diff --git a/examples/local/101_initial_cluster.sh b/examples/local/101_initial_cluster.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..a325f9ad2a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/local/101_initial_cluster.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Copyright 2018 The Vitess Authors.
+# 
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+# 
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+# 
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# this scripts brings up zookeeper and all the vitess components
+# required for a single shard deployment.
+
+set -e
+
+script_root=`dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}"`
+
+CELL=zone1 $script_root/zk-up.sh
+CELL=zone1 $script_root/vtctld-up.sh
+CELL=zone1 KEYSPACE=commerce UID_BASE=100 $script_root/vttablet-up.sh
+sleep 15
+./lvtctl.sh InitShardMaster -force commerce/0 zone1-100
+./lvtctl.sh ApplySchema -sql-file create_commerce_schema.sql commerce
+./lvtctl.sh ApplyVSchema -vschema_file vschema_commerce_initial.json commerce
+CELL=zone1 $script_root/vtgate-up.sh
+
+disown -a
diff --git a/examples/local/201_customer_keyspace.sh b/examples/local/201_customer_keyspace.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..0aedba25fe7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/local/201_customer_keyspace.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Copyright 2018 The Vitess Authors.
+# 
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+# 
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+# 
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# this scripts brings up zookeeper and all the vitess components
+# required for a single shard deployment.
+
+set -e
+
+./lvtctl.sh CreateKeyspace -served_from='master:commerce,replica:commerce,rdonly:commerce' customer
+
+disown -a
diff --git a/examples/local/202_customer_tablets.sh b/examples/local/202_customer_tablets.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..235b76fd4f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/local/202_customer_tablets.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Copyright 2018 The Vitess Authors.
+# 
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+# 
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+# 
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# this scripts brings up zookeeper and all the vitess components
+# required for a single shard deployment.
+
+set -e
+
+script_root=`dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}"`
+
+CELL=zone1 KEYSPACE=customer UID_BASE=200 $script_root/vttablet-up.sh
+sleep 15
+./lvtctl.sh InitShardMaster -force customer/0 zone1-200
+./lvtctl.sh CopySchemaShard -tables customer,corder commerce/0 customer/0
+./lvtctl.sh ApplyVSchema -vschema_file vschema_commerce_vsplit.json commerce
+./lvtctl.sh ApplyVSchema -vschema_file vschema_customer_vsplit.json customer
+
+disown -a
diff --git a/examples/local/sharded-vttablet-up.sh b/examples/local/203_vertical_split.sh
similarity index 59%
rename from examples/local/sharded-vttablet-up.sh
rename to examples/local/203_vertical_split.sh
index c7072ced079..053a97f7b38 100755
--- a/examples/local/sharded-vttablet-up.sh
+++ b/examples/local/203_vertical_split.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-# Copyright 2017 Google Inc.
+# Copyright 2018 The Vitess Authors.
 # 
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -14,16 +14,20 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-# This is an example script that creates a sharded vttablet deployment.
+# this scripts brings up zookeeper and all the vitess components
+# required for a single shard deployment.
 
 set -e
 
 script_root=`dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}"`
+source $script_root/env.sh
 
-# Shard -80 contains all entries whose keyspace ID has a first byte < 0x80.
-# See: http://vitess.io/overview/concepts/#keyspace-id
-SHARD=-80 UID_BASE=200 $script_root/vttablet-up.sh "$@"
-
-# Shard 80- contains all entries whose keyspace ID has a first byte >= 0x80.
-SHARD=80- UID_BASE=300 $script_root/vttablet-up.sh "$@"
+$VTROOT/bin/vtworker \
+    $TOPOLOGY_FLAGS \
+    -cell zone1 \
+    -log_dir $VTDATAROOT/tmp \
+    -alsologtostderr \
+    -use_v3_resharding_mode \
+    VerticalSplitClone -min_healthy_rdonly_tablets=1 -tables=customer,corder customer/0
 
+disown -a
diff --git a/examples/local/sharded-vtworker.sh b/examples/local/204_vertical_migrate_replicas.sh
similarity index 68%
rename from examples/local/sharded-vtworker.sh
rename to examples/local/204_vertical_migrate_replicas.sh
index d8b64df8a6b..4c9acc38445 100755
--- a/examples/local/sharded-vtworker.sh
+++ b/examples/local/204_vertical_migrate_replicas.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-# Copyright 2017 Google Inc.
+# Copyright 2018 The Vitess Authors.
 # 
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -14,19 +14,14 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-# This is an example script that runs vtworker.
+# this scripts brings up zookeeper and all the vitess components
+# required for a single shard deployment.
 
