diff --git a/apps/base/clickhouse-system/kustomization.yaml b/apps/base/clickhouse-system/kustomization.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 5122f9e..0000000
--- a/apps/base/clickhouse-system/kustomization.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
----
-apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
-kind: Kustomization
-
-resources:
-  - namespace.yaml
diff --git a/apps/base/clickhouse-system/namespace.yaml b/apps/base/clickhouse-system/namespace.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 519dfb3..0000000
--- a/apps/base/clickhouse-system/namespace.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
----
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: Namespace
-metadata:
-  labels:
-    app.kubernetes.io/name: clickhouse-system
-  name: clickhouse-system
diff --git a/apps/base/logging/cephrgw.yaml b/apps/base/logging/cephrgw.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index ee1bd8e..0000000
--- a/apps/base/logging/cephrgw.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
----
-# S3 bucket (Ceph RGW) for the long-term raw-log archive, provisioned by the
-# in-estate cephrgw-operator. The archiver Vector deployment writes here.
-apiVersion: ceph.unkin.net/v1alpha1
-kind: ObjectStoreUser
-metadata:
-  name: logs-archive-owner
-  namespace: logging
-spec:
-  displayName: "Logging raw-archive bucket owner"
-  maxBuckets: 5
-  quota:
-    enabled: true
-    # 5 TiB soft cap; real retention is enforced RGW-side by a bucket lifecycle
-    # policy (see PR notes) — the operator does not manage lifecycle.
-    maxSizeBytes: 5497558138880
----
-apiVersion: ceph.unkin.net/v1alpha1
-kind: Bucket
-metadata:
-  name: logs-archive
-  namespace: logging
-spec:
-  bucketName: logs-archive
-  ownerRef: logs-archive-owner
-  versioning: false
-  tags:
-    app: logging
-    purpose: raw-log-archive
-  # Keep the bucket (and its objects) if this CR is ever deleted.
-  retainOnDelete: true
----
-apiVersion: ceph.unkin.net/v1alpha1
-kind: BucketAccess
-metadata:
-  name: logs-archive-writer
-  namespace: logging
-spec:
-  bucketRef: logs-archive
-  level: read-write
-  # Operator writes AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID / AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY (+ RGW_UID,
-  # S3_ENDPOINT, BUCKET_NAME) into this Secret; the archiver consumes it.
-  secretName: logs-archive-s3
diff --git a/apps/base/logging/clickhouseinstallation.yaml b/apps/base/logging/clickhouseinstallation.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 886bbcf..0000000
--- a/apps/base/logging/clickhouseinstallation.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,97 +0,0 @@
----
-apiVersion: clickhouse.altinity.com/v1
-kind: ClickHouseInstallation
-metadata:
-  name: logs
-  namespace: logging
-spec:
-  defaults:
-    templates:
-      dataVolumeClaimTemplate: data-volume
-      serviceTemplate: chi-service
-      podTemplate: clickhouse
-  configuration:
-    users:
-      # Password hash is sourced from the Vault-synced clickhouse-credentials
-      # Secret; the plaintext never lands in git or the ClickHouse config.
-      vector/password_sha256_hex:
-        valueFrom:
-          secretKeyRef:
-            name: clickhouse-credentials
-            key: password_sha256_hex
-      vector/networks/ip:
-        - "::/0"
-      vector/profile: default
-      vector/quota: default
-      # Allow the vector user to create the logs database/table (bootstrap Job)
-      # and to INSERT. Restrict the built-in default user to loopback only.
-      vector/access_management: "1"
-      default/networks/ip:
-        - "127.0.0.1"
-        - "::1"
-      # Read-only user for CLI tools + the logviewer UI. Hash sourced from the
-      # Vault-synced clickhouse-logreader Secret, same mechanism as vector.
-      # Scoped to the logs database only (unlike vector, which bootstraps it).
-      logreader/password_sha256_hex:
-        valueFrom:
-          secretKeyRef:
-            name: clickhouse-logreader
-            key: password_sha256_hex
-      logreader/networks/ip:
-        - "::/0"
-      logreader/profile: readonly
-      logreader/quota: default
-      logreader/allow_databases/database:
-        - "logs"
-    profiles:
-      default/max_memory_usage: "10000000000"
-      default/max_execution_time: "120"
-      readonly/readonly: "2"
-      readonly/max_memory_usage: "10000000000"
-      readonly/max_execution_time: "120"
-    clusters:
-      - name: logs
-        layout:
-          shardsCount: 1
-          replicasCount: 1
-  templates:
-    volumeClaimTemplates:
-      - name: data-volume
-        spec:
-          storageClassName: cephrbd-fast-delete
-          accessModes:
-            - ReadWriteOnce
-          resources:
-            requests:
-              # 3d TTL on logs.raw. At ~130 GiB/day raw, ClickHouse LZ4/ZSTD
-              # (~6x on log text) stores ~20-25 GiB/day => ~60-75 GiB/3d, plus
-              # merge headroom (~2x peak). logs.raw is the only table. 150Gi
-              # gives comfortable headroom; long-term data lives in S3, not here.
-              storage: 150Gi
-    serviceTemplates:
-      - name: chi-service
-        generateName: "clickhouse-{chi}"
-        spec:
-          type: ClusterIP
-          ports:
-            - name: http
-              port: 8123
-            - name: tcp
-              port: 9000
-    podTemplates:
-      - name: clickhouse
-        spec:
-          securityContext:
-            fsGroup: 101
-            runAsUser: 101
-            runAsGroup: 101
-          containers:
-            - name: clickhouse
-              image: docker.io/clickhouse/clickhouse-server:24.8
-              resources:
-                requests:
-                  cpu: 500m
-                  memory: 2Gi
-                limits:
-                  cpu: "2"
-                  memory: 8Gi
diff --git a/apps/base/logging/configmap_logarchiver.yaml b/apps/base/logging/configmap_logarchiver.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index b6d4996..0000000
--- a/apps/base/logging/configmap_logarchiver.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
----
-# logarchiver non-secret config. Secrets (NATS/S3/ClickHouse creds) and the
-# subject filter come from env; everything else uses the binary's built-in
-# defaults, which already target this stack. ack_wait MUST exceed batch.max_age
-# so unacked messages in an open batch are not redelivered mid-batch.
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: ConfigMap
-metadata:
-  name: logarchiver-config
-  namespace: logging
-data:
-  config.yaml: |
-    nats:
-      ack_wait: 5m
-      fetch_batch: 512
-    batch:
-      max_bytes: 67108864
-      max_events: 200000
-      max_age: 2m
-    # Pin the proven RGW endpoint/bucket; ignore the secret's S3_ENDPOINT/BUCKET_NAME
-    # (AWS creds still come from the secret env). endpoint_env/bucket_env off.
