diff --git a/docs/observability.md b/docs/observability.md
index 35f22bf1..8a2d627d 100644
--- a/docs/observability.md
+++ b/docs/observability.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ services.hyperhive.otel = {
 
 `enable` is the single gate. `endpoint` is where telemetry ends up after it
 leaves the swarm — optional, because the swarm's own metrics store
-(`swarm.victoriametrics.enable`) is a destination in its own right. With both,
+(`deploy.victoriametrics`) is a destination in its own right. With both,
 telemetry goes to both. See
 [`swarm/services.md`](swarm/services.md#metrics-victoriametrics--grafana).
 
diff --git a/docs/swarm/services.md b/docs/swarm/services.md
index 4668c9a3..996a634c 100644
--- a/docs/swarm/services.md
+++ b/docs/swarm/services.md
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ together: a store with no UI is unreadable and a UI with no store is
 empty. To run one without the other, set it directly:
 
 ```nix
-services.hyperhive.swarm.victoriametrics.enable = true;
+services.hyperhive.deploy.victoriametrics = true;
 services.hyperhive.deploy.grafana = false;
 ```
 
diff --git a/nix/host-modules/deploy.nix b/nix/host-modules/deploy.nix
index 7fdc5d73..4a95720c 100644
--- a/nix/host-modules/deploy.nix
+++ b/nix/host-modules/deploy.nix
@@ -34,6 +34,14 @@
       [ "services" "hyperhive" "swarm" "grafana" "enable" ]
       [ "services" "hyperhive" "deploy" "grafana" ]
     )
+    (lib.mkRenamedOptionModule
+      [ "services" "hyperhive" "swarm" "victoriametrics" "enable" ]
+      [ "services" "hyperhive" "deploy" "victoriametrics" ]
+    )
+    (lib.mkRenamedOptionModule
+      [ "services" "hyperhive" "swarm" "victorialogs" "enable" ]
+      [ "services" "hyperhive" "deploy" "victorialogs" ]
+    )
   ];
 
   options.services.hyperhive.deploy = {
@@ -49,5 +57,33 @@
         whether hyperhive is installed.
       '';
     };
+
+    victoriametrics = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.bool;
+      default = false;
+      description = ''
+        Run the swarm's metrics store on this host.
+
+        Derives from
+        {option}`services.hyperhive.swarm.enableRequiredServices` together
+        with {option}`services.hyperhive.deploy.grafana`: a store with no
+        UI is unreadable and a UI with no store is empty, so there is no
+        sensible deployment that takes one and not the other from that
+        switch. Set either directly to run exactly one.
+      '';
+    };
+
+    victorialogs = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.bool;
+      default = false;
+      description = ''
+        Run the swarm's log store on this host.
+
+        Derives from
+        {option}`services.hyperhive.swarm.enableRequiredServices` for the
+        same reason as the metrics pair above: a hive that is not the
+        service host is a *client* of this store, not a second one.
+      '';
+    };
   };
 }
diff --git a/nix/host-modules/otel.nix b/nix/host-modules/otel.nix
index 40b9e1b8..b1cc2d7b 100644
--- a/nix/host-modules/otel.nix
+++ b/nix/host-modules/otel.nix
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ in
         never given to a container.
 
         Optional. Leave it empty and the swarm's own metrics store
-        ({option}`services.hyperhive.swarm.victoriametrics.enable`) is the
+        ({option}`services.hyperhive.deploy.victoriametrics`) is the
         destination; that is a complete deployment, not a degraded one.
         Set both and telemetry goes to both.
       '';
diff --git a/nix/host-modules/swarm-otel.nix b/nix/host-modules/swarm-otel.nix
index b39e66bd..e899ab24 100644
--- a/nix/host-modules/swarm-otel.nix
+++ b/nix/host-modules/swarm-otel.nix
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ let
   otelCfg = config.services.hyperhive.otel;
   vmCfg = config.services.hyperhive.swarm.victoriametrics;
   vlCfg = config.services.hyperhive.swarm.victorialogs;
+  deployCfg = config.services.hyperhive.deploy;
   hyperhiveCfg = config.services.hyperhive;
   gatewayCfg = hyperhiveCfg.gateway;
   swarmDomain = hyperhiveCfg.swarm.domain;
@@ -162,13 +163,14 @@ let
   # exactly the same destinations as the single pipeline they replace.
   # Written once because "which exporters" is a property of this tier, not
   # of which hive a sample came from.
-  exporterNames = upstreamExporters ++ lib.optional vmCfg.enable "otlphttp/victoriametrics";
+  exporterNames =
+    upstreamExporters ++ lib.optional deployCfg.victoriametrics "otlphttp/victoriametrics";
 
