    name = "postgres-demo"
-
-    vector_io_providers = [
-        Provider(
-            provider_id="${env.ENABLE_CHROMADB:+chromadb}",
-            provider_type="remote::chromadb",
-            config=ChromaVectorIOConfig.sample_run_config(
-                f"~/.llama/distributions/{name}",
-                url="${env.CHROMADB_URL:=}",
-            ),
-        ),
-    ]
-    default_tool_groups = [
-        ToolGroupInput(
-            toolgroup_id="builtin::websearch",
-            provider_id="tavily-search",
-        ),
-        ToolGroupInput(
-            toolgroup_id="builtin::rag",
-            provider_id="rag-runtime",
-        ),
-    ]
-
-    default_models = [
-        ModelInput(
-            model_id="${env.INFERENCE_MODEL}",
-            provider_id="vllm-inference",
-        )
-    ]
-    embedding_provider = Provider(
-        provider_id="sentence-transformers",
-        provider_type="inline::sentence-transformers",
-        config=SentenceTransformersInferenceConfig.sample_run_config(),
-    )
-    embedding_model = ModelInput(
-        model_id="all-MiniLM-L6-v2",
-        provider_id=embedding_provider.provider_id,
-        model_type=ModelType.embedding,
-        metadata={
-            "embedding_dimension": 384,
-        },
-    )
-    postgres_config = PostgresSqlStoreConfig.sample_run_config()
-    return DistributionTemplate(
-        name=name,
-        distro_type="self_hosted",
-        description="Quick start template for running Llama Stack with several popular providers",
-        container_image=None,
-        template_path=None,
-        providers=providers,
-        available_models_by_provider={},
-        run_configs={
-            "run.yaml": RunConfigSettings(
-                provider_overrides={
-                    "inference": inference_providers + [embedding_provider],
-                    "vector_io": vector_io_providers,
-                    "agents": [
-                        Provider(
-                            provider_id="meta-reference",
-                            provider_type="inline::meta-reference",
-                            config=dict(
-                                persistence_store=postgres_config,
-                                responses_store=postgres_config,
-                            ),
-                        )
-                    ],
-                    "telemetry": [
-                        Provider(
-                            provider_id="meta-reference",
-                            provider_type="inline::meta-reference",
-                            config=dict(
-                                service_name="${env.OTEL_SERVICE_NAME:=\u200b}",
-                                sinks="${env.TELEMETRY_SINKS:=console,otel_trace}",
-                                otel_exporter_otlp_endpoint="${env.OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT:=http://localhost:4318/v1/traces}",
-                            ),
-                        )
-                    ],
-                },
-                default_models=default_models + [embedding_model],
-                default_tool_groups=default_tool_groups,
-                default_shields=[ShieldInput(shield_id="meta-llama/Llama-Guard-3-8B")],
-                metadata_store=PostgresKVStoreConfig.sample_run_config(),
-                inference_store=postgres_config,
-            ),
-        },
-        run_config_env_vars={
-            "LLAMA_STACK_PORT": (
-                "8321",
-                "Port for the Llama Stack distribution server",
-            ),
-        },
-    )
diff --git a/llama_stack/distributions/postgres-demo/run.yaml b/llama_stack/distributions/postgres-demo/run.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0cf0e82e6..000000000
--- a/llama_stack/distributions/postgres-demo/run.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,111 +0,0 @@
-version: 2
-image_name: postgres-demo
-apis:
-- agents
-- inference
-- safety
-- telemetry
-- tool_runtime
-- vector_io
-providers:
-  inference:
-  - provider_id: vllm-inference
-    provider_type: remote::vllm
-    config:
-      url: ${env.VLLM_URL:=http://localhost:8000/v1}
-      max_tokens: ${env.VLLM_MAX_TOKENS:=4096}
-      api_token: ${env.VLLM_API_TOKEN:=fake}
-      tls_verify: ${env.VLLM_TLS_VERIFY:=true}
-  - provider_id: sentence-transformers
-    provider_type: inline::sentence-transformers
-  vector_io:
-  - provider_id: ${env.ENABLE_CHROMADB:+chromadb}
-    provider_type: remote::chromadb
-    config:
-      url: ${env.CHROMADB_URL:=}
-      kvstore:
-        type: sqlite
-        db_path: ${env.SQLITE_STORE_DIR:=~/.llama/distributions/postgres-demo}/chroma_remote_registry.db
-  safety:
-  - provider_id: llama-guard
-    provider_type: inline::llama-guard
-    config:
-      excluded_categories: []
-  agents:
-  - provider_id: meta-reference
-    provider_type: inline::meta-reference
-    config:
-      persistence_store:
-        type: postgres
-        host: ${env.POSTGRES_HOST:=localhost}
-        port: ${env.POSTGRES_PORT:=5432}
-        db: ${env.POSTGRES_DB:=llamastack}
-        user: ${env.POSTGRES_USER:=llamastack}
-        password: ${env.POSTGRES_PASSWORD:=llamastack}
-      responses_store:
-        type: postgres
-        host: ${env.POSTGRES_HOST:=localhost}
-        port: ${env.POSTGRES_PORT:=5432}
-        db: ${env.POSTGRES_DB:=llamastack}
-        user: ${env.POSTGRES_USER:=llamastack}
-        password: ${env.POSTGRES_PASSWORD:=llamastack}
-  telemetry:
-  - provider_id: meta-reference
-    provider_type: inline::meta-reference
-    config:
-      service_name: "${env.OTEL_SERVICE_NAME:=\u200B}"
-      sinks: ${env.TELEMETRY_SINKS:=console,otel_trace}
-      otel_exporter_otlp_endpoint: ${env.OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT:=http://localhost:4318/v1/traces}
-  tool_runtime:
-  - provider_id: brave-search
-    provider_type: remote::brave-search
-    config:
-      api_key: ${env.BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY:=}
-      max_results: 3
-  - provider_id: tavily-search
-    provider_type: remote::tavily-search
-    config:
-      api_key: ${env.TAVILY_SEARCH_API_KEY:=}
-      max_results: 3
-  - provider_id: rag-runtime
-    provider_type: inline::rag-runtime
-  - provider_id: model-context-protocol
-    provider_type: remote::model-context-protocol
-metadata_store:
-  type: postgres
-  host: ${env.POSTGRES_HOST:=localhost}
-  port: ${env.POSTGRES_PORT:=5432}
-  db: ${env.POSTGRES_DB:=llamastack}
-  user: ${env.POSTGRES_USER:=llamastack}
-  password: ${env.POSTGRES_PASSWORD:=llamastack}
-  table_name: ${env.POSTGRES_TABLE_NAME:=llamastack_kvstore}
-inference_store:
-  type: postgres
-  host: ${env.POSTGRES_HOST:=localhost}
-  port: ${env.POSTGRES_PORT:=5432}
-  db: ${env.POSTGRES_DB:=llamastack}
-  user: ${env.POSTGRES_USER:=llamastack}
-  password: ${env.POSTGRES_PASSWORD:=llamastack}
-models:
-- metadata: {}
-  model_id: ${env.INFERENCE_MODEL}
-  provider_id: vllm-inference
-  model_type: llm
-- metadata:
-    embedding_dimension: 384
-  model_id: all-MiniLM-L6-v2
-  provider_id: sentence-transformers
-  model_type: embedding
-shields:
-- shield_id: meta-llama/Llama-Guard-3-8B
-vector_dbs: []
-datasets: []
-scoring_fns: []
-benchmarks: []
-tool_groups:
-- toolgroup_id: builtin::websearch
-  provider_id: tavily-search
-- toolgroup_id: builtin::rag
-  provider_id: rag-runtime
-server:
-  port: 8321
diff --git a/llama_stack/distributions/starter-gpu/starter_gpu.py b/llama_stack/distributions/starter-gpu/starter_gpu.py
index e7efcb283..97c2805b8 100644
--- a/llama_stack/distributions/starter-gpu/starter_gpu.py
+++ b/llama_stack/distributions/starter-gpu/starter_gpu.py
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ def get_distribution_template() -> DistributionTemplate:
     template = get_starter_distribution_template(name="starter-gpu")
     template.description = "Quick start template for running Llama Stack with several popular providers. This distribution is intended for GPU-enabled environments."