-    s3:
-      endpoint: "https://s3.ceph.unkin.net"
-      bucket: "logs-archive"
-      region: "us-east-1"
-      path_style: true
-      ca_file: /etc/vault-ca/ca.crt
-      endpoint_env: ""
-      bucket_env: ""
-    crypto:
-      key_name: logarchive
-      pubkey_source: vault
-      vault:
-        address: "https://vault.service.consul:8200"
-        mount: gpg
-        auth_method: kubernetes
-        k8s_mount: k8s/au/syd1
-        k8s_role: logging_logarchiver
-        k8s_jwt_path: /var/run/secrets/vault/token
-        ca_file: /etc/vault-ca/ca.crt
diff --git a/apps/base/logging/deployment_logarchiver.yaml b/apps/base/logging/deployment_logarchiver.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 2a12f78..0000000
--- a/apps/base/logging/deployment_logarchiver.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,134 +0,0 @@
----
-# logarchiver — replaces the vector-archiver leg. Independent JetStream durable
-# consumer (archiver) that seals raw logs to S3 as zstd + OpenPGP objects and
-# indexes each object in ClickHouse (logs.archive_index). Acks only after the
-# object is in S3 AND indexed. Reuses the same NATS/S3/CA wiring the Vector
-# archiver used; the OpenPGP public key is delivered as a mounted file.
-apiVersion: apps/v1
-kind: Deployment
-metadata:
-  name: logarchiver
-  namespace: logging
-  annotations:
-    configmap.reloader.stakater.com/auto: "true"
-    secret.reloader.stakater.com/reload: "vault-ca-cert"
-  labels:
-    app.kubernetes.io/name: logarchiver
-    app.kubernetes.io/component: archiver
-spec:
-  replicas: 1
-  strategy:
-    type: Recreate
-  selector:
-    matchLabels:
-      app.kubernetes.io/name: logarchiver
-  template:
-    metadata:
-      labels:
-        app.kubernetes.io/name: logarchiver
-        vector.dev/exclude: "true"
-    spec:
-      # Dedicated SA whose projected vault-audience token authenticates the
-      # k8s-auth login used to fetch the logarchive public key from the gpg engine.
-      serviceAccountName: logarchiver
-      automountServiceAccountToken: false
-      securityContext:
-        runAsNonRoot: true
-        runAsUser: 65532
-        runAsGroup: 65532
-        seccompProfile:
-          type: RuntimeDefault
-      containers:
-        - name: logarchiver
-          image: artifactapi.k8s.syd1.au.unkin.net/docker-internal/logarchiver:v0.1.0
-          imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
-          args: ["run"]
-          securityContext:
-            allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
-            readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
-            capabilities:
-              drop:
-                - ALL
-          ports:
-            - containerPort: 9090
-              name: metrics
-              protocol: TCP
-          env:
-            - name: LOGARCHIVER_CONFIG
-              value: /etc/logarchiver/config.yaml
-            # Server-side subject filter; must match the archiver consumer's filter.
-            - name: ARCHIVE_SUBJECTS
-              value: "logs.k8s.vault.>"
-            - name: NATS_CONSUMER_PASSWORD
-              valueFrom:
-                secretKeyRef:
-                  name: nats-auth
-                  key: consumer_password
-            - name: CLICKHOUSE_USER
-              valueFrom:
-                secretKeyRef:
-                  name: clickhouse-credentials
-                  key: username
-            - name: CLICKHOUSE_PASSWORD
-              valueFrom:
-                secretKeyRef:
-                  name: clickhouse-credentials
-                  key: password
-          # S3 creds + S3_ENDPOINT + BUCKET_NAME from the cephrgw BucketAccess Secret.
-          envFrom:
-            - secretRef:
-                name: logs-archive-s3
-          livenessProbe:
-            httpGet:
-              path: /healthz
-              port: metrics
-            initialDelaySeconds: 15
-            periodSeconds: 30
-            timeoutSeconds: 5
-            failureThreshold: 3
-          readinessProbe:
-            httpGet:
-              path: /healthz
-              port: metrics
-            initialDelaySeconds: 5
-            periodSeconds: 10
-            timeoutSeconds: 5
-            failureThreshold: 3
-          resources:
-            requests:
-              cpu: 100m
-              memory: 256Mi
-            limits:
-              cpu: "1"
-              memory: 1Gi
-          volumeMounts:
-            - name: config
-              mountPath: /etc/logarchiver/config.yaml
-              subPath: config.yaml
-              readOnly: true
-            - name: vault-token
-              mountPath: /var/run/secrets/vault
-              readOnly: true
-            - name: vault-ca-cert
-              mountPath: /etc/vault-ca/ca.crt
-              subPath: ca.crt
-              readOnly: true
-            - name: tmp
-              mountPath: /tmp
-      volumes:
-        - name: config
-          configMap:
-            name: logarchiver-config
-        # Projected SA token with audience "vault" for the gpg-engine k8s login.
-        - name: vault-token
-          projected:
-            sources:
-              - serviceAccountToken:
-                  path: token
-                  audience: vault
-                  expirationSeconds: 600
-        - name: vault-ca-cert
-          secret:
-            secretName: vault-ca-cert
-        - name: tmp
-          emptyDir: {}
diff --git a/apps/base/logging/job_clickhouse-schema.yaml b/apps/base/logging/job_clickhouse-schema.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index ecc3143..0000000
--- a/apps/base/logging/job_clickhouse-schema.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,131 +0,0 @@
----
-# Declarative ClickHouse schema bootstrap. Runs as an ArgoCD PostSync hook so it
-# executes after the ClickHouseInstallation is reconciled, and re-runs on every
-# sync (idempotent CREATE ... IF NOT EXISTS). Edit the DDL here to evolve the
-# schema; the Vector aggregator writes to logs.raw with skip_unknown_fields, so
-# adding columns is backward-compatible.
-apiVersion: batch/v1
-kind: Job
-metadata:
-  name: clickhouse-schema
-  namespace: logging
-  annotations:
-    argocd.argoproj.io/hook: PostSync
-    argocd.argoproj.io/hook-delete-policy: BeforeHookCreation
-  labels:
-    app.kubernetes.io/name: clickhouse-schema
-    app.kubernetes.io/component: bootstrap
-spec:
-  backoffLimit: 20
-  activeDeadlineSeconds: 1800
-  ttlSecondsAfterFinished: 3600
-  template:
-    metadata:
-      labels:
-        app.kubernetes.io/name: clickhouse-schema
-        vector.dev/exclude: "true"
-    spec:
-      restartPolicy: OnFailure
-      securityContext:
-        runAsNonRoot: true
-        runAsUser: 101
-        runAsGroup: 101
-      containers:
-        - name: clickhouse-schema
-          image: docker.io/clickhouse/clickhouse-server:24.8
-          securityContext:
-            allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
-            readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
-            capabilities:
-              drop:
-                - ALL
-          env:
-            - name: HOME
-              value: /tmp
-            - name: CLICKHOUSE_USER
-              valueFrom:
-                secretKeyRef:
-                  name: clickhouse-credentials
-                  key: username
-            - name: CLICKHOUSE_PASSWORD
-              valueFrom:
-                secretKeyRef:
-                  name: clickhouse-credentials
-                  key: password
-          command:
-            - /bin/bash
-            - -ec
-            - |
-              host=clickhouse-logs.logging.svc.cluster.local
-              echo "Waiting for ClickHouse at ${host}:9000 ..."
-              until clickhouse-client --host "$host" --port 9000 \
-                  --user "$CLICKHOUSE_USER" --password "$CLICKHOUSE_PASSWORD" \
-                  --query "SELECT 1" >/dev/null 2>&1; do
-                echo "  not ready, retrying in 5s"; sleep 5
-              done
-              echo "Applying schema ..."
