diff --git a/examples/bare_metal_example.py b/examples/bare_metal_example.py
index 1fabcb5b..b2d35eac 100644
--- a/examples/bare_metal_example.py
+++ b/examples/bare_metal_example.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def run_ingestor():
             max_character_length=5000,
             sentence_window_size=0,
         )
-        .embed()
+        .embed(text=True, tables=True)
     )
 
     try:
@@ -59,28 +59,8 @@ def run_ingestor():
 
 def main():
     try:
-        # Collect environment parameters, falling back to schema defaults if not set
-        config_data = {
-            "cached_grpc_endpoint": os.getenv("CACHED_GRPC_ENDPOINT"),
-            "cached_infer_protocol": os.getenv("CACHED_INFER_PROTOCOL"),
-            "embedding_nim_endpoint": os.getenv("EMBEDDING_NIM_ENDPOINT"),
-            "deplot_http_endpoint": os.getenv("DEPLOT_HTTP_ENDPOINT"),
-            "deplot_infer_protocol": os.getenv("DEPLOT_INFER_PROTOCOL"),
-            "ingest_log_level": os.getenv("INGEST_LOG_LEVEL"),
-            "message_client_host": os.getenv("MESSAGE_CLIENT_HOST"),
-            "message_client_port": os.getenv("MESSAGE_CLIENT_PORT"),
-            "message_client_type": os.getenv("MESSAGE_CLIENT_TYPE"),
-            "minio_bucket": os.getenv("MINIO_BUCKET"),
-            "mrc_ignore_numa_check": os.getenv("MRC_IGNORE_NUMA_CHECK"),
-            "otel_exporter_otlp_endpoint": os.getenv("OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT"),
-            "paddle_grpc_endpoint": os.getenv("PADDLE_GRPC_ENDPOINT"),
-            "paddle_http_endpoint": os.getenv("PADDLE_HTTP_ENDPOINT"),
-            "paddle_infer_protocol": os.getenv("PADDLE_INFER_PROTOCOL"),
-            "redis_morpheus_task_queue": os.getenv("REDIS_MORPHEUS_TASK_QUEUE"),
-            "yolox_infer_protocol": os.getenv("YOLOX_INFER_PROTOCOL"),
-            "yolox_grpc_endpoint": os.getenv("YOLOX_GRPC_ENDPOINT"),
-            "vlm_caption_endpoint": os.getenv("VLM_CAPTION_ENDPOINT"),
-        }
+        # Possibly override config parameters
+        config_data = {}
 
         # Filter out None values to let the schema defaults handle them
         config_data = {key: value for key, value in config_data.items() if value is not None}
@@ -89,7 +69,7 @@ def main():
         config = PipelineCreationSchema(**config_data)
 
         # Start the pipeline subprocess
-        pipeline_process = start_pipeline_subprocess(config)
+        pipeline_process = start_pipeline_subprocess(config, stderr=sys.stderr, stdout=sys.stdout)
 
         # Optionally, wait a bit before starting the ingestor to ensure the pipeline is ready
         time.sleep(10)
diff --git a/src/nv_ingest/util/pipeline/pipeline_runners.py b/src/nv_ingest/util/pipeline/pipeline_runners.py
index f7ad2119..5d01c12d 100644
--- a/src/nv_ingest/util/pipeline/pipeline_runners.py
+++ b/src/nv_ingest/util/pipeline/pipeline_runners.py
@@ -31,28 +31,35 @@
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-# TODO(Devin) Name this function something more descriptive
 class PipelineCreationSchema(BaseModel):
-    cached_grpc_endpoint: str = "localhost:8007"
-    cached_infer_protocol: str = "grpc"
-    deplot_http_endpoint: str = "http://localhost:8003/v1/chat/completions"
+    cached_http_endpoint: str = os.getenv(
+        "CACHED_HTTP_ENDPOINT", "https://ai.api.nvidia.com/v1/cv/university-at-buffalo/cached"
+    )
+    cached_infer_protocol: str = "http"
+    deplot_http_endpoint: str = os.getenv("DEPLOT_HTTP_ENDPOINT", "https://ai.api.nvidia.com/v1/vlm/google/deplot")
     deplot_infer_protocol: str = "http"
-    embedding_nim_endpoint: str = "http://localhost:8012/v1"
-    embedding_nim_model_name: str = "nvidia/nv-embedqa-e5-v5"
-    ingest_log_level: str = "INFO"
+    doughnut_grpc_triton: str = "triton-doughnut:8001"
+    embedding_nim_endpoint: str = os.getenv("EMBEDDING_NIM_ENDPOINT", "https://integrate.api.nvidia.com/v1")
+    embedding_nim_model_name: str = os.getenv("EMBEDDING_NIM_MODEL_NAME", "nvidia/nv-embedqa-e5-v5")
+    ingest_log_level: str = os.getenv("INGEST_LOG_LEVEL", "INFO")
     message_client_host: str = "localhost"
     message_client_port: str = "7671"
     message_client_type: str = "simple"
-    minio_bucket: str = "nv-ingest"
     mrc_ignore_numa_check: str = "1"
+    ngc_api_key: str = os.getenv("NGC_API_KEY", "")
+    nvidia_build_api_key: str = os.getenv("NVIDIA_BUILD_API_KEY", "")
     otel_exporter_otlp_endpoint: str = "localhost:4317"
-    paddle_grpc_endpoint: str = "localhost:8010"
-    paddle_http_endpoint: str = "http://localhost:8009/v1/infer"
-    paddle_infer_protocol: str = "grpc"
+    paddle_http_endpoint: str = os.getenv("PADDLE_HTTP_ENDPOINT", "https://ai.api.nvidia.com/v1/cv/baidu/paddleocr")
+    paddle_infer_protocol: str = "http"
     redis_morpheus_task_queue: str = "morpheus_task_queue"
-    yolox_infer_protocol: str = "grpc"
-    yolox_grpc_endpoint: str = "localhost:8001"
-    vlm_caption_endpoint: str = "https://ai.api.nvidia.com/v1/gr/meta/llama-3.2-90b-vision-instruct/chat/completions"
+    vlm_caption_endpoint: str = os.getenv(
+        "VLM_CAPTION_ENDPOINT", "https://ai.api.nvidia.com/v1/gr/meta/llama-3.2-90b-vision-instruct/chat/completions"
+    )
+    yolox_http_endpoint: str = os.getenv(
+        "YOLOX_HTTP_ENDPOINT", "https://ai.api.nvidia.com/v1/cv/nvidia/nv-yolox-page-elements-v1"
+    )
+    yolox_infer_protocol: str = "http"
+
     model_config = ConfigDict(extra="forbid")
 
 
@@ -311,7 +318,7 @@ def start_pipeline_subprocess(config: PipelineCreationSchema, stdout=None, stder
 
     # Prepare environment variables from the config
     env = os.environ.copy()
-    env.update({key.upper(): val for key, val in config.dict().items()})
+    env.update({key.upper(): val for key, val in config.model_dump().items()})
 
     logger.info("Starting pipeline subprocess...")