diff --git a/ingestion/ingestion_dependency.sh b/ingestion/ingestion_dependency.sh
index c8da4594039..e42600d4a86 100755
--- a/ingestion/ingestion_dependency.sh
+++ b/ingestion/ingestion_dependency.sh
@@ -10,20 +10,44 @@
 #  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 #  limitations under the License.
 
-while ! wget -O /dev/null -o /dev/null mysql:3306; do sleep 5; done
+MYSQL_HOST=${MYSQL_HOST:-mysql}
+MYSQL_PORT=${MYSQL_PORT:-3306}
+
+MYSQL_DB=${MYSQL_DB:-airflow_db}
+MYSQL_USER=${MYSQL_USER:-airflow_user}
+MYSQL_PASSWORD=${MYSQL_PASSWORD:-airflow_pass}
+
+MYSQL_CONN="${MYSQL_USER}:${MYSQL_PASSWORD}@${MYSQL_HOST}:${MYSQL_PORT}/${MYSQL_DB}"
+
+AIRFLOW_ADMIN_USER=${AIRFLOW_ADMIN_USER:-admin}
+AIRFLOW_ADMIN_PASSWORD=${AIRFLOW_ADMIN_PASSWORD:-admin}
+
+OPENMETADATA_SERVER=${OPENMETADATA_SERVER:-"http://openmetadata-server:8585"}
+
+sed -i "s#\(sql_alchemy_conn = \).*#\1mysql+pymysql://${MYSQL_CONN}#" /airflow/airflow.cfg
+
+while ! wget -O /dev/null -o /dev/null $MYSQL_HOST:$MYSQL_PORT; do sleep 5; done
+
 airflow db init
+
 airflow users create \
-    --username admin \
+    --username ${AIRFLOW_ADMIN_USER} \
     --firstname Peter \
     --lastname Parker \
     --role Admin \
     --email spiderman@superhero.org \
-    --password admin
-(while ! wget -O /dev/null -o /dev/null http://ingestion:8080; do sleep 5; done; sleep 5; curl -u admin:admin --data '{"dag_run_id":"sample_data_1"}' -H "Content-type: application/json" -X POST http://ingestion:8080/api/v1/dags/sample_data/dagRuns) &
-(while ! wget -O /dev/null -o /dev/null http://openmetadata-server:8585/api/v1/tables/name/bigquery_gcp.shopify.fact_sale; do sleep 5; done; sleep 7; curl -u admin:admin --data '{"dag_run_id":"sample_usage_1"}' -H "Content-type: application/json" -X POST http://ingestion:8080/api/v1/dags/sample_usage/dagRuns) &
-(while ! wget -O /dev/null -o /dev/null http://openmetadata-server:8585/api/v1/tables/name/bigquery_gcp.shopify.fact_sale; do sleep 5; done; sleep 9; curl -u admin:admin --data '{"dag_run_id":"sample_dbt_1"}' -H "Content-type: application/json" -X POST http://ingestion:8080/api/v1/dags/sample_dbt/dagRuns) &
-(while ! wget -O /dev/null -o /dev/null http://openmetadata-server:8585/api/v1/tables/name/bigquery_gcp.shopify.fact_sale; do sleep 5; done; sleep 10; curl -u admin:admin --data '{"dag_run_id":"index_metadata_1"}' -H "Content-type: application/json" -X POST http://ingestion:8080/api/v1/dags/index_metadata/dagRuns) &
+    --password ${AIRFLOW_ADMIN_PASSWORD}
+
+if [ ! -z "${LOAD_SAMPLE}" ]; then
+    AIRFLOW_CREDENTIALS="${AIRFLOW_ADMIN_USER}:${AIRFLOW_ADMIN_PASSWORD}"
+    (while ! wget -O /dev/null -o /dev/null http://localhost:8080; do sleep 5; done; sleep 5; curl -u "${AIRFLOW_CREDENTIALS}" --data '{"dag_run_id":"sample_data_1"}' -H "Content-type: application/json" -X POST http://localhost:8080/api/v1/dags/sample_data/dagRuns) &
+    (while ! wget -O /dev/null -o /dev/null $OPENMETADATA_SERVER/api/v1/tables/name/bigquery_gcp.shopify.fact_sale; do sleep 5; done; sleep 7; curl -u "${AIRFLOW_CREDENTIALS}" --data '{"dag_run_id":"sample_usage_1"}' -H "Content-type: application/json" -X POST http://localhost:8080/api/v1/dags/sample_usage/dagRuns) &
+    (while ! wget -O /dev/null -o /dev/null $OPENMETADATA_SERVER/api/v1/tables/name/bigquery_gcp.shopify.fact_sale; do sleep 5; done; sleep 9; curl -u "${AIRFLOW_CREDENTIALS}" --data '{"dag_run_id":"sample_dbt_1"}' -H "Content-type: application/json" -X POST http://localhost:8080/api/v1/dags/sample_dbt/dagRuns) &
+    (while ! wget -O /dev/null -o /dev/null $OPENMETADATA_SERVER/api/v1/tables/name/bigquery_gcp.shopify.fact_sale; do sleep 5; done; sleep 10; curl -u "${AIRFLOW_CREDENTIALS}" --data '{"dag_run_id":"index_metadata_1"}' -H "Content-type: application/json" -X POST http://localhost:8080/api/v1/dags/index_metadata/dagRuns) &
+fi
+
 airflow webserver --port 8080 -D &
 (sleep 5; airflow db upgrade)
 (sleep 5; airflow db upgrade)
+
 airflow scheduler