 set -e
 
 script_root=`dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}"`
-source $script_root/env.sh
 
-echo "Starting vtworker..."
-exec $VTROOT/bin/vtworker \
-  $TOPOLOGY_FLAGS \
-  -cell test \
-  -log_dir $VTDATAROOT/tmp \
-  -alsologtostderr \
-  -use_v3_resharding_mode \
-  "$@"
+./lvtctl.sh MigrateServedFrom customer/0 rdonly
+./lvtctl.sh MigrateServedFrom customer/0 replica
 
+disown -a
diff --git a/examples/local/sharded-vttablet-down.sh b/examples/local/205_vertical_migrate_master.sh
similarity index 72%
rename from examples/local/sharded-vttablet-down.sh
rename to examples/local/205_vertical_migrate_master.sh
index 1b6ca861442..a21c1bf6848 100755
--- a/examples/local/sharded-vttablet-down.sh
+++ b/examples/local/205_vertical_migrate_master.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-# Copyright 2017 Google Inc.
+# Copyright 2018 The Vitess Authors.
 # 
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -14,11 +14,13 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-# This is an example script that stops the mysqld and vttablet instances
-# created by sharded-vttablet-up.sh
+# this scripts brings up zookeeper and all the vitess components
+# required for a single shard deployment.
+
+set -e
 
 script_root=`dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}"`
 
-UID_BASE=200 $script_root/vttablet-down.sh "$@"
-UID_BASE=300 $script_root/vttablet-down.sh "$@"
+./lvtctl.sh MigrateServedFrom customer/0 master
 