-              clickhouse-client --host "$host" --port 9000 \
-                --user "$CLICKHOUSE_USER" --password "$CLICKHOUSE_PASSWORD" \
-                --multiquery <<'EOSQL'
-              CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS logs;
-
-              CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS logs.raw
-              (
-                  timestamp  DateTime64(3)           DEFAULT now64(3),
-                  host       LowCardinality(String)  DEFAULT '',
-                  source     LowCardinality(String)  DEFAULT '',
-                  namespace  LowCardinality(String)  DEFAULT '',
-                  pod        String                  DEFAULT '',
-                  container  LowCardinality(String)  DEFAULT '',
-                  stream     LowCardinality(String)  DEFAULT '',
-                  severity   LowCardinality(String)  DEFAULT '',
-                  message    String                  DEFAULT '',
-                  labels     Map(LowCardinality(String), String),
-                  fields     Map(LowCardinality(String), String)
-              )
-              ENGINE = MergeTree
-              PARTITION BY toDate(timestamp)
-              ORDER BY (source, namespace, host, timestamp)
-              TTL toDateTime(timestamp) + INTERVAL 3 DAY
-              SETTINGS index_granularity = 8192;
-
-              -- One row per archived S3 object (written by logarchiver). No TTL:
-              -- the index must outlive logs.raw so the long-term S3 archive stays
-              -- searchable. Keep in sync with logarchiver internal/index/ddl.go.
-              CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS logs.archive_index
-              (
-                  object_key       String,
-                  bucket           LowCardinality(String),
-                  subject          LowCardinality(String),
-                  hosts            Array(LowCardinality(String)),
-                  min_ts           DateTime64(3),
-                  max_ts           DateTime64(3),
-                  event_count      UInt64,
-                  raw_bytes        UInt64,
-                  stored_bytes     UInt64,
-                  compression      LowCardinality(String),
-                  cipher           LowCardinality(String),
-                  container_format LowCardinality(String),
-                  key_name         LowCardinality(String),
-                  key_fingerprint  String,
-                  created_at       DateTime64(3) DEFAULT now64(3),
-                  INDEX idx_hosts hosts TYPE bloom_filter GRANULARITY 1
-              )
-              ENGINE = MergeTree
-              PARTITION BY toYYYYMM(min_ts)
-              ORDER BY (subject, min_ts, object_key);
-              EOSQL
-              echo "Schema applied."
-          resources:
-            requests:
-              cpu: 50m
-              memory: 128Mi
-            limits:
-              cpu: 500m
-              memory: 512Mi
-          volumeMounts:
-            - name: tmp
-              mountPath: /tmp
-      volumes:
-        - name: tmp
-          emptyDir: {}
diff --git a/apps/base/logging/kustomization.yaml b/apps/base/logging/kustomization.yaml
index d954254..7fdff26 100644
--- a/apps/base/logging/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/apps/base/logging/kustomization.yaml
@@ -5,48 +5,8 @@ kind: Kustomization
 resources:
   - namespace.yaml
   - vaultauth.yaml
-  - vaultstaticsecret.yaml
-  - clickhouseinstallation.yaml
-  - job_clickhouse-schema.yaml
-  - nats-bootstrap-job.yaml
-  - cephrgw.yaml
   - vlcluster.yaml
+  - vlagent.yaml
   - gateway.yaml
   - httproute.yaml
-  - serviceaccount_logarchiver.yaml
-  - configmap_logarchiver.yaml
-  - deployment_logarchiver.yaml
-  - logviewer
   - vlogs
-
-# Vector pipelines are the single source of truth (also validated by
-# `vector test` in CI). Mounted into each tier via `existingConfigMaps`.
-configMapGenerator:
-  # Tunable JetStream stream limits (the nats-bootstrap Job reads these and does
-  # create-or-update). Hash suffix is INTENTIONALLY left on: editing a value
-  # renames the ConfigMap, which rewrites the Job's env reference, which changes
-  # the PostSync hook Job's spec and forces Argo to re-run it -> new limits apply.
-  # Sizing assumes ~1500 events/s avg @ ~1 KiB/event with S2 compression (~4x):
-  # ~33 GiB/day compressed -> ~100 GiB/3d per replica. max_bytes 130 GiB sits
-  # under the 180Gi/node PVC (see values-nats.yaml). Raising retention beyond the
-  # PVC requires bumping BOTH max_bytes here and fileStore PVC size in values.
-  - name: nats-stream-limits
-    literals:
-      - max_age=72h
-      - max_bytes=139586437120
-      - dupe_window=2m
-  - name: vector-agent-config
-    files:
-      - agent.yaml=vector/agent.yaml
-    options:
-      disableNameSuffixHash: true
-  - name: vector-aggregator-config
-    files:
-      - aggregator.yaml=vector/aggregator.yaml
-    options:
-      disableNameSuffixHash: true
-  - name: vector-vm-ingest-config
-    files:
-      - vm-ingest.yaml=vector/vm-ingest.yaml
-    options:
-      disableNameSuffixHash: true
diff --git a/apps/base/logging/logviewer/deployment.yaml b/apps/base/logging/logviewer/deployment.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index c0394d4..0000000
--- a/apps/base/logging/logviewer/deployment.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,80 +0,0 @@
----
-apiVersion: apps/v1
-kind: Deployment
-metadata:
-  name: logviewer
-  namespace: logging
-  annotations:
-    secret.reloader.stakater.com/reload: "clickhouse-logreader"
-spec:
-  replicas: 1
-  selector:
-    matchLabels:
-      app: logviewer
-  strategy:
-    type: Recreate
-  template:
-    metadata:
-      labels:
-        app: logviewer
-    spec:
-      serviceAccountName: default
-      automountServiceAccountToken: false
-      securityContext:
-        runAsNonRoot: true
-        runAsUser: 65532
-        runAsGroup: 65532
-        fsGroup: 65532
-        seccompProfile:
-          type: RuntimeDefault
-      containers:
-        - name: logviewer
-          image: artifactapi.k8s.syd1.au.unkin.net/docker-internal/logviewer:v0.1.0
-          imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
-          ports:
-            - containerPort: 8080
-              name: http
-              protocol: TCP
-          env:
-            - name: CH_URL
-              value: http://clickhouse-logs.logging.svc.cluster.local:8123
-            - name: CH_USER
-              valueFrom:
-                secretKeyRef:
-                  name: clickhouse-logreader
-                  key: username
-            - name: CH_PASSWORD
-              valueFrom:
-                secretKeyRef:
-                  name: clickhouse-logreader
-                  key: password
-          livenessProbe:
-            httpGet:
-              path: /healthz
-              port: http
-            initialDelaySeconds: 10
-            periodSeconds: 30
-            timeoutSeconds: 5
-            failureThreshold: 3
-          readinessProbe:
-            httpGet:
-              path: /healthz
-              port: http
-            initialDelaySeconds: 5
-            periodSeconds: 10
-            timeoutSeconds: 5
-            failureThreshold: 3
-          securityContext:
-            allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
-            readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
-            capabilities:
-              drop:
-                - ALL
-          resources:
-            requests:
-              cpu: 100m
-              memory: 128Mi
-            limits:
-              cpu: 500m
-              memory: 512Mi
-      restartPolicy: Always
diff --git a/apps/base/logging/logviewer/gateway.yaml b/apps/base/logging/logviewer/gateway.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index fbac5bc..0000000
--- a/apps/base/logging/logviewer/gateway.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
----
-# Internal front for the logviewer UI (cf. mediamover/pdbmux).
