diff --git a/recipes/beyla-golden-signals/gce/README.md b/recipes/beyla-golden-signals/gce/README.md
index 140c473..4fa88b1 100644
--- a/recipes/beyla-golden-signals/gce/README.md
+++ b/recipes/beyla-golden-signals/gce/README.md
@@ -32,9 +32,8 @@ From the location of this recipe *(beyla-golden-sigals/gce)*, execute the follow
 #### Install and configure Beyla on the VM:
 
 ```sh
-# Make sure to run this without a dot slash (./) since it needs to source variables.
-# Running using ./ will run the script it in a subshell. 
-. configure-beyla.sh
+# Install beyla on VM and configure Ops Agent
+./install-beyla.sh
 ```
 
 #### Check if Google Cloud Ops Agent is still running (Optional):
@@ -51,7 +50,7 @@ sudo systemctl status "google-cloud-ops-agent*"
 
 ```sh
 # Start beyla in the background
-sudo -E beyla &
+sudo beyla --config=beyla-config.yaml &
 ```
 
 ## Build & run the sample Java server app
@@ -62,7 +61,7 @@ sudo -E beyla &
 > If for whatever reason you need to kill the currently running server app, run the following command `fuser -k 8080/tcp`.
 
 ```sh
-# This will start the built server application in the background, listening on port 8080.
+# This will start the built server application in the background, listening on port 8080
 ./run-sample-app.sh
 ```
 
diff --git a/recipes/beyla-golden-signals/gce/beyla-config.yaml b/recipes/beyla-golden-signals/gce/beyla-config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4abc9f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/beyla-golden-signals/gce/beyla-config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# Beyla can be configured to listen to applications running on multiple ports.
+# Beyla can also be configured globally using environment variables.
+# Environment variables have priority over the properties in the config file.
+open_port: 8080,8082,8083
+trace_printer: text
+protocol: grpc
+
+otel_metrics_export:
+  endpoint: http://0.0.0.0:4317
+  # default includes all possible instrumentations "*"
+  instrumentations: ["http","grpc"]
+  # default only includes "application"
+  features: ["application","application_process"]
+
+otel_traces_export:
+  endpoint: http://0.0.0.0:4317
+
+# This section describes how you can discover various services
+# running on your system and assign them different names and
+# namespaces based on the exe_path.
+# This feature is not available when configuring through environment variables.
+discovery:
+  services:
+    - exe_path: java
+      name: "my-java-service"
+      namespace: beyla-gce-java-apps
+    # This configuration is not relevant to this sample
+    # since we are only runninfg a java application
+    - exe_path: node
+      name: "my-node-service"
+      namespace: beyla-gce-node-apps
diff --git a/recipes/beyla-golden-signals/gce/configure-beyla.sh b/recipes/beyla-golden-signals/gce/install-beyla.sh
similarity index 72%
rename from recipes/beyla-golden-signals/gce/configure-beyla.sh
rename to recipes/beyla-golden-signals/gce/install-beyla.sh
index 2d4dbf0..ec118f7 100755
--- a/recipes/beyla-golden-signals/gce/configure-beyla.sh
+++ b/recipes/beyla-golden-signals/gce/install-beyla.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-# This script installs and configures beyla on to the current GCE VM instance, installing necessary dependencies.
+# This script installs beyla on to the current GCE VM instance while installing necessary dependencies.
 # The script also configures the installed google-cloud-ops-agent so that it can collect metrics emitted by Beyla.
 
 # Update dependencies
@@ -34,19 +34,6 @@ tar -xzf beyla.tar.gz -C beyla-installation/
 # /usr/local/bin is the path on a default GCE instance running Debian
 sudo cp beyla-installation/beyla /usr/local/bin
 
-# Configuring Beyla Environment variables when running in direct mode
-echo  "Configuring Beyla..."
-# Beyla configuration options
-export BEYLA_OPEN_PORT=8080
-export BEYLA_TRACE_PRINTER=text
-export BEYLA_SERVICE_NAMESPACE="otel-beyla-gce-sample-service-ns"
-
-# OpenTelemetry export settings
-export OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_PROTOCOL="grpc"
-export OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT="http://0.0.0.0:4317"
-export OTEL_SERVICE_NAME="otel-beyla-gce-sample-service"
-echo "Beyla Configured..."
-
 # Apply the custom configuration to installed Google Cloud Ops Agent
 echo "Configuring the Google Cloud Ops Agent..."
 sudo cp ./google-cloud-ops-agent/config.yaml /etc/google-cloud-ops-agent/config.yaml