diff --git a/llama_stack/templates/cerebras/cerebras.py b/llama_stack/templates/cerebras/cerebras.py
index 17fc26632..df3b55ddd 100644
--- a/llama_stack/templates/cerebras/cerebras.py
+++ b/llama_stack/templates/cerebras/cerebras.py
@@ -9,15 +9,11 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from llama_models.sku_list import all_registered_models
 
 from llama_stack.apis.models.models import ModelType
-from llama_stack.distribution.datatypes import (
-    ModelInput,
-    Provider,
-    ShieldInput,
-    ToolGroupInput,
-)
+from llama_stack.distribution.datatypes import ModelInput, Provider, ToolGroupInput
 from llama_stack.providers.inline.inference.sentence_transformers import (
     SentenceTransformersInferenceConfig,
 )
+from llama_stack.providers.inline.memory.faiss.config import FaissImplConfig
 from llama_stack.providers.remote.inference.cerebras import CerebrasImplConfig
 from llama_stack.providers.remote.inference.cerebras.cerebras import model_aliases
 from llama_stack.templates.template import DistributionTemplate, RunConfigSettings
@@ -41,6 +37,7 @@ def get_distribution_template() -> DistributionTemplate:
         ],
     }
 
+    name = "cerebras"
     inference_provider = Provider(
         provider_id="cerebras",
         provider_type="remote::cerebras",
@@ -71,6 +68,11 @@ def get_distribution_template() -> DistributionTemplate:
             "embedding_dimension": 384,
         },
     )
+    memory_provider = Provider(
+        provider_id="faiss",
+        provider_type="inline::faiss",
+        config=FaissImplConfig.sample_run_config(f"distributions/{name}"),
+    )
     default_tool_groups = [
         ToolGroupInput(
             toolgroup_id="builtin::websearch",
@@ -98,9 +100,10 @@ def get_distribution_template() -> DistributionTemplate:
             "run.yaml": RunConfigSettings(
                 provider_overrides={
                     "inference": [inference_provider, embedding_provider],
+                    "memory": [memory_provider],
                 },
                 default_models=default_models + [embedding_model],
-                default_shields=[ShieldInput(shield_id="meta-llama/Llama-Guard-3-8B")],
+                default_shields=[],
                 default_tool_groups=default_tool_groups,
             ),
         },
diff --git a/llama_stack/templates/cerebras/run.yaml b/llama_stack/templates/cerebras/run.yaml
index e0beab9cc..bfc492bda 100644
--- a/llama_stack/templates/cerebras/run.yaml
+++ b/llama_stack/templates/cerebras/run.yaml
@@ -32,12 +32,6 @@ providers:
         type: sqlite
         namespace: null
         db_path: ${env.SQLITE_STORE_DIR:~/.llama/distributions/cerebras}/faiss_store.db
-  - provider_id: chromadb
-    provider_type: remote::chromadb
-    config: {}
-  - provider_id: pgvector
-    provider_type: remote::pgvector
-    config: {}
   agents:
   - provider_id: meta-reference
     provider_type: inline::meta-reference
@@ -111,8 +105,7 @@ models:
   model_id: all-MiniLM-L6-v2
   provider_id: sentence-transformers
   model_type: embedding
-shields:
-- shield_id: meta-llama/Llama-Guard-3-8B
+shields: []
 memory_banks: []
 datasets: []
 scoring_fns: []