-apiVersion: gateway.networking.k8s.io/v1
-kind: Gateway
-metadata:
-  labels:
-    traefik.io/instance: internal
-  annotations:
-    cert-manager.io/cluster-issuer: vault-issuer
-    cert-manager.io/common-name: logviewer.unkin.net
-    cert-manager.io/private-key-size: "4096"
-    external-dns.alpha.kubernetes.io/hostname: logviewer.unkin.net
-    external-dns.alpha.kubernetes.io/target: 198.18.200.4
-  name: logviewer
-  namespace: logging
-spec:
-  gatewayClassName: traefik-internal
-  listeners:
-    - allowedRoutes:
-        namespaces:
-          from: Same
-      hostname: logviewer.unkin.net
-      name: http
-      port: 80
-      protocol: HTTP
-    - allowedRoutes:
-        namespaces:
-          from: Same
-      hostname: logviewer.unkin.net
-      name: https
-      port: 443
-      protocol: HTTPS
-      tls:
-        certificateRefs:
-          - group: ""
-            kind: Secret
-            name: logviewer-tls
-        mode: Terminate
diff --git a/apps/base/logging/logviewer/httproute.yaml b/apps/base/logging/logviewer/httproute.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index efe4464..0000000
--- a/apps/base/logging/logviewer/httproute.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
----
-apiVersion: gateway.networking.k8s.io/v1
-kind: HTTPRoute
-metadata:
-  name: logviewer-http-redirect
-  namespace: logging
-spec:
-  hostnames:
-    - logviewer.unkin.net
-  parentRefs:
-    - group: gateway.networking.k8s.io
-      kind: Gateway
-      name: logviewer
-      sectionName: http
-  rules:
-    - filters:
-        - type: RequestRedirect
-          requestRedirect:
-            scheme: https
-            statusCode: 301
-      matches:
-        - path:
-            type: PathPrefix
-            value: /
----
-apiVersion: gateway.networking.k8s.io/v1
-kind: HTTPRoute
-metadata:
-  name: logviewer
-  namespace: logging
-spec:
-  hostnames:
-    - logviewer.unkin.net
-  parentRefs:
-    - group: gateway.networking.k8s.io
-      kind: Gateway
-      name: logviewer
-      sectionName: https
-  rules:
-    - backendRefs:
-        - group: ""
-          kind: Service
-          name: logviewer-oauth2
-          port: 80
-          weight: 1
-      matches:
-        - path:
-            type: PathPrefix
-            value: /
diff --git a/apps/base/logging/logviewer/kustomization.yaml b/apps/base/logging/logviewer/kustomization.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 2189b2e..0000000
--- a/apps/base/logging/logviewer/kustomization.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
----
-apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
-kind: Kustomization
-
-resources:
-  - vaultstaticsecret.yaml
-  - deployment.yaml
-  - oauth2-proxy-configmap.yaml
-  - oauth2-proxy-deployment.yaml
-  - service.yaml
-  - gateway.yaml
-  - httproute.yaml
diff --git a/apps/base/logging/logviewer/oauth2-proxy-configmap.yaml b/apps/base/logging/logviewer/oauth2-proxy-configmap.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9f5631e..0000000
--- a/apps/base/logging/logviewer/oauth2-proxy-configmap.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
----
-# Non-secret oauth2-proxy configuration (client_id/secret/cookie_secret come
-# from the logviewer-oauth-credentials Secret). Single auth front for the
-# logviewer UI: everything requires an Authentik session in akP-logviewer-admin.
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: ConfigMap
-metadata:
-  name: logviewer-oauth2-env
-  namespace: logging
-data:
-  OAUTH2_PROXY_HTTP_ADDRESS: "0.0.0.0:4180"
-  OAUTH2_PROXY_PROVIDER: "oidc"
-  # Authentik logviewer app discovery issuer (terraform-authentik PR #21).
-  OAUTH2_PROXY_OIDC_ISSUER_URL: "https://identity.unkin.net/application/o/logviewer/"
-  OAUTH2_PROXY_REDIRECT_URL: "https://logviewer.unkin.net/oauth2/callback"
-  OAUTH2_PROXY_UPSTREAMS: "http://logviewer.logging.svc.cluster.local:8080/"
-  OAUTH2_PROXY_SCOPE: "openid email profile ak_groups"
-  # Populate session.Groups from the Authentik ak_groups claim.
-  OAUTH2_PROXY_OIDC_GROUPS_CLAIM: "ak_groups"
-  OAUTH2_PROXY_ALLOWED_GROUPS: "akP-logviewer-admin"
-  OAUTH2_PROXY_PASS_USER_HEADERS: "true"
-  OAUTH2_PROXY_EMAIL_DOMAINS: "*"
-  # Authentik hardcodes email_verified=false in the id_token; authorization is
-  # enforced via ak_groups, so accepting the unverified email is safe.
-  OAUTH2_PROXY_INSECURE_OIDC_ALLOW_UNVERIFIED_EMAIL: "true"
-  OAUTH2_PROXY_COOKIE_SECURE: "true"
-  OAUTH2_PROXY_COOKIE_DOMAINS: "logviewer.unkin.net"
-  OAUTH2_PROXY_WHITELIST_DOMAINS: "logviewer.unkin.net"
-  OAUTH2_PROXY_REVERSE_PROXY: "true"
-  OAUTH2_PROXY_PROVIDER_CA_FILES: "/etc/ssl/combined/ca-certificates.crt"
-  OAUTH2_PROXY_CODE_CHALLENGE_METHOD: "S256"
-  OAUTH2_PROXY_SKIP_PROVIDER_BUTTON: "true"
diff --git a/apps/base/logging/logviewer/oauth2-proxy-deployment.yaml b/apps/base/logging/logviewer/oauth2-proxy-deployment.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 57b5e9a..0000000
--- a/apps/base/logging/logviewer/oauth2-proxy-deployment.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,132 +0,0 @@
----
-apiVersion: apps/v1
-kind: Deployment
-metadata:
-  name: logviewer-oauth2
-  namespace: logging
-  annotations:
-    configmap.reloader.stakater.com/auto: "true"
-    secret.reloader.stakater.com/reload: "logviewer-oauth-credentials,vault-ca-cert"
-spec:
-  replicas: 1
-  selector:
-    matchLabels:
-      app: logviewer-oauth2
-  strategy:
-    rollingUpdate:
-      maxUnavailable: 1
-    type: RollingUpdate
-  template:
-    metadata:
-      labels:
-        app: logviewer-oauth2
-    spec:
-      serviceAccountName: default
-      automountServiceAccountToken: false
-      securityContext:
-        runAsNonRoot: true
-        runAsUser: 65532
-        runAsGroup: 65532
-        fsGroup: 65532
-        seccompProfile:
-          type: RuntimeDefault
-      initContainers:
-        # identity.unkin.net serves a Vault-PKI cert; combine the system roots
-        # with the internal CA so oauth2-proxy's OIDC HTTP client trusts it.
