diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index dc4eb223377..22ab7a03b45 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -86,3 +86,6 @@ images/*
 # helm generated files
 helm/helm-repo-site/index.html
 helm/helm-repo-site/*.tgz
+
+# examples directory
+examples/helm/custom.yaml
diff --git a/e2e/helm/templates/es6.yaml.gotmpl b/e2e/helm/templates/es6.yaml.gotmpl
index 897888df768..fb09251e9e7 100644
--- a/e2e/helm/templates/es6.yaml.gotmpl
+++ b/e2e/helm/templates/es6.yaml.gotmpl
@@ -28,4 +28,4 @@ volumeClaimTemplate:
 
 service:
   type: NodePort
-  nodePort: "30200"
+  nodePort: {{ .Values | get "elasticsearch6.nodePort" "30200" }}
diff --git a/e2e/helm/templates/os1.yaml.gotmpl b/e2e/helm/templates/os1.yaml.gotmpl
index 91132be24e3..9e7bcf79a07 100644
--- a/e2e/helm/templates/os1.yaml.gotmpl
+++ b/e2e/helm/templates/os1.yaml.gotmpl
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ image:
 service:
     type: NodePort
     port: 9200
-    nodePort: 30210
+    nodePort: {{ .Values | get "opensearch1.nodePort" "30210" }}
 
 config:
     opensearch.yml:
diff --git a/e2e/helm/templates/os2.yaml.gotmpl b/e2e/helm/templates/os2.yaml.gotmpl
index a7762b90719..04e306ab399 100644
--- a/e2e/helm/templates/os2.yaml.gotmpl
+++ b/e2e/helm/templates/os2.yaml.gotmpl
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ image:
 service:
     type: NodePort
     port: 9200
-    nodePort: 30210
+    nodePort: {{ .Values | get "opensearch2.nodePort" "30210" }}
 
 config:
     opensearch.yml:
diff --git a/examples/helm/README.md b/examples/helm/README.md
index bbdb56714cd..fa4dee3d238 100644
--- a/examples/helm/README.md
+++ b/examples/helm/README.md
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@ kind create cluster --config kindConfig.yaml
 
 ### Step 2: Building the Teraslice Docker Image
 
-Build the teraslice docker image using the following command. Ensure the image is tagged correctly to match the intended version `dev-nodev22.9.0` in this example:
+Build the teraslice docker image using the following command:
 
 ```bash
-docker build -t ghcr.io/terascope/teraslice:dev-nodev22.9.0 ../../.
+docker build -t terascope/teraslice:dev ../../.
 ```
 
 ### Step 3: Loading the Teraslice Docker Image into the Kind Cluster
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ docker build -t ghcr.io/terascope/teraslice:dev-nodev22.9.0 ../../.
 Load the Teraslice Docker image, built above, into the Kind cluster's control plane:
 
 ```bash
-kind load docker-image --name k8s-env ghcr.io/terascope/teraslice:dev-nodev22.9.0
+kind load docker-image --name k8s-env terascope/teraslice:dev
 ```
 