 
+    # remove "run-with-postgres-store.yaml" from run_configs
+    template.run_configs.pop("run-with-postgres-store.yaml", None)
+
     template.providers["post_training"] = [
         BuildProvider(provider_type="inline::huggingface-gpu"),
     ]
diff --git a/llama_stack/distributions/starter/build.yaml b/llama_stack/distributions/starter/build.yaml
index 2f0cd24fd..286f810c4 100644
--- a/llama_stack/distributions/starter/build.yaml
+++ b/llama_stack/distributions/starter/build.yaml
@@ -57,4 +57,5 @@ image_type: venv
 additional_pip_packages:
 - aiosqlite
 - asyncpg
+- psycopg2-binary
 - sqlalchemy[asyncio]
diff --git a/llama_stack/distributions/starter/run-with-postgres-store.yaml b/llama_stack/distributions/starter/run-with-postgres-store.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..558be179d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/llama_stack/distributions/starter/run-with-postgres-store.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,251 @@
+version: 2
+image_name: starter
+apis:
+- agents
+- batches
+- datasetio
+- eval
+- files
+- inference
+- post_training
+- safety
+- scoring
+- telemetry
+- tool_runtime
+- vector_io
+providers:
+  inference:
+  - provider_id: ${env.CEREBRAS_API_KEY:+cerebras}
+    provider_type: remote::cerebras
+    config:
+      base_url: https://api.cerebras.ai
+      api_key: ${env.CEREBRAS_API_KEY:=}
+  - provider_id: ${env.OLLAMA_URL:+ollama}
+    provider_type: remote::ollama
+    config:
+      url: ${env.OLLAMA_URL:=http://localhost:11434}
+  - provider_id: ${env.VLLM_URL:+vllm}
+    provider_type: remote::vllm
+    config:
+      url: ${env.VLLM_URL:=}
+      max_tokens: ${env.VLLM_MAX_TOKENS:=4096}
+      api_token: ${env.VLLM_API_TOKEN:=fake}
+      tls_verify: ${env.VLLM_TLS_VERIFY:=true}
+  - provider_id: ${env.TGI_URL:+tgi}
+    provider_type: remote::tgi
+    config:
+      url: ${env.TGI_URL:=}
+  - provider_id: fireworks
+    provider_type: remote::fireworks
+    config:
+      url: https://api.fireworks.ai/inference/v1
+      api_key: ${env.FIREWORKS_API_KEY:=}
+  - provider_id: together
+    provider_type: remote::together
+    config:
+      url: https://api.together.xyz/v1
+      api_key: ${env.TOGETHER_API_KEY:=}
+  - provider_id: bedrock
+    provider_type: remote::bedrock
+  - provider_id: ${env.NVIDIA_API_KEY:+nvidia}
+    provider_type: remote::nvidia
+    config:
+      url: ${env.NVIDIA_BASE_URL:=https://integrate.api.nvidia.com}
+      api_key: ${env.NVIDIA_API_KEY:=}
+      append_api_version: ${env.NVIDIA_APPEND_API_VERSION:=True}
+  - provider_id: openai
+    provider_type: remote::openai
+    config:
+      api_key: ${env.OPENAI_API_KEY:=}
+      base_url: ${env.OPENAI_BASE_URL:=https://api.openai.com/v1}
+  - provider_id: anthropic
+    provider_type: remote::anthropic
+    config:
+      api_key: ${env.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY:=}
+  - provider_id: gemini
+    provider_type: remote::gemini
+    config:
+      api_key: ${env.GEMINI_API_KEY:=}
+  - provider_id: ${env.VERTEX_AI_PROJECT:+vertexai}
+    provider_type: remote::vertexai
+    config:
+      project: ${env.VERTEX_AI_PROJECT:=}
+      location: ${env.VERTEX_AI_LOCATION:=us-central1}
+  - provider_id: groq
+    provider_type: remote::groq
+    config:
+      url: https://api.groq.com
+      api_key: ${env.GROQ_API_KEY:=}
+  - provider_id: sambanova
+    provider_type: remote::sambanova
+    config:
+      url: https://api.sambanova.ai/v1
+      api_key: ${env.SAMBANOVA_API_KEY:=}
+  - provider_id: ${env.AZURE_API_KEY:+azure}
+    provider_type: remote::azure
+    config:
+      api_key: ${env.AZURE_API_KEY:=}
+      api_base: ${env.AZURE_API_BASE:=}
+      api_version: ${env.AZURE_API_VERSION:=}