+disown -a
diff --git a/examples/local/206_clean_commerce.sh b/examples/local/206_clean_commerce.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..010bd8ba999
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/local/206_clean_commerce.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Copyright 2018 The Vitess Authors.
+# 
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+# 
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+# 
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# this scripts brings up zookeeper and all the vitess components
+# required for a single shard deployment.
+
+set -e
+
+script_root=`dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}"`
+
+./lvtctl.sh ApplySchema -sql-file drop_commerce_tables.sql commerce
+./lvtctl.sh SetShardTabletControl -blacklisted_tables=customer,corder -remove commerce/0 rdonly
+./lvtctl.sh SetShardTabletControl -blacklisted_tables=customer,corder -remove commerce/0 replica
+./lvtctl.sh SetShardTabletControl -blacklisted_tables=customer,corder -remove commerce/0 master
+
+disown -a
diff --git a/examples/local/301_customer_sharded.sh b/examples/local/301_customer_sharded.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..a1774158b30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/local/301_customer_sharded.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Copyright 2018 The Vitess Authors.
+# 
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+# 
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+# 
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# this scripts brings up zookeeper and all the vitess components
+# required for a single shard deployment.
+
+set -e
+
+script_root=`dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}"`
+
+./lvtctl.sh ApplySchema -sql-file create_commerce_seq.sql commerce
+./lvtctl.sh ApplyVSchema -vschema_file vschema_commerce_seq.json commerce
+./lvtctl.sh ApplySchema -sql-file create_customer_sharded.sql customer
+./lvtctl.sh ApplyVSchema -vschema_file vschema_customer_sharded.json customer
+
+disown -a
diff --git a/examples/local/302_new_shards.sh b/examples/local/302_new_shards.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..de480e1494e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/local/302_new_shards.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Copyright 2018 The Vitess Authors.
+# 
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+# 
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+# 
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# this scripts brings up zookeeper and all the vitess components
+# required for a single shard deployment.
+
+set -e
+
+script_root=`dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}"`
+
+SHARD=-80 CELL=zone1 KEYSPACE=customer UID_BASE=300 $script_root/vttablet-up.sh
+SHARD=80- CELL=zone1 KEYSPACE=customer UID_BASE=400 $script_root/vttablet-up.sh
+sleep 15
+./lvtctl.sh InitShardMaster -force customer/-80 zone1-300
+./lvtctl.sh InitShardMaster -force customer/80- zone1-400
+./lvtctl.sh CopySchemaShard customer/0 customer/-80
+./lvtctl.sh CopySchemaShard customer/0 customer/80-
+
+disown -a
diff --git a/examples/local/303_horizontal_split.sh b/examples/local/303_horizontal_split.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..8859b5dcf0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/local/303_horizontal_split.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Copyright 2018 The Vitess Authors.
+# 
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+# 
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+# 
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# this scripts brings up zookeeper and all the vitess components
+# required for a single shard deployment.
+
+set -e
+
+script_root=`dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}"`
+source $script_root/env.sh
+
+$VTROOT/bin/vtworker \
+    $TOPOLOGY_FLAGS \
+    -cell zone1 \
+    -log_dir $VTDATAROOT/tmp \
+    -alsologtostderr \
+    -use_v3_resharding_mode \
+    SplitClone -min_healthy_rdonly_tablets=1 customer/0
+
+disown -a
diff --git a/examples/local/304_migrate_replicas.sh b/examples/local/304_migrate_replicas.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..6722e21e2f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/local/304_migrate_replicas.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Copyright 2018 The Vitess Authors.
+# 
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+# 
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+# 
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# this scripts brings up zookeeper and all the vitess components
+# required for a single shard deployment.
+
+set -e
+
+script_root=`dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}"`
+
+./lvtctl.sh MigrateServedTypes customer/0 rdonly
+./lvtctl.sh MigrateServedTypes customer/0 replica
+
+
+disown -a
diff --git a/examples/local/305_migrate_master.sh b/examples/local/305_migrate_master.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..ede4e3c970f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/local/305_migrate_master.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Copyright 2018 The Vitess Authors.
+# 
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+# 
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+# 
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# this scripts brings up zookeeper and all the vitess components
+# required for a single shard deployment.
+
+set -e
+
+script_root=`dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}"`
+
+./lvtctl.sh MigrateServedTypes customer/0 master
+
+disown -a
diff --git a/examples/local/306_down_shard_0.sh b/examples/local/306_down_shard_0.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..e8fe8112ddf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/local/306_down_shard_0.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Copyright 2018 The Vitess Authors.
+# 
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+# 
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+# 
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# this scripts brings up zookeeper and all the vitess components
+# required for a single shard deployment.
+
+set -e
+
+script_root=`dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}"`
+
+./lvtctl.sh DeleteShard -recursive customer/0
+
+disown -a
diff --git a/examples/local/401_teardown.sh b/examples/local/401_teardown.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..dc58874c4f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/local/401_teardown.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Copyright 2018 The Vitess Authors.
+# 
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+# 
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+# 
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# this scripts brings up zookeeper and all the vitess components
+# required for a single shard deployment.
+
+set -e
+
+script_root=`dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}"`
+
+./vtgate-down.sh
+CELL=zone1 UID_BASE=100 $script_root/vttablet-down.sh
+CELL=zone1 UID_BASE=200 $script_root/vttablet-down.sh
+CELL=zone1 UID_BASE=300 $script_root/vttablet-down.sh
+CELL=zone1 UID_BASE=400 $script_root/vttablet-down.sh
+./vtctld-down.sh
+./zk-down.sh
+
+disown -a
diff --git a/examples/local/create_commerce_schema.sql b/examples/local/create_commerce_schema.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e62e7d2e8bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/local/create_commerce_schema.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+create table product(
+  sku varbinary(128),
+  description varbinary(128),
+  price bigint,
+  primary key(sku)
+) ENGINE=InnoDB;
+create table customer(
+  customer_id bigint not null auto_increment,
+  email varbinary(128),
+  primary key(customer_id)
+) ENGINE=InnoDB;
+create table corder(
+  order_id bigint not null auto_increment,
+  customer_id bigint,
+  sku varbinary(128),
+  price bigint,
+  primary key(order_id)
+) ENGINE=InnoDB;
diff --git a/examples/local/create_commerce_seq.sql b/examples/local/create_commerce_seq.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b4e66c771b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/local/create_commerce_seq.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+create table customer_seq(id int, next_id bigint, cache bigint, primary key(id)) comment 'vitess_sequence';
+insert into customer_seq(id, next_id, cache) values(0, 1000, 100);
+create table order_seq(id int, next_id bigint, cache bigint, primary key(id)) comment 'vitess_sequence';
+insert into order_seq(id, next_id, cache) values(0, 1000, 100);
diff --git a/examples/local/create_customer_sharded.sql b/examples/local/create_customer_sharded.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d3931c7c94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/local/create_customer_sharded.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+alter table customer change customer_id customer_id bigint not null;
+alter table corder change order_id order_id bigint not null;
diff --git a/examples/local/drop_commerce_tables.sql b/examples/local/drop_commerce_tables.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3393ac8141a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/local/drop_commerce_tables.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+drop table customer;
+drop table corder;
diff --git a/examples/local/etcd-up.sh b/examples/local/etcd-up.sh
index dd6e77d3690..7d68dae9f27 100755
--- a/examples/local/etcd-up.sh
+++ b/examples/local/etcd-up.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 # This is an example script that creates a quorum of ZooKeeper servers.
 