-        - name: combine-certs
-          image: docker.io/library/alpine:3
-          imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
-          command:
-            - sh
-            - -c
-            - cat /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt /custom-ca/ca.crt > /combined-certs/ca-certificates.crt
-          volumeMounts:
-            - name: vault-ca-cert
-              mountPath: /custom-ca
-              readOnly: true
-            - name: combined-certs
-              mountPath: /combined-certs
-          securityContext:
-            allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
-            readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
-            capabilities:
-              drop:
-                - ALL
-          resources:
-            requests:
-              cpu: 50m
-              memory: 32Mi
-            limits:
-              cpu: 200m
-              memory: 64Mi
-      containers:
-        - name: oauth2-proxy
-          image: quay.io/oauth2-proxy/oauth2-proxy:v7.15.3
-          imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
-          ports:
-            - containerPort: 4180
-              name: http
-              protocol: TCP
-          envFrom:
-            - configMapRef:
-                name: logviewer-oauth2-env
-                optional: false
-          env:
-            - name: OAUTH2_PROXY_CLIENT_ID
-              valueFrom:
-                secretKeyRef:
-                  name: logviewer-oauth-credentials
-                  key: client_id
-            - name: OAUTH2_PROXY_CLIENT_SECRET
-              valueFrom:
-                secretKeyRef:
-                  name: logviewer-oauth-credentials
-                  key: client_secret
-            - name: OAUTH2_PROXY_COOKIE_SECRET
-              valueFrom:
-                secretKeyRef:
-                  name: logviewer-oauth-credentials
-                  key: cookie_secret
-          volumeMounts:
-            - name: combined-certs
-              mountPath: /etc/ssl/combined
-              readOnly: true
-          livenessProbe:
-            httpGet:
-              path: /ping
-              port: http
-            initialDelaySeconds: 10
-            periodSeconds: 30
-            timeoutSeconds: 5
-            failureThreshold: 3
-          readinessProbe:
-            httpGet:
-              path: /ready
-              port: http
-            initialDelaySeconds: 5
-            periodSeconds: 10
-            timeoutSeconds: 5
-            failureThreshold: 3
-          securityContext:
-            allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
-            readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
-            capabilities:
-              drop:
-                - ALL
-          resources:
-            requests:
-              cpu: 50m
-              memory: 64Mi
-            limits:
-              cpu: 500m
-              memory: 256Mi
-      volumes:
-        - name: vault-ca-cert
-          secret:
-            secretName: vault-ca-cert
-            items:
-              - key: ca.crt
-                path: ca.crt
-        - name: combined-certs
-          emptyDir: {}
-      restartPolicy: Always
diff --git a/apps/base/logging/logviewer/service.yaml b/apps/base/logging/logviewer/service.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index dfc72a4..0000000
--- a/apps/base/logging/logviewer/service.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
----
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: Service
-metadata:
-  name: logviewer
-  namespace: logging
-spec:
-  internalTrafficPolicy: Cluster
-  ports:
-    - name: http
-      port: 8080
-      protocol: TCP
-      targetPort: http
-  selector:
-    app: logviewer
-  sessionAffinity: None
-  type: ClusterIP
----
-# Front-door entry Service: the HTTPRoute for logviewer.unkin.net targets this;
-# all traffic enters via oauth2-proxy.
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: Service
-metadata:
-  name: logviewer-oauth2
-  namespace: logging
-spec:
-  internalTrafficPolicy: Cluster
-  ports:
-    - name: http
-      port: 80
-      protocol: TCP
-      targetPort: http
-  selector:
-    app: logviewer-oauth2
-  sessionAffinity: None
-  type: ClusterIP
diff --git a/apps/base/logging/logviewer/vaultstaticsecret.yaml b/apps/base/logging/logviewer/vaultstaticsecret.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 47ad5bb..0000000
--- a/apps/base/logging/logviewer/vaultstaticsecret.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
----
-# Authentik OIDC client for logviewer (client_id, client_secret, cookie_secret)
-# seeded at kv/kubernetes/namespace/logging/default/oauth-credentials; the
-# logging/default templated policy already grants read, so no terraform-vault
-# change is needed.
-apiVersion: secrets.hashicorp.com/v1beta1
-kind: VaultStaticSecret
-metadata:
-  name: logviewer-oauth-credentials
-  namespace: logging
-spec:
-  destination:
-    create: true
-    name: logviewer-oauth-credentials
-    overwrite: true
-  hmacSecretData: true
-  mount: kv
-  path: kubernetes/namespace/logging/default/oauth-credentials
-  refreshAfter: 5m
-  type: kv-v2
-  vaultAuthRef: default
diff --git a/apps/base/logging/nats-bootstrap-job.yaml b/apps/base/logging/nats-bootstrap-job.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 296b1a8..0000000
--- a/apps/base/logging/nats-bootstrap-job.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,158 +0,0 @@
----
-# Declarative JetStream provisioning: the LOGS stream + durable consumers.
-# ArgoCD PostSync hook, idempotent create-or-UPDATE, re-runs each sync.
-#
-# Stream LOGS: file storage, 3 replicas, retention=limits (NOT workqueue) so the
-# transform tier AND the archiver each independently see every message — reading
-# never deletes; only max-age/max-bytes do. S2 compression is on (logs compress
-# well). Replay window = max-age (3d default). Beyond that, the S3 archive is the
-# ONLY long-term source — everything else is gone after 3 days (accepted design).
-#
-# TUNABLE LIMITS LIVE IN A CONFIGMAP (nats-stream-limits): max_age, max_bytes,
-# dupe_window. Change the ConfigMap and re-sync — this Job re-runs and applies
-# the new limits via `nats stream edit` (no manual surgery). The ConfigMap is
-# generated with a content-hash suffix (kustomize), so editing it changes both
-# the ConfigMap name AND this Job's env reference → the PostSync hook Job's spec
-# changes and Argo re-runs it (belt-and-suspenders on top of hooks running each
-# sync; hook-delete-policy=BeforeHookCreation recreates it every time).
-#
-# Consumers (independent offsets = true fan-out):
-#   transform  -> whole log stream, feeds the ClickHouse transform tier
-#   archiver   -> configurable security-relevant subset, feeds the S3 archiver.
-#                 Default filter is Vault audit (logs.k8s.vault.>); ADD subjects
-#                 by editing ARCHIVE_SUBJECTS (space-separated -> repeated
-#                 --filter). Exact default set is an open decision for Ben.
-#
-# Runbook (replay):
-#   (a) reprocess from JetStream (within max-age, 3d): scale the transform tier
-#       to 0, then `nats consumer rm LOGS transform` and re-run this Job
-#       (recreates at DeliverAll), or `nats consumer edit`/`--replay` from a
-#       start seq/time.
-#   (b) long-horizon (beyond JetStream): re-ingest S3 archive objects back
-#       through the transform tier (vector aws_s3 source or a one-shot Job).