+      api_type: ${env.AZURE_API_TYPE:=}
+  - provider_id: sentence-transformers
+    provider_type: inline::sentence-transformers
+  vector_io:
+  - provider_id: faiss
+    provider_type: inline::faiss
+    config:
+      kvstore:
+        type: sqlite
+        db_path: ${env.SQLITE_STORE_DIR:=~/.llama/distributions/starter}/faiss_store.db
+  - provider_id: sqlite-vec
+    provider_type: inline::sqlite-vec
+    config:
+      db_path: ${env.SQLITE_STORE_DIR:=~/.llama/distributions/starter}/sqlite_vec.db
+      kvstore:
+        type: sqlite
+        db_path: ${env.SQLITE_STORE_DIR:=~/.llama/distributions/starter}/sqlite_vec_registry.db
+  - provider_id: ${env.MILVUS_URL:+milvus}
+    provider_type: inline::milvus
+    config:
+      db_path: ${env.MILVUS_DB_PATH:=~/.llama/distributions/starter}/milvus.db
+      kvstore:
+        type: sqlite
+        db_path: ${env.SQLITE_STORE_DIR:=~/.llama/distributions/starter}/milvus_registry.db
+  - provider_id: ${env.CHROMADB_URL:+chromadb}
+    provider_type: remote::chromadb
+    config:
+      url: ${env.CHROMADB_URL:=}
+      kvstore:
+        type: sqlite
+        db_path: ${env.SQLITE_STORE_DIR:=~/.llama/distributions/starter/}/chroma_remote_registry.db
+  - provider_id: ${env.PGVECTOR_DB:+pgvector}
+    provider_type: remote::pgvector
+    config:
+      host: ${env.PGVECTOR_HOST:=localhost}
+      port: ${env.PGVECTOR_PORT:=5432}
+      db: ${env.PGVECTOR_DB:=}
+      user: ${env.PGVECTOR_USER:=}
+      password: ${env.PGVECTOR_PASSWORD:=}
+      kvstore:
+        type: sqlite
+        db_path: ${env.SQLITE_STORE_DIR:=~/.llama/distributions/starter}/pgvector_registry.db
+  files:
+  - provider_id: meta-reference-files
+    provider_type: inline::localfs
+    config:
+      storage_dir: ${env.FILES_STORAGE_DIR:=~/.llama/distributions/starter/files}
+      metadata_store:
+        type: sqlite
+        db_path: ${env.SQLITE_STORE_DIR:=~/.llama/distributions/starter}/files_metadata.db
+  safety:
+  - provider_id: llama-guard
+    provider_type: inline::llama-guard
+    config:
+      excluded_categories: []
+  - provider_id: code-scanner
+    provider_type: inline::code-scanner
+  agents:
+  - provider_id: meta-reference
+    provider_type: inline::meta-reference
+    config:
+      persistence_store:
+        type: postgres
+        host: ${env.POSTGRES_HOST:=localhost}
+        port: ${env.POSTGRES_PORT:=5432}
+        db: ${env.POSTGRES_DB:=llamastack}
+        user: ${env.POSTGRES_USER:=llamastack}
+        password: ${env.POSTGRES_PASSWORD:=llamastack}
+      responses_store:
+        type: postgres
+        host: ${env.POSTGRES_HOST:=localhost}
+        port: ${env.POSTGRES_PORT:=5432}
+        db: ${env.POSTGRES_DB:=llamastack}
+        user: ${env.POSTGRES_USER:=llamastack}
+        password: ${env.POSTGRES_PASSWORD:=llamastack}
+  telemetry:
+  - provider_id: meta-reference
+    provider_type: inline::meta-reference
+    config:
+      service_name: "${env.OTEL_SERVICE_NAME:=\u200B}"
+      sinks: ${env.TELEMETRY_SINKS:=console,sqlite}
+      sqlite_db_path: ${env.SQLITE_STORE_DIR:=~/.llama/distributions/starter}/trace_store.db
+      otel_exporter_otlp_endpoint: ${env.OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT:=}
+  post_training:
+  - provider_id: torchtune-cpu
+    provider_type: inline::torchtune-cpu
+    config:
+      checkpoint_format: meta
+  eval:
+  - provider_id: meta-reference
+    provider_type: inline::meta-reference
+    config:
+      kvstore:
+        type: sqlite
+        db_path: ${env.SQLITE_STORE_DIR:=~/.llama/distributions/starter}/meta_reference_eval.db
+  datasetio:
+  - provider_id: huggingface
+    provider_type: remote::huggingface
+    config:
+      kvstore:
+        type: sqlite