 ### Step 4: Verifying the Image Load
@@ -133,3 +133,19 @@ teraslice__jobs              open            1            0      5.6kb
 random-data-1                open        10000            0        7mb            7mb
 teraslice__analytics-2024.11 open            4            0     23.9kb         23.9kb
 ```
+
+## Advanced Setup
+
+In the cases where a specific scenario is required, you can use a custom configuration file to deploy teraslice in a variety of ways. We can create a custom yaml file template based on the default config by running this command:
+
+_**IMPORTANT:** in order to run the custom scenario correctly, the file MUST be named `custom.yaml` and be in the `teraslice/examples/helm` directory._
+
+```sh
+cp values.yaml custom.yaml
+```
+
+Once copied, modify the `custom.yaml` file to specific needs. All available options are already provided in the file. Afterwards you can launch it with the following command:
+
+```sh
+helmfile -e custom sync
+```
diff --git a/examples/helm/default-values.yaml b/examples/helm/default-values.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index fc35c960587..00000000000
--- a/examples/helm/default-values.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-opensearch1:
-  # If false, opensearch1 will be excluded on helmfile sync
-  enabled: true
-  version: 1.3.14
-  esJavaOpts: -Xmx512M -Xms512M
-  memoryLimit: 100Mi
-  persistentVolumeSize: 8Gi
-  # The number of replicas
-  instances: 1
-
diff --git a/examples/helm/helmfile.yaml b/examples/helm/helmfile.yaml
index a9d85ad35d8..9cc01a15a82 100644
--- a/examples/helm/helmfile.yaml
+++ b/examples/helm/helmfile.yaml
@@ -1,49 +1,89 @@
 environments:
   default:
     values:
-      - default-values.yaml
+      - values.yaml
+  custom:
+    values:
+      - custom.yaml
 ---
 
 repositories:
   - name: opensearch
     url: https://opensearch-project.github.io/helm-charts/
+  - name: minio
+    url: https://charts.min.io/
+  - name: chaos-mesh
+    url: https://charts.chaos-mesh.org
 
 helmDefaults:
   wait: true
 
 releases:
   - name: opensearch1
-    namespace: ts-dev1
+    namespace: services-dev1
+    chart: opensearch/opensearch
     version: 2.17.1
+    installed: {{ .Values | get "opensearch1.enabled" false }}
+    values:
+      - ../../e2e/helm/templates/os1.yaml.gotmpl
+
+  - name: chaos-mesh
+    namespace: chaos-mesh
+    chart: chaos-mesh/chaos-mesh
+    version: 2.7.0
+    installed: {{ .Values | get "chaos-mesh.enabled" false }}
+    values:
+      - chaosDaemon:
+          runtime: containerd
+          socketPath: /run/containerd/containerd.sock
+        dashboard:
+          service:
+            type: NodePort
+            nodePort: 30333
+
+  - name: opensearch2
+    namespace: services-dev1
     chart: opensearch/opensearch
+    version: 2.17.1
+    installed: {{ .Values | get "opensearch2.enabled" true }}
     values:
-      - ./templates/os1.yaml.gotmpl
+      - ../../e2e/helm/templates/os2.yaml.gotmpl
+
+  - name: elasticsearch6
+    namespace: services-dev1
+    chart: ../../e2e/helm/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-6.8.9.tgz
+    installed: {{ .Values | get "elasticsearch6.enabled" false }}
+    values:
+      - ../../e2e/helm/templates/es6.yaml.gotmpl
+
+  - name: elasticsearch7
+    namespace: services-dev1
+    chart: ../../e2e/helm/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-7.9.3.tgz
+    installed: {{ .Values | get "elasticsearch7.enabled" false }}
+    values:
+      - ../../e2e/helm/templates/es7.yaml.gotmpl
+
+  - name: minio
+    namespace: services-dev1
+    chart: minio/minio
+    version: 5.3.0
+    installed: {{ .Values | get "minio.enabled" false }}
+    values:
+      - ../../e2e/helm/templates/minio.yaml.gotmpl
+
+  - name: kafka
+    namespace: services-dev1
+    chart: ../../e2e/helm/kafka/cp-helm-charts-0.6.1.tgz
+    installed: {{ .Values | get "kafka.enabled" false }}
+    values:
+      - ../../e2e/helm/templates/kafka.yaml.gotmpl
 
   - name: teraslice
     namespace: ts-dev1
-    version: 0.8.12
-    chart: ../../helm/teraslice/
+    chart: ../../helm/teraslice
     needs:
-      - ts-dev1/{{ .Values | get "ts-dev1.stateCluster" "opensearch1" }}
-    values:
-      - terafoundation:
-          connectors:
-            elasticsearch-next:
-              default:
-                node:
-                  - "http://opensearch1.ts-dev1:9200"
-        service:
-          nodePort: 30678
-          type: NodePort
-        master:
-          teraslice:
-            kubernetes_namespace: ts-dev1
-            cluster_manager_type: kubernetesV2
-            asset_storage_connection_type: elasticsearch-next
-        worker:
-          teraslice:
-            kubernetes_namespace: ts-dev1
-            cluster_manager_type: kubernetesV2
-            asset_storage_connection_type: elasticsearch-next
-        image:
-          tag: dev-nodev22.9.0
+      - services-dev1/{{ .Values | get "teraslice.stateCluster" "opensearch2" }}
+    values:
+      - ../../e2e/helm/templates/teraslice.yaml.gotmpl
+    labels:
+      app: teraslice
diff --git a/examples/helm/kindConfig.yaml b/examples/helm/kindConfig.yaml
index ace1176da79..2f4b51de055 100644
--- a/examples/helm/kindConfig.yaml
+++ b/examples/helm/kindConfig.yaml
@@ -3,8 +3,38 @@ name: k8s-env
 apiVersion: kind.x-k8s.io/v1alpha4
 nodes:
 - role: control-plane
+  image: kindest/node:v1.28.12@sha256:fa0e48b1e83bb8688a5724aa7eebffbd6337abd7909ad089a2700bf08c30c6ea
   extraPortMappings:
-  - containerPort: 30678 # Map internal teraslice api service to host port
+  - containerPort: 30678 # Map internal teraslice service to host port
     hostPort: 5678
-  - containerPort: 30921 # Map internal opensearch1 service to host port
+  - containerPort: 30201 # Map internal opensearch1 service to host port
+    hostPort: 9201
+  - containerPort: 30202 # Map internal opensearch2 service to host port
     hostPort: 9200
+  - containerPort: 30206 # Map internal elasticsearch6 service to host port
+    hostPort: 9206
+  - containerPort: 30207 # Map internal elasticsearch7 service to host port
+    hostPort: 9207
+  - containerPort: 30092 # Map internal kafka service to host port
+    hostPort: 9092
+  - containerPort: 30094 # Map external kafka service to host port
+    hostPort: 9094
+  - containerPort: 30900 # Map internal minio service to host port
+    hostPort: 9000
+  - containerPort: 30901 # Map internal minio-ui service to host port
+    hostPort: 9001
+  - containerPort: 30333 # Map internal chaos-mesh-ui service to host port
+    hostPort: 2333
+  extraMounts:
+  - hostPath: ./e2e/autoload
+    containerPath: /autoload
+
+###
+# Uncomment the code below for a multi-node kind cluster
+# For more than 2 nodes, just copy it and  paste it again to add nodes
+###
+# - role: worker
+#   image: kindest/node:v1.28.12@sha256:fa0e48b1e83bb8688a5724aa7eebffbd6337abd7909ad089a2700bf08c30c6ea
+#   extraMounts:
+#   - hostPath: ./e2e/autoload
+#     containerPath: /autoload
diff --git a/examples/helm/templates/os1.yaml.gotmpl b/examples/helm/templates/os1.yaml.gotmpl
deleted file mode 100644
index bd217d5d40a..00000000000
--- a/examples/helm/templates/os1.yaml.gotmpl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-replicas: {{ .Values | get "opensearch1.instances" 1 }}
-
-{{- if eq (.Values | get "opensearch1.instances" 1) 1 }}
-singleNode: true
-{{- else }}
-singleNode: false
-{{- end }}
-
-image:
-    tag: {{ .Values | get "opensearch1.version" "1.3.14" }}
-
-service:
-    type: NodePort
-    port: 9200
-    nodePort: 30921
-
-config:
-    opensearch.yml:
-        plugins:
-            security:
-                disabled: true
-        {{- if eq (.Values | get "opensearch1.instances" 1) 1 }}
-        discovery.type: single-node
-        {{- end }}
-
-clusterName: opensearch1-cluster
-
-masterService: "opensearch1"
-
-resources:
-    requests:
-        cpu: "1000m"
-        memory: {{ .Values | get "opensearch1.memoryLimit" "100Mi" }}
-
-persistence:
-    size: {{ .Values | get "opensearch1.persistentVolumeSize" "8Gi" }}
diff --git a/examples/helm/values.yaml b/examples/helm/values.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..763095d5395
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/helm/values.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+opensearch1:
+  # If false, opensearch1 will be excluded on helmfile sync
+  enabled: false
+  version: 1.3.11
+  esJavaOpts: -Xmx512M -Xms512M
+  memoryLimit: 100Mi
+  persistentVolumeSize: 8Gi
+  # The number of replicas
+  instances: 1
+  nodePort: 30201
+
+opensearch2:
+  # If false, opensearch2 will be excluded on helmfile sync
+  enabled: true
+  version: 2.15.0
+  esJavaOpts: -Xmx512M -Xms512M
+  memoryLimit: 100Mi
+  persistentVolumeSize: 8Gi
+  # The number of replicas
+  instances: 1
+  nodePort: 30202
+
+elasticsearch6:
+  # If false, elasticsearch6 will be excluded on helmfile sync
+  enabled: false
+  version: 6.8.6
+  # Overrides default image. Useful when loading in arm image that es doesn't support
+  # image: elasticsearch
+  # The number of replicas
+  instances: 1
+  esJavaOpts: -Xms512m -Xmx512m
+  memoryLimit: 1Gi
+  persistentVolumeSize: 8Gi
+  nodePort: 30206
+
+
+elasticsearch7:
+  # If false, elasticsearch7 will be excluded on helmfile sync
+  enabled: false
+  # It's not recommended to deviate from es versions 7.9. The chart is tied to this specific version.
+  version: 7.9.3
+  # The number of replicas
+  instances: 1
+  esJavaOpts: -Xms512m -Xmx512m
+  # Es7 recommends at least a gig of memory.
+  memoryLimit: 1Gi
+  persistentVolumeSize: 8Gi
+  nodePort: 30207
+
+minio:
+  # If false, minio will be excluded on helmfile sync
+  enabled: false
+  version: RELEASE.2024-08-29T01-40-52Z
+  instances: 1
+  rootUser: minioadmin
+  rootPassword: minioadmin
+  memoryLimit: 256Mi
+  persistentVolumeSize: 50Gi
+  # tls:   <-- Not implemented yet
+  #   enabled: false
+  #   certSecret: ""
+  #   publicCrt: public.crt
+  #   privateKey: private.key
+
+kafka:
+  # If false, kafka will be excluded on helmfile sync
+  enabled: false
+  version: 7.7.1
+  brokers: 1
+  offsets:
+    topic:
+      replication:
+        factor: 1
+
+zookeeper:
+  # If false, zookeeper will be excluded on helmfile sync
+  enabled: false
+  version: 7.7.1
+  instances: 1
+
+teraslice:
+  image:
+    repository: terascope/teraslice
+    # Overrides the image tag whose default is the chart appVersion.
+    tag: dev
+  stateCluster: opensearch2
+
+chaos-mesh:
+  # When enabled, the choas-mesh dashboard will be available in browser
+  # at http://localhost:2333
+  # Documentation on how to create "experiments":
+  # https://chaos-mesh.org/docs/run-a-chaos-experiment/
+  enabled: false