-apiVersion: batch/v1
-kind: Job
-metadata:
-  name: nats-bootstrap
-  namespace: logging
-  annotations:
-    argocd.argoproj.io/hook: PostSync
-    argocd.argoproj.io/hook-delete-policy: BeforeHookCreation
-  labels:
-    app.kubernetes.io/name: nats-bootstrap
-    app.kubernetes.io/component: bootstrap
-spec:
-  backoffLimit: 20
-  activeDeadlineSeconds: 1800
-  ttlSecondsAfterFinished: 3600
-  template:
-    metadata:
-      labels:
-        app.kubernetes.io/name: nats-bootstrap
-        vector.dev/exclude: "true"
-    spec:
-      restartPolicy: OnFailure
-      securityContext:
-        runAsNonRoot: true
-        runAsUser: 1000
-        runAsGroup: 1000
-      containers:
-        - name: nats-bootstrap
-          image: docker.io/natsio/nats-box:0.18.0
-          # nats CLI stats the working directory when loading its response
-          # schemas; under readOnlyRootFilesystem + runAsUser 1000 the image's
-          # default WORKDIR is not accessible ("stat .: permission denied"), so
-          # run from the writable /tmp emptyDir.
-          workingDir: /tmp
-          securityContext:
-            allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
-            readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
-            capabilities:
-              drop:
-                - ALL
-          env:
-            - name: HOME
-              value: /tmp
-            - name: NATS_URL
-              value: "nats://nats.logging.svc.cluster.local:4222"
-            - name: NATS_ADMIN_PASSWORD
-              valueFrom:
-                secretKeyRef:
-                  name: nats-auth
-                  key: admin_password
-            # Tunable stream limits — sourced from the ConfigMap.
-            - name: MAX_AGE
-              valueFrom:
-                configMapKeyRef:
-                  name: nats-stream-limits
-                  key: max_age
-            - name: MAX_BYTES
-              valueFrom:
-                configMapKeyRef:
-                  name: nats-stream-limits
-                  key: max_bytes
-            - name: DUPE_WINDOW
-              valueFrom:
-                configMapKeyRef:
-                  name: nats-stream-limits
-                  key: dupe_window
-            # Space-separated subject filters for the archiver consumer.
-            - name: ARCHIVE_SUBJECTS
-              value: "logs.k8s.vault.>"
-          command:
-            - /bin/sh
-            - -ec
-            - |
-              export NATS_USER=log-admin NATS_PASSWORD="$NATS_ADMIN_PASSWORD"
-              echo "Waiting for NATS + JetStream ..."
-              until nats --server "$NATS_URL" account info >/dev/null 2>&1; do
-                echo "  not ready, retry in 5s"; sleep 5
-              done
-
-              echo "Ensuring stream LOGS (max_age=$MAX_AGE max_bytes=$MAX_BYTES dupe=$DUPE_WINDOW) ..."
-              # Create if absent; otherwise converge the mutable limits from the
-              # ConfigMap. (storage/retention/replicas are immutable, set only on
-              # create.)
-              nats stream add LOGS \
-                --subjects='logs.>' --storage=file --replicas=3 \
-                --retention=limits --discard=old --compression=s2 \
-                --max-age="$MAX_AGE" --max-bytes="$MAX_BYTES" \
-                --max-msgs=-1 --max-msgs-per-subject=-1 --max-msg-size=-1 \
-                --max-consumers=-1 --dupe-window="$DUPE_WINDOW" --defaults 2>/dev/null \
-              && echo "  created" \
-              || nats stream edit -f LOGS \
-                --subjects='logs.>' --discard=old --compression=s2 \
-                --max-age="$MAX_AGE" --max-bytes="$MAX_BYTES" \
-                --max-msgs=-1 --max-msgs-per-subject=-1 --max-msg-size=-1 \
-                --max-consumers=-1 --dupe-window="$DUPE_WINDOW"
-
-              echo "Ensuring consumer transform ..."
-              nats consumer add LOGS transform \
-                --pull --filter='logs.>' --deliver=all --ack=explicit \
-                --max-deliver=-1 --replay=instant --defaults 2>/dev/null \
-              || echo "  transform already exists"
-
-              echo "Ensuring consumer archiver (filters: $ARCHIVE_SUBJECTS) ..."
-              filter_args=""
-              for s in $ARCHIVE_SUBJECTS; do filter_args="$filter_args --filter=$s"; done
-              # shellcheck disable=SC2086
-              nats consumer add LOGS archiver \
-                --pull $filter_args --deliver=all --ack=explicit \
-                --max-deliver=-1 --replay=instant --defaults 2>/dev/null \
-              || echo "  archiver already exists"
-
-              echo "Done."
-              nats stream info LOGS
-          resources:
-            requests:
-              cpu: 50m
-              memory: 64Mi
-            limits:
-              cpu: 500m
-              memory: 256Mi
-          volumeMounts:
-            - name: tmp
-              mountPath: /tmp
-      volumes:
-        - name: tmp
-          emptyDir: {}
diff --git a/apps/base/logging/serviceaccount_logarchiver.yaml b/apps/base/logging/serviceaccount_logarchiver.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index fb9823f..0000000
--- a/apps/base/logging/serviceaccount_logarchiver.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
----
-# Dedicated SA for logarchiver's Vault k8s-auth login (role logging_logarchiver,
-# terraform-vault). Only used to fetch the logarchive public key.
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: ServiceAccount
-metadata:
-  name: logarchiver
-  namespace: logging
-automountServiceAccountToken: false
diff --git a/apps/base/logging/vaultstaticsecret.yaml b/apps/base/logging/vaultstaticsecret.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9113945..0000000
--- a/apps/base/logging/vaultstaticsecret.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
----
-# ClickHouse credentials for the `vector` user.
-#
-# Seed the Vault KV entry once (values are NOT stored in git), e.g.:
-#   PW=$(openssl rand -base64 24)
-#   HASH=$(printf '%s' "$PW" | sha256sum | cut -d' ' -f1)
-#   vault kv put kv/kubernetes/namespace/logging/default/clickhouse-credentials \
-#     username=vector password="$PW" password_sha256_hex="$HASH"
-#
-# The `logging/default` ServiceAccount reads this path via the templated
-# `policies/kv/kubernetes/default.yaml` policy (k8s auth role `default`), so no
-# terraform-vault change is required — only the value above must be written.
