diff --git a/examples/kubernetes/guestbook-controller.yaml b/examples/kubernetes/guestbook-controller-template.yaml
similarity index 86%
rename from examples/kubernetes/guestbook-controller.yaml
rename to examples/kubernetes/guestbook-controller-template.yaml
index 308dbd7ef46..79f8a22b7a6 100644
--- a/examples/kubernetes/guestbook-controller.yaml
+++ b/examples/kubernetes/guestbook-controller-template.yaml
@@ -26,3 +26,4 @@ spec:
             limits:
               memory: "128Mi"
               cpu: "100m"
+          args: ["--port", "{{port}}", "--cell", "{{cell}}", "--vtgate_port", "{{vtgate_port}}"]
diff --git a/examples/kubernetes/guestbook-down.sh b/examples/kubernetes/guestbook-down.sh
index 81cbe54dc52..045229dee75 100755
--- a/examples/kubernetes/guestbook-down.sh
+++ b/examples/kubernetes/guestbook-down.sh
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 
 # This is an example script that stops guestbook.
 
-set -e
-
 script_root=`dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}"`
 source $script_root/env.sh
 
diff --git a/examples/kubernetes/guestbook-up.sh b/examples/kubernetes/guestbook-up.sh
index b280764d5f9..e962ae766a6 100755
--- a/examples/kubernetes/guestbook-up.sh
+++ b/examples/kubernetes/guestbook-up.sh
@@ -4,11 +4,20 @@
 
 set -e
 
+port=${GUESTBOOK_PORT:-8080}
+cell=${GUESTBOOK_CELL:-"test"}
+vtgate_port=${VTGATE_PORT:-15991}
+
 script_root=`dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}"`
 source $script_root/env.sh
 
 echo "Creating guestbook service..."
 $KUBECTL create --namespace=$VITESS_NAME -f guestbook-service.yaml
 
+sed_script=""
+for var in port cell vtgate_port; do
+  sed_script+="s,{{$var}},${!var},g;"
+done
+
 echo "Creating guestbook replicationcontroller..."
-$KUBECTL create --namespace=$VITESS_NAME -f guestbook-controller.yaml
+sed -e "$sed_script" guestbook-controller-template.yaml | $KUBECTL create --namespace=$VITESS_NAME -f -
diff --git a/examples/kubernetes/guestbook/main.py b/examples/kubernetes/guestbook/main.py
index 8038b58ceee..b9b3daaef6d 100644
--- a/examples/kubernetes/guestbook/main.py
+++ b/examples/kubernetes/guestbook/main.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 """Main python file."""
 
+import argparse
 import os
 import time
 import json
@@ -77,13 +78,21 @@ def add_entry(page, value):
 def env():
   return json.dumps(dict(os.environ))
 
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-  timeout = 10  # connect timeout in seconds
+  parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Run guestbook app')
+  parser.add_argument('--port', help='Port', default=8080, type=int)
+  parser.add_argument('--cell', help='Cell', default='test', type=str)
+  parser.add_argument(
+      '--timeout', help='Connect timeout (s)', default=10, type=int)
+  parser.add_argument(
+      '--vtgate_port', help='Vtgate Port', default=15991, type=int)
+  guestbook_args = parser.parse_args()
 
   # Get vtgate service address from Kubernetes DNS.
-  addr = 'vtgate-test:15991'
+  addr = 'vtgate-%s:%d' % (guestbook_args.cell, guestbook_args.vtgate_port)
 
   # Connect to vtgate.
-  conn = vtgate_client.connect('grpc', addr, timeout)
+  conn = vtgate_client.connect('grpc', addr, guestbook_args.timeout)
 
-  app.run(host='0.0.0.0', port=8080, debug=True)
+  app.run(host='0.0.0.0', port=guestbook_args.port, debug=True)