diff --git a/llama_stack/distribution/routers/routing_tables.py b/llama_stack/distribution/routers/routing_tables.py
index 18b0c891f..d617f7e27 100644
--- a/llama_stack/distribution/routers/routing_tables.py
+++ b/llama_stack/distribution/routers/routing_tables.py
@@ -438,7 +438,10 @@ class DatasetsRoutingTable(CommonRoutingTableImpl, Datasets):
         provider_dataset_id = dataset_id
 
         # infer provider from source
-        if source.type == DatasetType.rows.value:
+        if metadata:
+            if metadata.get("provider"):
+                provider_id = metadata.get("provider") # pass through from nvidia datasetio
+        elif source.type == DatasetType.rows.value:
             provider_id = "localfs"
         elif source.type == DatasetType.uri.value:
             # infer provider from uri
diff --git a/llama_stack/providers/remote/datasetio/nvidia/datasetio.py b/llama_stack/providers/remote/datasetio/nvidia/datasetio.py
index 95bd155a8..5c6f13ac2 100644
--- a/llama_stack/providers/remote/datasetio/nvidia/datasetio.py
+++ b/llama_stack/providers/remote/datasetio/nvidia/datasetio.py
@@ -10,20 +10,17 @@ import aiohttp
 
 from llama_stack.apis.common.content_types import URL
 from llama_stack.apis.common.type_system import ParamType
-from llama_stack.apis.datasetio import IterrowsResponse
+from llama_stack.apis.common.responses import PaginatedResponse
 from llama_stack.schema_utils import webmethod
-
+from llama_stack.apis.datasets import DatasetPurpose, DataSource, Dataset
 from .config import NvidiaDatasetIOConfig
 
-
 class NvidiaDatasetIOAdapter:
     """Nvidia NeMo DatasetIO API."""
 
     def __init__(self, config: NvidiaDatasetIOConfig):
         self.config = config
         self.headers = {}
-        if config.api_key:
-            self.headers["Authorization"] = f"Bearer {config.api_key}"
 
     async def _make_request(
         self,
@@ -36,46 +33,49 @@ class NvidiaDatasetIOAdapter:
     ) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         """Helper method to make HTTP requests to the Customizer API."""
         url = f"{self.config.datasets_url}{path}"
-        request_headers = self.headers.copy()  # Create a copy to avoid modifying the original
+        request_headers = self.headers.copy()
 
         if headers:
             request_headers.update(headers)
 
-        # Add content-type header for JSON requests
-        if json and "Content-Type" not in request_headers:
-            request_headers["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
-
         async with aiohttp.ClientSession(headers=request_headers) as session:
             async with session.request(method, url, params=params, json=json, **kwargs) as response:
-                if response.status >= 400:
+                if response.status != 200:
                     error_data = await response.json()
                     raise Exception(f"API request failed: {error_data}")
                 return await response.json()
 
-    @webmethod(route="/datasets", method="POST")
     async def register_dataset(
         self,
-        dataset_id: str,
-        dataset_schema: Dict[str, ParamType],
-        url: URL,
-        provider_dataset_id: Optional[str] = None,
-        provider_id: Optional[str] = None,
-        metadata: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
-    ) -> None:
+        dataset_def: Dataset,
+    ) -> Dataset:
         """Register a new dataset.
 
         Args:
-            dataset_id: The ID of the dataset.
-            dataset_schema: The schema of the dataset.
-            url: The URL of the dataset.
-            provider_dataset_id: The ID of the provider dataset.
-            provider_id: The ID of the provider.
-            metadata: The metadata of the dataset.
-
+            dataset_def : The dataset definition.
+                dataset_id: The ID of the dataset.
+                source: The source of the dataset.
+                metadata: The metadata of the dataset.
+                    format: The format of the dataset.
+                    description: The description of the dataset.
         Returns:
             None
         """
-        ...
+        ## add warnings for unsupported params
+        request_body = {
+            "name": dataset_def.identifier,
+            "namespace": self.config.dataset_namespace,
+            "files_url": dataset_def.source.uri,
+            "project": self.config.project_id,
+        }
+        if dataset_def.metadata:
+            request_body["format"] = dataset_def.metadata.get("format")
+            request_body["description"] = dataset_def.metadata.get("description")
+        await self._make_request(
+            "POST",
+            "/v1/datasets",
+            json=request_body,
+        )
 
     @webmethod(route="/datasets/{dataset_id:path}", method="POST")
     async def update_dataset(
@@ -93,16 +93,19 @@ class NvidiaDatasetIOAdapter:
     async def unregister_dataset(
         self,
         dataset_id: str,
-        namespace: Optional[str] = "default",
     ) -> None:
-        raise NotImplementedError("Not implemented")
+        await self._make_request(
+            "DELETE",
+            f"/v1/datasets/{self.config.dataset_namespace}/{dataset_id}",
+            headers={"Accept": "application/json", "Content-Type": "application/json"},
+        )
 
     async def iterrows(
         self,
         dataset_id: str,
         start_index: Optional[int] = None,
         limit: Optional[int] = None,
-    ) -> IterrowsResponse:
+    ) -> PaginatedResponse:
         raise NotImplementedError("Not implemented")
 
     async def append_rows(self, dataset_id: str, rows: List[Dict[str, Any]]) -> None:
diff --git a/llama_stack/templates/nvidia/run.yaml b/llama_stack/templates/nvidia/run.yaml
index 3b421c0b4..7488997d8 100644
--- a/llama_stack/templates/nvidia/run.yaml
+++ b/llama_stack/templates/nvidia/run.yaml
@@ -62,6 +62,13 @@ providers:
       project_id: ${env.NVIDIA_PROJECT_ID:test-project}
       customizer_url: ${env.NVIDIA_CUSTOMIZER_URL:http://nemo.test}
   datasetio:
+  - provider_id: localfs
+    provider_type: inline::localfs
+    config:
+      kvstore:
+        type: sqlite
+        namespace: null
+        db_path: ${env.SQLITE_STORE_DIR:~/.llama/distributions/nvidia}/localfs_datasetio.db
   - provider_id: nvidia
     provider_type: remote::nvidia
     config: