diff --git a/pkg/configutil/configutil.go b/pkg/configutil/configutil.go
index 5dcde9bd..3727b090 100644
--- a/pkg/configutil/configutil.go
+++ b/pkg/configutil/configutil.go
@@ -11,21 +11,36 @@ const (
 	AdminConfigTemplate = `admin:
   # For GRPC endpoints you might want to use dns:///flyte.myexample.com
   endpoint: {{.Host}}
-  authType: Pkce
   insecure: {{.Insecure}}
 {{- if .Console}}
 console:
   endpoint: {{.Console}}
 {{- end}}
-logger:
-  show-source: true
-  level: 0`
+{{- if .DataConfig}}
+# This is not a needed configuration, only useful if you want to explore the data in sandbox. For non sandbox, please
+# do not use this configuration, instead prefer to use aws, gcs, azure sessions. Flytekit, should use fsspec to
+# auto select the right backend to pull data as long as the sessions are configured. For Sandbox, this is special, as
+# minio is s3 compatible and we ship with minio in sandbox.
+storage:
+  connection:
+    endpoint: {{.DataConfig.Endpoint}}
+    access-key: {{.DataConfig.AccessKey}}
+    secret-key: {{.DataConfig.SecretKey}}
+{{- end}}
+`
 )
 
+type DataConfig struct {
+	Endpoint  string
+	AccessKey string
+	SecretKey string
+}
+
 type ConfigTemplateSpec struct {
-	Host     string
-	Insecure bool
-	Console  string
+	Host       string
+	Insecure   bool
+	Console    string
+	DataConfig *DataConfig
 }
 
 var (
diff --git a/pkg/configutil/configutil_test.go b/pkg/configutil/configutil_test.go
index 6a689366..a8f8bf4d 100644
--- a/pkg/configutil/configutil_test.go
+++ b/pkg/configutil/configutil_test.go
@@ -25,11 +25,8 @@ func TestSetupConfig(t *testing.T) {
 	expected := `admin:
   # For GRPC endpoints you might want to use dns:///flyte.myexample.com
   endpoint: dns:///localhost:30081
-  authType: Pkce
   insecure: true
-logger:
-  show-source: true
-  level: 0`
+`
 	assert.Equal(t, expected, string(configBytes))
 
 	file, err = os.Create(file.Name())
@@ -46,13 +43,41 @@ logger:
 	expected = `admin:
   # For GRPC endpoints you might want to use dns:///flyte.myexample.com
   endpoint: dns:///admin.example.com
-  authType: Pkce
   insecure: true
 console:
   endpoint: https://console.example.com
-logger:
-  show-source: true
-  level: 0`
+`
+	assert.Equal(t, expected, string(configBytes))
+
+	file, err = os.Create(file.Name())
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	templateValue = ConfigTemplateSpec{
+		Host:     "dns:///admin.example.com",
+		Insecure: true,
+		DataConfig: &DataConfig{
+			Endpoint:  "http://localhost:9000",
+			AccessKey: "my-access-key",
+			SecretKey: "my-secret-key",
+		},
+	}
+	err = SetupConfig(file.Name(), AdminConfigTemplate, templateValue)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	configBytes, err = ioutil.ReadAll(file)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	expected = `admin:
+  # For GRPC endpoints you might want to use dns:///flyte.myexample.com
+  endpoint: dns:///admin.example.com
+  insecure: true
+# This is not a needed configuration, only useful if you want to explore the data in sandbox. For non sandbox, please
+# do not use this configuration, instead prefer to use aws, gcs, azure sessions. Flytekit, should use fsspec to
+# auto select the right backend to pull data as long as the sessions are configured. For Sandbox, this is special, as
+# minio is s3 compatible and we ship with minio in sandbox.
+storage:
+  connection:
+    endpoint: http://localhost:9000
+    access-key: my-access-key
+    secret-key: my-secret-key
+`
 	assert.Equal(t, expected, string(configBytes))
 
 	// Cleanup
diff --git a/pkg/sandbox/start.go b/pkg/sandbox/start.go
index 9c9c73fb..ee7b8bc2 100644
--- a/pkg/sandbox/start.go
+++ b/pkg/sandbox/start.go
@@ -177,7 +177,11 @@ func startSandbox(ctx context.Context, cli docker.Docker, g github.GHRepoService
 	templateValues := configutil.ConfigTemplateSpec{
 		Host:     "localhost:30080",
 		Insecure: true,
-		Console:  fmt.Sprintf("http://localhost:%d", consolePort),
+		DataConfig: &configutil.DataConfig{
+			Endpoint:  "http://localhost:30002",
+			AccessKey: "minio",
+			SecretKey: "miniostorage",
+		},
 	}
 	if err := configutil.SetupConfig(configutil.FlytectlConfig, configutil.GetTemplate(), templateValues); err != nil {
 		return nil, err