 set -e
+cell=${CELL:-'test'}
 
 script_root=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")
 
@@ -33,18 +34,18 @@ echo "add /vitess/global"
 "${VTROOT}"/dist/etcd/etcd-"${ETCD_VERSION}"-linux-amd64/etcdctl --endpoints "http://${ETCD_SERVER}" mkdir /vitess/global &
 
 
-echo "add /vitess/test"
-"${VTROOT}"/dist/etcd/etcd-"${ETCD_VERSION}"-linux-amd64/etcdctl --endpoints "http://${ETCD_SERVER}" mkdir /vitess/test &
+echo "add /vitess/$cell"
+"${VTROOT}"/dist/etcd/etcd-"${ETCD_VERSION}"-linux-amd64/etcdctl --endpoints "http://${ETCD_SERVER}" mkdir /vitess/$cell &
 
 # And also add the CellInfo description for the 'test' cell.
 # If the node already exists, it's fine, means we used existing data.
-echo "add test CellInfo"
+echo "add $cell CellInfo"
 set +e
 # shellcheck disable=SC2086
 "${VTROOT}"/bin/vtctl $TOPOLOGY_FLAGS AddCellInfo \
-  -root /vitess/test \
+  -root /vitess/$cell \
   -server_address "${ETCD_SERVER}" \
-  test
+  $cell
 set -e
 
 echo "etcd start done..."
diff --git a/examples/local/vschema_commerce_initial.json b/examples/local/vschema_commerce_initial.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0d1bae44428
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/local/vschema_commerce_initial.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+    "tables": {
+        "product": {},
+        "customer": {},
+        "corder": {}
+    }
+}
diff --git a/examples/local/vschema_commerce_seq.json b/examples/local/vschema_commerce_seq.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2e564fa6c96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/local/vschema_commerce_seq.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+    "tables": {
+        "customer_seq": {
+            "type": "sequence"
+        },
+        "order_seq": {
+            "type": "sequence"
+        },
+        "product": {}
+    }
+}
diff --git a/examples/local/vschema_commerce_vsplit.json b/examples/local/vschema_commerce_vsplit.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..30f34172e31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/local/vschema_commerce_vsplit.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+    "tables": {
+        "product": {}
+    }
+}
diff --git a/examples/local/vschema_customer_sharded.json b/examples/local/vschema_customer_sharded.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3109e2a2f3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/local/vschema_customer_sharded.json
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{
+    "sharded": true,
+    "vindexes": {
+        "hash": {
+            "type": "hash"
+        }
+    },
+    "tables": {
+        "customer": {
+            "column_vindexes": [
+                {
+                    "column": "customer_id",
+                    "name": "hash"
+                }
+            ],
+            "auto_increment": {
+                "column": "customer_id",
+                "sequence": "customer_seq"
+            }
+        },
+        "corder": {
+            "column_vindexes": [
+                {
+                    "column": "customer_id",
+                    "name": "hash"
+                }
+            ],
+            "auto_increment": {
+                "column": "order_id",
+                "sequence": "order_seq"
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/examples/local/vschema_customer_vsplit.json b/examples/local/vschema_customer_vsplit.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b113a9adc9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/local/vschema_customer_vsplit.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+    "tables": {
+        "customer": {},
+        "corder": {}
+    }
+}
diff --git a/examples/local/vtctld-up.sh b/examples/local/vtctld-up.sh
index 28857214cc6..0fb089718d8 100755
--- a/examples/local/vtctld-up.sh
+++ b/examples/local/vtctld-up.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 set -e
 
-cell='test'
+cell=${CELL:-'test'}
 grpc_port=15999
 
 script_root=`dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}"`
diff --git a/examples/local/vtgate-up.sh b/examples/local/vtgate-up.sh
index 71d2d6eb474..f79a4d9dc6d 100755
--- a/examples/local/vtgate-up.sh
+++ b/examples/local/vtgate-up.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 set -e
 
-cell='test'
+cell=${CELL:-'test'}
 web_port=15001
 grpc_port=15991
 mysql_server_port=15306
diff --git a/examples/local/vttablet-down.sh b/examples/local/vttablet-down.sh
index 66191b4f44c..0a903e5293e 100755
--- a/examples/local/vttablet-down.sh
+++ b/examples/local/vttablet-down.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 # This is an example script that stops the mysqld and vttablet instances
 # created by vttablet-up.sh
 
-cell='test'
+cell=${CELL:-'test'}
 uid_base=${UID_BASE:-'100'}
 
 script_root=`dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}"`
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ source $script_root/env.sh
 