+        db_path: ${env.SQLITE_STORE_DIR:=~/.llama/distributions/starter}/huggingface_datasetio.db
+  - provider_id: localfs
+    provider_type: inline::localfs
+    config:
+      kvstore:
+        type: sqlite
+        db_path: ${env.SQLITE_STORE_DIR:=~/.llama/distributions/starter}/localfs_datasetio.db
+  scoring:
+  - provider_id: basic
+    provider_type: inline::basic
+  - provider_id: llm-as-judge
+    provider_type: inline::llm-as-judge
+  - provider_id: braintrust
+    provider_type: inline::braintrust
+    config:
+      openai_api_key: ${env.OPENAI_API_KEY:=}
+  tool_runtime:
+  - provider_id: brave-search
+    provider_type: remote::brave-search
+    config:
+      api_key: ${env.BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY:=}
+      max_results: 3
+  - provider_id: tavily-search
+    provider_type: remote::tavily-search
+    config:
+      api_key: ${env.TAVILY_SEARCH_API_KEY:=}
+      max_results: 3
+  - provider_id: rag-runtime
+    provider_type: inline::rag-runtime
+  - provider_id: model-context-protocol
+    provider_type: remote::model-context-protocol
+  batches:
+  - provider_id: reference
+    provider_type: inline::reference
+    config:
+      kvstore:
+        type: sqlite
+        db_path: ${env.SQLITE_STORE_DIR:=~/.llama/distributions/starter}/batches.db
+metadata_store:
+  type: postgres
+  host: ${env.POSTGRES_HOST:=localhost}
+  port: ${env.POSTGRES_PORT:=5432}
+  db: ${env.POSTGRES_DB:=llamastack}
+  user: ${env.POSTGRES_USER:=llamastack}
+  password: ${env.POSTGRES_PASSWORD:=llamastack}
+inference_store:
+  type: postgres
+  host: ${env.POSTGRES_HOST:=localhost}
+  port: ${env.POSTGRES_PORT:=5432}
+  db: ${env.POSTGRES_DB:=llamastack}
+  user: ${env.POSTGRES_USER:=llamastack}
+  password: ${env.POSTGRES_PASSWORD:=llamastack}
+models: []
+shields: []
+vector_dbs: []
+datasets: []
+scoring_fns: []
+benchmarks: []
+tool_groups: []
+server:
+  port: 8321
diff --git a/llama_stack/distributions/starter/starter.py b/llama_stack/distributions/starter/starter.py
index c2dfe95ad..f212368d5 100644
--- a/llama_stack/distributions/starter/starter.py
+++ b/llama_stack/distributions/starter/starter.py
@@ -175,6 +175,46 @@ def get_distribution_template(name: str = "starter") -> DistributionTemplate:
             provider_shield_id="${env.CODE_SCANNER_MODEL:=}",
         ),
     ]
+    postgres_config = PostgresSqlStoreConfig.sample_run_config()
+    default_overrides = {
+        "inference": remote_inference_providers + [embedding_provider],
+        "vector_io": [
+            Provider(
+                provider_id="faiss",
+                provider_type="inline::faiss",
+                config=FaissVectorIOConfig.sample_run_config(f"~/.llama/distributions/{name}"),
+            ),
+            Provider(
+                provider_id="sqlite-vec",
+                provider_type="inline::sqlite-vec",
+                config=SQLiteVectorIOConfig.sample_run_config(f"~/.llama/distributions/{name}"),
+            ),
+            Provider(
+                provider_id="${env.MILVUS_URL:+milvus}",
+                provider_type="inline::milvus",
+                config=MilvusVectorIOConfig.sample_run_config(f"~/.llama/distributions/{name}"),
+            ),
+            Provider(
+                provider_id="${env.CHROMADB_URL:+chromadb}",
+                provider_type="remote::chromadb",
+                config=ChromaVectorIOConfig.sample_run_config(
+                    f"~/.llama/distributions/{name}/",
+                    url="${env.CHROMADB_URL:=}",
+                ),
+            ),
+            Provider(
+                provider_id="${env.PGVECTOR_DB:+pgvector}",
+                provider_type="remote::pgvector",
+                config=PGVectorVectorIOConfig.sample_run_config(