   # The same fan-out for logs, and the local store is only ONE of its
   # destinations. A deployment that turns the swarm's log store off and keeps
   # an upstream endpoint still collects — the store is where logs may be kept,
   # not the reason to read the journal at all.
-  logExporterNames = upstreamExporters ++ lib.optional vlCfg.enable "otlphttp/victorialogs";
+  logExporterNames = upstreamExporters ++ lib.optional deployCfg.victorialogs "otlphttp/victorialogs";
 
   # Collect when there is anywhere to send it, and only then. A pipeline with
   # an empty exporter list is not a quiet no-op — the collector rejects it —
@@ -608,12 +610,12 @@ in
         # The tier exists to hold the upstream credential and to write the
         # swarm's store. With neither, it is a process that receives
         # samples and drops them — which looks healthy and loses data.
-        assertion = otelCfg.endpoint != "" || vmCfg.enable;
+        assertion = otelCfg.endpoint != "" || deployCfg.victoriametrics;
         message = ''
           services.hyperhive.swarm.otel.enable is true but this collector
           has nowhere to send what it receives:
           services.hyperhive.otel.endpoint is empty and
-          services.hyperhive.swarm.victoriametrics.enable is false.
+          services.hyperhive.deploy.victoriametrics is false.
 
           Set the endpoint to export upstream, or enable the swarm's
           metrics store.
@@ -780,7 +782,7 @@ in
               cfg.producerPort
               otelCfg.collector.port
             ]
-            ++ lib.optional vmCfg.enable vmCfg.port;
+            ++ lib.optional deployCfg.victoriametrics vmCfg.port;
             all = derived ++ others;
           in
           lib.length (lib.unique all) == lib.length all;
@@ -1015,7 +1017,7 @@ in
                 };
 
               exporters =
-                lib.optionalAttrs vmCfg.enable {
+                lib.optionalAttrs deployCfg.victoriametrics {
                   # `metrics_endpoint`, NOT `endpoint`: the latter is a
                   # base that otlphttp appends `/v1/metrics` to, while
                   # VictoriaMetrics serves OTLP at
@@ -1038,7 +1040,7 @@ in
                   }
                   // lib.optionalAttrs (otelCfg.protocol == "http/json") { encoding = "json"; };
                 }
-                // lib.optionalAttrs vlCfg.enable {
+                // lib.optionalAttrs deployCfg.victorialogs {
                   # `logs_endpoint`, NOT `endpoint`, for exactly the reason the
                   # metrics exporter above spells out — and the trap is worse
                   # here, because the two stores' OTLP routes differ. `endpoint`
diff --git a/nix/host-modules/swarm-required-services.nix b/nix/host-modules/swarm-required-services.nix
index dbaa26a0..78ebcc09 100644
--- a/nix/host-modules/swarm-required-services.nix
+++ b/nix/host-modules/swarm-required-services.nix
@@ -59,25 +59,10 @@ in
     # the queue they authenticate against.
     nats.enable = lib.mkDefault swarmCfg.enableRequiredServices;
 