 # Stop 3 vttablets by default.
 # Pass a list of UID indices on the command line to override.
-uids=${@:-'0 1 2 3 4'}
+uids=${@:-'0 1 2'}
 
 wait_pids=''
 
diff --git a/examples/local/vttablet-up.sh b/examples/local/vttablet-up.sh
index fc7d40a9764..b5ccd4a2e43 100755
--- a/examples/local/vttablet-up.sh
+++ b/examples/local/vttablet-up.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 set -e
 
-cell='test'
+cell=${CELL:-'test'}
 keyspace=${KEYSPACE:-'test_keyspace'}
 shard=${SHARD:-'0'}
 uid_base=${UID_BASE:-'100'}
@@ -38,12 +38,16 @@ source $script_root/env.sh
 
 init_db_sql_file="$VTROOT/config/init_db.sql"
 
+export  EXTRA_MY_CNF=$VTROOT/config/mycnf/default-fast.cnf
+
 case "$MYSQL_FLAVOR" in
   "MySQL56")
-    export EXTRA_MY_CNF=$VTROOT/config/mycnf/master_mysql56.cnf
+    export EXTRA_MY_CNF=$EXTRA_MY_CNF:$VTROOT/config/mycnf/master_mysql56.cnf
+#    export EXTRA_MY_CNF=$VTROOT/config/mycnf/master_mysql56.cnf
     ;;
   "MariaDB")
-    export EXTRA_MY_CNF=$VTROOT/config/mycnf/master_mariadb.cnf
+    export EXTRA_MY_CNF=$EXTRA_MY_CNF:$VTROOT/config/mycnf/master_mariadb.cnf
+#    export EXTRA_MY_CNF=$VTROOT/config/mycnf/master_mariadb.cnf
     ;;
   *)
     echo "Please set MYSQL_FLAVOR to MySQL56 or MariaDB."
@@ -55,7 +59,7 @@ mkdir -p $VTDATAROOT/backups
 
 # Start 5 vttablets by default.
 # Pass TABLETS_UIDS indices as env variable to change
-uids=${TABLETS_UIDS:-'0 1 2 3 4'}
+uids=${TABLETS_UIDS:-'0 1 2'}
 
 # Start all mysqlds in background.
 for uid_index in $uids; do
@@ -71,7 +75,7 @@ for uid_index in $uids; do
   export MYSQL_PORT=$mysql_port
 
   tablet_type=replica
-  if [[ $uid_index -gt 2 ]]; then
+  if [[ $uid_index -gt 1 ]]; then
     tablet_type=rdonly
   fi
 
@@ -110,7 +114,7 @@ for uid_index in $uids; do
   printf -v tablet_dir 'vt_%010d' $uid
   printf -v tablet_logfile 'vttablet_%010d_querylog.txt' $uid
   tablet_type=replica
-  if [[ $uid_index -gt 2 ]]; then
+  if [[ $uid_index -gt 1 ]]; then
     tablet_type=rdonly
   fi
 
diff --git a/examples/local/vtworker-up.sh b/examples/local/vtworker-up.sh
index 29a95f0342b..b13b3dfc48b 100755
--- a/examples/local/vtworker-up.sh
+++ b/examples/local/vtworker-up.sh
@@ -18,13 +18,14 @@
 
 set -e
 
+cell=${CELL:-'test'}
 script_root=`dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}"`
 source $script_root/env.sh
 
 echo "Starting vtworker..."
 exec $VTROOT/bin/vtworker \
   $TOPOLOGY_FLAGS \
-  -cell test \
+  -cell $cell \
   -log_dir $VTDATAROOT/tmp \
   -alsologtostderr \
   -service_map=grpc-vtworker \
diff --git a/examples/local/zk-up.sh b/examples/local/zk-up.sh
index e10507c0924..3cf1bfc97be 100755
--- a/examples/local/zk-up.sh
+++ b/examples/local/zk-up.sh
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 
 set -e
 
+cell=${CELL:-'test'}
+
 script_root=`dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}"`
 source $script_root/env.sh
 
@@ -50,14 +52,14 @@ done
 
 echo "Started zk servers."
 
-# Add the CellInfo description for the 'test' cell.
+# Add the CellInfo description for the $CELL cell.
 # If the node already exists, it's fine, means we used existing data.
 set +e
 # shellcheck disable=SC2086
 $VTROOT/bin/vtctl $TOPOLOGY_FLAGS AddCellInfo \
-  -root /vitess/test \
+  -root /vitess/$cell \
   -server_address $ZK_SERVER \
-  test
+  $cell
 set -e
 
 echo "Configured zk servers."