+                    f"~/.llama/distributions/{name}",
+                    db="${env.PGVECTOR_DB:=}",
+                    user="${env.PGVECTOR_USER:=}",
+                    password="${env.PGVECTOR_PASSWORD:=}",
+                ),
+            ),
+        ],
+        "files": [files_provider],
+    }
 
     return DistributionTemplate(
         name=name,
@@ -186,49 +226,28 @@ def get_distribution_template(name: str = "starter") -> DistributionTemplate:
         additional_pip_packages=PostgresSqlStoreConfig.pip_packages(),
         run_configs={
             "run.yaml": RunConfigSettings(
-                provider_overrides={
-                    "inference": remote_inference_providers + [embedding_provider],
-                    "vector_io": [
-                        Provider(
-                            provider_id="faiss",
-                            provider_type="inline::faiss",
-                            config=FaissVectorIOConfig.sample_run_config(f"~/.llama/distributions/{name}"),
-                        ),
-                        Provider(
-                            provider_id="sqlite-vec",
-                            provider_type="inline::sqlite-vec",
-                            config=SQLiteVectorIOConfig.sample_run_config(f"~/.llama/distributions/{name}"),
-                        ),
-                        Provider(
-                            provider_id="${env.MILVUS_URL:+milvus}",
-                            provider_type="inline::milvus",
-                            config=MilvusVectorIOConfig.sample_run_config(f"~/.llama/distributions/{name}"),
-                        ),
-                        Provider(
-                            provider_id="${env.CHROMADB_URL:+chromadb}",
-                            provider_type="remote::chromadb",
-                            config=ChromaVectorIOConfig.sample_run_config(
-                                f"~/.llama/distributions/{name}/",
-                                url="${env.CHROMADB_URL:=}",
-                            ),
-                        ),
-                        Provider(
-                            provider_id="${env.PGVECTOR_DB:+pgvector}",
-                            provider_type="remote::pgvector",
-                            config=PGVectorVectorIOConfig.sample_run_config(
-                                f"~/.llama/distributions/{name}",
-                                db="${env.PGVECTOR_DB:=}",
-                                user="${env.PGVECTOR_USER:=}",
-                                password="${env.PGVECTOR_PASSWORD:=}",
-                            ),
-                        ),
-                    ],
-                    "files": [files_provider],
-                },
+                provider_overrides=default_overrides,
                 default_models=[],
                 default_tool_groups=default_tool_groups,
                 default_shields=default_shields,
             ),
+            "run-with-postgres-store.yaml": RunConfigSettings(
+                provider_overrides={
+                    **default_overrides,
+                    "agents": [
+                        Provider(
+                            provider_id="meta-reference",
+                            provider_type="inline::meta-reference",
+                            config=dict(
+                                persistence_store=postgres_config,
+                                responses_store=postgres_config,
+                            ),
+                        )
+                    ],
+                },
+                inference_store=postgres_config,
+                metadata_store=postgres_config,
+            ),
         },
         run_config_env_vars={
             "LLAMA_STACK_PORT": (