-    # The metrics pair. Once per swarm and optional, so they meet the rule
-    # in the option's description the same way the three above do — a hive
-    # that is not the service host is a *client* of this Grafana, not a
-    # second one.
-    #
-    # They derive together on purpose: a store with no UI is unreadable and
-    # a UI with no store is empty, so there is no sensible deployment that
-    # takes one and not the other from this switch. An operator who wants
-    # exactly one still sets it directly, which `mkDefault` allows.
-    victoriametrics.enable = lib.mkDefault swarmCfg.enableRequiredServices;
-    # (grafana's half of the pair derives below — it lives in `deploy.*`
-    # now, which is a different attribute path, not a different rule.)
-
-    # The log store, deriving from the same switch for the same reason —
-    # and deliberately in the same commit as the collector pipeline that
-    # writes to it, never before it. A store nothing writes to is worse
-    # than no store: it starts, answers queries, and returns nothing, so
-    # the first person to look concludes there were no logs.
-    victorialogs.enable = lib.mkDefault swarmCfg.enableRequiredServices;
+    # The metrics pair and the log store used to derive here too. They now
+    # live under `deploy.*` (below, and ./deploy.nix) because "does THIS
+    # host run it" is a per-host decision and `swarm.*` has to be identical
+    # on every host. Same switch, same rule, different attribute path.
 
     # The collector that feeds the pair above, and the only tier holding
     # the upstream credential. Same rule as the rest: once per swarm,
@@ -90,9 +75,16 @@ in
   # this is ./otel.nix's existing per-hive option).
   config.services.hyperhive.otel.enable = lib.mkDefault swarmCfg.enableRequiredServices;
 
-  # Grafana, the UI half of the metrics pair. Same derivation and the same
-  # reasoning as `victoriametrics.enable` above; it reads differently only
-  # because "does this host run it" now lives in `deploy.*` (./deploy.nix)
-  # rather than under `swarm.*`, which has to be identical on every host.
+  # The metrics pair, deriving together on purpose: a store with no UI is
+  # unreadable and a UI with no store is empty, so there is no sensible
+  # deployment that takes one and not the other from this switch. An
+  # operator who wants exactly one still sets it directly, which
+  # `mkDefault` allows.
+  #
+  # The log store derives from the same switch for the same reason as the
+  # rest: a hive that is not the service host is a *client* of it, not a
+  # second one.
+  config.services.hyperhive.deploy.victoriametrics = lib.mkDefault swarmCfg.enableRequiredServices;
+  config.services.hyperhive.deploy.victorialogs = lib.mkDefault swarmCfg.enableRequiredServices;
   config.services.hyperhive.deploy.grafana = lib.mkDefault swarmCfg.enableRequiredServices;
 }
diff --git a/nix/host-modules/swarm-victorialogs.nix b/nix/host-modules/swarm-victorialogs.nix
index 68f87a1f..737f628e 100644
--- a/nix/host-modules/swarm-victorialogs.nix
+++ b/nix/host-modules/swarm-victorialogs.nix
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 }:
 let
   cfg = config.services.hyperhive.swarm.victorialogs;
+  deployCfg = config.services.hyperhive.deploy;
   networkCfg = config.services.hyperhive.network;
   hyperhiveCfg = config.services.hyperhive;
   gatewayCfg = hyperhiveCfg.gateway;
@@ -52,18 +53,10 @@ let
   '';
 in
 {
+  # `enable` moved to `services.hyperhive.deploy.victorialogs` — see
+  # ./deploy.nix. What stays here is what the store IS: its package,
+  # domain, retention and wiring.
   options.services.hyperhive.swarm.victorialogs = {
-    enable = lib.mkOption {
-      type = lib.types.bool;
-      default = false;
-      description = ''
-        Run the swarm's log store on this host. Off by default and not
-        derived from {option}`services.hyperhive.enable`: a swarm has one
-        log store, so enabling it is a decision about swarm topology
-        rather than about whether hyperhive is installed.
-      '';
-    };
-
     package = lib.mkOption {
       type = lib.types.package;
       default = pkgs.victorialogs;
@@ -128,7 +121,7 @@ in
     };
   };
 
-  config = lib.mkIf (hyperhiveCfg.enable && cfg.enable) {
+  config = lib.mkIf (hyperhiveCfg.enable && deployCfg.victorialogs) {
     # This store publishes its own health as prometheus metrics on the same
     # listener it serves queries on, so the swarm's collector scrapes it with
     # no exporter and no extra port — same arrangement as the metrics store.
@@ -141,7 +134,7 @@ in
     # hosts are separate evaluations.
     services.hyperhive.swarm.otel.scrapeTargets.victorialogs = "127.0.0.1:${toString cfg.port}";
 
-    # The gateway name and the quick-link, both inside `cfg.enable` — same
+    # The gateway name and the quick-link, both inside `deployCfg.victorialogs` — same
     # "only the host that runs the service may claim the name" guard every
     # sibling swarm-service module uses (`swarm-grafana.nix`,
     # `swarm-victoriametrics.nix`).
diff --git a/nix/host-modules/swarm-victoriametrics.nix b/nix/host-modules/swarm-victoriametrics.nix
index a991f989..c02def6d 100644
--- a/nix/host-modules/swarm-victoriametrics.nix
+++ b/nix/host-modules/swarm-victoriametrics.nix
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 }:
 let
   cfg = config.services.hyperhive.swarm.victoriametrics;
+  deployCfg = config.services.hyperhive.deploy;
   networkCfg = config.services.hyperhive.network;
   hyperhiveCfg = config.services.hyperhive;
   gatewayCfg = hyperhiveCfg.gateway;
@@ -28,18 +29,10 @@ let
   domainBase = if swarmDomain == null then "invalid" else swarmDomain;
 in
 {
+  # `enable` moved to `services.hyperhive.deploy.victoriametrics` — see
+  # ./deploy.nix. What stays here is what the store IS: its package,
+  # domain, retention and wiring.
   options.services.hyperhive.swarm.victoriametrics = {
-    enable = lib.mkOption {
-      type = lib.types.bool;
-      default = false;
-      description = ''
-        Run the swarm's metrics store on this host. Off by default and not
-        derived from {option}`services.hyperhive.enable`: a swarm has one
-        metrics store, so enabling it is a decision about swarm topology
-        rather than about whether hyperhive is installed.
-      '';
-    };
-
     package = lib.mkOption {
       type = lib.types.package;
       default = pkgs.victoriametrics;
@@ -97,8 +90,8 @@ in
     };
   };
 
-  config = lib.mkIf (hyperhiveCfg.enable && cfg.enable) {
-    # The gateway name and the quick-link, both inside `cfg.enable` — that
+  config = lib.mkIf (hyperhiveCfg.enable && deployCfg.victoriametrics) {
+    # The gateway name and the quick-link, both inside `deployCfg.victoriametrics` — that
     # guard is the load-bearing part. Every hive in a swarm may know this
     # store exists, but only the host that RUNS it may claim the name; a
     # client hive declaring the vhost would answer for a service it does not
diff --git a/nix/host-modules/swarm.nix b/nix/host-modules/swarm.nix
index 6437b9fd..efe64565 100644
--- a/nix/host-modules/swarm.nix
+++ b/nix/host-modules/swarm.nix
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ let
   # them; the collector's exporter — same defect, no human in the loop —
   # failed every POST and dropped the samples.
   ++ lib.optional deployCfg.grafana swarmCfg.grafana.domain
-  ++ lib.optional swarmCfg.victoriametrics.enable swarmCfg.victoriametrics.domain
+  ++ lib.optional deployCfg.victoriametrics swarmCfg.victoriametrics.domain
   ++ lib.optional swarmCfg.otel.enable swarmCfg.otel.domain
   # VictoriaLogs' vhost is new (was previously unpublished entirely — see
   # swarm-victorialogs.nix's file-top comment) and needs the same
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ let
   # this list, `gateway.lib.tlsFor` falls back to the hive leaf, which
   # cannot cover a name under a different apex — see the ⚠️ above this
   # list for what that looked like the last time a name was missed here.
-  ++ lib.optional swarmCfg.victorialogs.enable swarmCfg.victorialogs.domain;
+  ++ lib.optional deployCfg.victorialogs swarmCfg.victorialogs.domain;
 
   # Hives whose entry still carries the removed `certFingerprint`. Scanned
   # here, at top level, because that is the only place an assertion about a