-apiVersion: secrets.hashicorp.com/v1beta1
-kind: VaultStaticSecret
-metadata:
-  name: clickhouse-credentials
-  namespace: logging
-spec:
-  destination:
-    create: true
-    name: clickhouse-credentials
-    overwrite: true
-  hmacSecretData: true
-  mount: kv
-  path: kubernetes/namespace/logging/default/clickhouse-credentials
-  refreshAfter: 5m
-  type: kv-v2
-  vaultAuthRef: default
----
-# ClickHouse credentials for the read-only `logreader` user (CLI tools +
-# logviewer UI). Seeded the same way as clickhouse-credentials above:
-#   PW=$(openssl rand -hex 24)
-#   HASH=$(printf '%s' "$PW" | sha256sum | cut -d' ' -f1)
-#   vault kv put kv/kubernetes/namespace/logging/default/clickhouse-logreader \
-#     username=logreader password="$PW" password_sha256_hex="$HASH"
-apiVersion: secrets.hashicorp.com/v1beta1
-kind: VaultStaticSecret
-metadata:
-  name: clickhouse-logreader
-  namespace: logging
-spec:
-  destination:
-    create: true
-    name: clickhouse-logreader
-    overwrite: true
-  hmacSecretData: true
-  mount: kv
-  path: kubernetes/namespace/logging/default/clickhouse-logreader
-  refreshAfter: 5m
-  type: kv-v2
-  vaultAuthRef: default
----
-# NATS JetStream auth. Distinct passwords for the producer (edge), consumer
-# (transform tier + archiver) and admin (bootstrap Job) users. Seed once:
-#   for k in admin producer consumer; do declare P_$k=$(openssl rand -base64 24); done
-#   vault kv put kv/kubernetes/namespace/logging/default/nats-auth \
-#     admin_password="$P_admin" producer_password="$P_producer" consumer_password="$P_consumer"
-apiVersion: secrets.hashicorp.com/v1beta1
-kind: VaultStaticSecret
-metadata:
-  name: nats-auth
-  namespace: logging
-spec:
-  destination:
-    create: true
-    name: nats-auth
-    overwrite: true
-  hmacSecretData: true
-  mount: kv
-  path: kubernetes/namespace/logging/default/nats-auth
-  refreshAfter: 5m
-  type: kv-v2
-  vaultAuthRef: default
diff --git a/apps/base/logging/vector/agent.yaml b/apps/base/logging/vector/agent.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index efbc35f..0000000
--- a/apps/base/logging/vector/agent.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
----
-# Vector EDGE agent pipeline (DaemonSet) — thin publisher, single source of
-# truth. Mounted via existingConfigMaps (NOT the chart's customConfig, whose
-# Helm `tpl` pass collides with Vector's own {{ }} / ${ } syntax). Tails all pod
-# logs, attaches only routing tokens, publishes to JetStream. No parsing.
-data_dir: /vector-data-dir
-
-api:
-  enabled: false
-
-sources:
-  kubernetes_logs:
-    type: kubernetes_logs
-
-transforms:
-  # Routing metadata only: NATS-subject-safe namespace + container tokens.
-  keymeta:
-    type: remap
-    inputs:
-      - kubernetes_logs
-    source: |
-      ns = to_string(.kubernetes.pod_namespace || "unknown") ?? "unknown"
-      .ns_token = replace(ns, r'[^a-zA-Z0-9_-]', "_")
-      cont = to_string(.kubernetes.container_name || "unknown") ?? "unknown"
-      .cont_token = replace(cont, r'[^a-zA-Z0-9_-]', "_")
-
-sinks:
-  to_jetstream:
-    type: nats
-    inputs:
-      - keymeta
-    url: nats://nats.logging.svc.cluster.local:4222
-    connection_name: vector-agent
-    subject: "logs.k8s.{{ ns_token }}.{{ cont_token }}"
-    jetstream:
-      enabled: true
-    auth:
-      strategy: user_password
-      user_password:
-        user: log-producer
-        password: ${NATS_PRODUCER_PASSWORD}
-    encoding:
-      codec: json
diff --git a/apps/base/logging/vector/aggregator-tests.yaml b/apps/base/logging/vector/aggregator-tests.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index deb2e9b..0000000
--- a/apps/base/logging/vector/aggregator-tests.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,668 +0,0 @@
----
-# `vector test` unit tests for the aggregator transforms. Merged with
-# aggregator.yaml in CI (.woodpecker/vector-test.yaml). This is the pattern the
-# per-app parsing follow-ups extend: add a test per new transform here.
-tests:
-  - name: subject_routes_k8s_vs_vm
-    inputs:
-      - insert_at: route
-        type: log
-        log_fields:
-          subject: "logs.k8s.shop.web"
-          message: "routed"
-    outputs:
-      - extract_from: route.k8s
-        conditions:
-          - type: vrl
-            source: |
-              assert_eq!(.message, "routed")
-
-  - name: k8s_log_is_normalised
-    inputs:
-      - insert_at: k8s_shape
-        type: log
-        log_fields:
-          message: "hello from pod"
-          stream: "stdout"
-          timestamp: "2026-07-27T00:00:00Z"
-          kubernetes.pod_name: "web-abc"
-          kubernetes.pod_namespace: "shop"
-          kubernetes.container_name: "web"
-          kubernetes.pod_node_name: "node-1"
-    outputs:
-      - extract_from: k8s_shape
-        conditions:
-          - type: vrl
-            source: |
-              assert_eq!(.source, "k8s")
-              assert_eq!(.namespace, "shop")
-              assert_eq!(.pod, "web-abc")
-              assert_eq!(.container, "web")
-              assert_eq!(.host, "node-1")
-              assert_eq!(.stream, "stdout")
-              assert_eq!(.message, "hello from pod")
-
-  - name: vm_log_is_normalised
-    inputs:
-      - insert_at: vm_shape
-        type: log
-        log_fields:
-          message: "sshd started"
-          host: "vm-db-1"
-          severity: "info"
-          role: "database"
-    outputs:
-      - extract_from: vm_shape
-        conditions:
-          - type: vrl
-            source: |
-              assert_eq!(.source, "vm")
-              assert_eq!(.host, "vm-db-1")
-              assert_eq!(.severity, "info")
-              assert_eq!(.message, "sshd started")
-              assert_eq!(.labels.role, "database")
-
-  # --- catch-all preservation: an unclaimed k8s event still flows app_route ->
-  # generic route -> k8s_shape (proves the two-stage chain keeps the fallback) ---
-  - name: unclaimed_k8s_falls_through_to_generic
-    inputs:
-      - insert_at: app_route
-        type: log
-        log_fields:
-          subject: "logs.k8s.shop.web"
-          message: "plain app log"
-    outputs:
-      - extract_from: route.k8s
-        conditions:
-          - type: vrl
-            source: |
-              assert_eq!(.message, "plain app log")
-
-  # --- Tier-1: Authentik SSO (k8s, LIVE NOW) ---
-  - name: authentik_routes_by_subject
-    inputs:
-      - insert_at: app_route
-        type: log
-        log_fields:
-          subject: "logs.k8s.authentik.server"
-          message: "routed"
-    outputs:
-      - extract_from: app_route.authentik
-        conditions:
-          - type: vrl
-            source: 'assert_eq!(.message, "routed")'
-  - name: authentik_parse_extracts_event
-    inputs:
-      - insert_at: authentik_parse
-        type: log
-        log_fields:
-          subject: "logs.k8s.authentik.server"
-          stream: "stdout"
-          kubernetes.pod_namespace: "authentik"
-          kubernetes.container_name: "server"
-          kubernetes.pod_node_name: "node-2"
-          message: '{"event":"login","action":"login","user":"alice","client_ip":"203.0.113.9","result":"success","level":"info","logger":"authentik.events","timestamp":"2026-07-27T00:00:00Z"}'
-    outputs:
-      - extract_from: authentik_parse
-        conditions:
-          - type: vrl
-            source: |
-              assert_eq!(.source, "k8s")
-              assert_eq!(.namespace, "authentik")
-              assert_eq!(.container, "server")
-              assert_eq!(.severity, "info")
-              assert_eq!(.message, "login")
-              assert_eq!(.labels.app, "authentik")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.event, "login")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.action, "login")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.user, "alice")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.client_ip, "203.0.113.9")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.result, "success")
-
-  # --- Tier-1: Traefik ingress (k8s, JSON access logs) ---
-  - name: traefik_routes_by_subject
-    inputs:
-      - insert_at: app_route
-        type: log
-        log_fields:
-          subject: "logs.k8s.traefik-system.traefik"
-          message: "routed"
-    outputs:
-      - extract_from: app_route.traefik
-        conditions:
-          - type: vrl
-            source: 'assert_eq!(.message, "routed")'
-  - name: traefik_parse_extracts_access_fields
-    inputs:
-      - insert_at: traefik_parse
-        type: log
-        log_fields:
-          subject: "logs.k8s.traefik-system.traefik"
-          kubernetes.pod_namespace: "traefik-system"
-          kubernetes.container_name: "traefik"
-          kubernetes.pod_node_name: "node-3"
-          message: '{"RouterName":"web@kubernetes","ServiceName":"shop-svc@kubernetes","RequestMethod":"GET","RequestPath":"/api","RequestHost":"shop.example.net","RequestProtocol":"HTTP/1.1","DownstreamStatus":200,"Duration":5000000,"ClientHost":"203.0.113.5","StartUTC":"2026-07-27T00:00:00Z"}'
-    outputs:
-      - extract_from: traefik_parse
-        conditions:
-          - type: vrl
-            source: |
-              assert_eq!(.source, "k8s")
-              assert_eq!(.namespace, "traefik-system")
-              assert_eq!(.labels.app, "traefik")
-              assert_eq!(.message, "GET /api 200")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.route, "web@kubernetes")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.service, "shop-svc@kubernetes")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.method, "GET")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.path, "/api")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.host, "shop.example.net")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.status, "200")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.duration_ms, "5")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.client_ip, "203.0.113.5")
-
-  # --- Tier-1: Vault/OpenBao file audit (VM, awaiting VM vector) ---
-  - name: vault_routes_by_file
-    inputs:
-      - insert_at: app_route
-        type: log
-        log_fields:
-          subject: "logs.vm.vault1_syd1"
-          file: "/var/log/vault_audit.log"
-          message: "routed"
-    outputs:
-      - extract_from: app_route.vault
-        conditions:
-          - type: vrl
-            source: 'assert_eq!(.message, "routed")'
-  - name: vault_parse_extracts_request
-    inputs:
-      - insert_at: vault_parse
-        type: log
-        log_fields:
-          subject: "logs.vm.vault1_syd1"
-          host: "vault1"
-          file: "/var/log/vault_audit.log"
-          message: '{"time":"2026-07-27T00:00:00Z","type":"response","auth":{"display_name":"token"},"request":{"operation":"read","path":"secret/data/app","remote_address":"10.0.0.9"},"error":""}'
-    outputs:
-      - extract_from: vault_parse
-        conditions:
-          - type: vrl
-            source: |
-              assert_eq!(.source, "vm")
-              assert_eq!(.host, "vault1")
-              assert_eq!(.labels.app, "vault")
-              assert_eq!(.message, "read secret/data/app")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.type, "response")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.display_name, "token")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.operation, "read")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.path, "secret/data/app")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.remote_address, "10.0.0.9")
-
-  # --- Tier-1: nginx access (VM, awaiting VM vector) ---
-  - name: nginx_access_routes_by_file
-    inputs:
-      - insert_at: app_route
-        type: log
-        log_fields:
-          subject: "logs.vm.web1_syd1"
-          file: "/var/log/nginx/shop_access.log"
-          message: "routed"
-    outputs:
-      - extract_from: app_route.nginx_access
-        conditions:
-          - type: vrl
-            source: 'assert_eq!(.message, "routed")'
-  - name: nginx_access_parse_extracts_combined
-    inputs:
-      - insert_at: nginx_access_parse
-        type: log
-        log_fields:
-          subject: "logs.vm.web1_syd1"
-          host: "web1"
-          file: "/var/log/nginx/shop_access.log"
-          message: '192.0.2.10 - - [27/Jul/2026:00:00:00 +0000] "GET /index.html HTTP/1.1" 200 1024 "https://ref.example/" "Mozilla/5.0" 0.012'
-    outputs:
-      - extract_from: nginx_access_parse
-        conditions:
-          - type: vrl
-            source: |
-              assert_eq!(.source, "vm")
-              assert_eq!(.stream, "access")
-              assert_eq!(.labels.log_type, "access")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.client_ip, "192.0.2.10")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.method, "GET")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.path, "/index.html")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.status, "200")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.bytes, "1024")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.referer, "https://ref.example/")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.user_agent, "Mozilla/5.0")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.request_time, "0.012")
-
-  # --- Tier-1: nginx error (VM, awaiting VM vector) ---
-  - name: nginx_error_routes_by_file
-    inputs:
-      - insert_at: app_route
-        type: log
-        log_fields:
-          subject: "logs.vm.web1_syd1"
-          file: "/var/log/nginx/shop_error.log"
-          message: "routed"
-    outputs:
-      - extract_from: app_route.nginx_error
-        conditions:
-          - type: vrl
-            source: 'assert_eq!(.message, "routed")'
-  - name: nginx_error_parse_extracts_fields
-    inputs:
-      - insert_at: nginx_error_parse
-        type: log
-        log_fields:
-          subject: "logs.vm.web1_syd1"
-          host: "web1"
-          file: "/var/log/nginx/shop_error.log"
-          message: '2026/07/27 00:00:00 [error] 1234#0: *5 open() "/var/www/x" failed (2: No such file or directory), client: 192.0.2.20, server: shop, request: "GET / HTTP/1.1", host: "shop"'
-    outputs:
-      - extract_from: nginx_error_parse
-        conditions:
-          - type: vrl
-            source: |
-              assert_eq!(.stream, "error")
-              assert_eq!(.severity, "error")
-              assert_eq!(.labels.log_type, "error")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.level, "error")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.pid, "1234")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.cid, "5")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.client_ip, "192.0.2.20")
-
-  # --- Tier-1: HAProxy httplog (VM journald, awaiting VM vector) ---
-  - name: haproxy_routes_by_identifier
-    inputs:
-      - insert_at: app_route
-        type: log
-        log_fields:
-          subject: "logs.vm.halb1_syd1"
-          SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER: "haproxy"
-          message: "routed"
-    outputs:
-      - extract_from: app_route.haproxy
-        conditions:
-          - type: vrl
-            source: 'assert_eq!(.message, "routed")'
-  - name: haproxy_parse_extracts_timers
-    inputs:
-      - insert_at: haproxy_parse
-        type: log
-        log_fields:
-          subject: "logs.vm.halb1_syd1"
-          host: "halb1"
-          SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER: "haproxy"
-          message: '192.0.2.30:54321 [27/Jul/2026:00:00:00.123] fe_http be_app/app1 10/0/1/2/13 200 512 - - ---- 5/4/3/2/0 0/0 "GET /health HTTP/1.1"'
-    outputs:
-      - extract_from: haproxy_parse
-        conditions:
-          - type: vrl
-            source: |
-              assert_eq!(.source, "vm")
-              assert_eq!(.labels.app, "haproxy")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.client_ip, "192.0.2.30")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.frontend, "fe_http")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.backend, "be_app")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.server, "app1")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.tq, "10")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.tw, "0")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.tc, "1")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.tr, "2")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.tt, "13")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.termination_state, "----")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.retries, "0")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.status, "200")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.bytes, "512")
-
-  # --- Tier-1: glauth LDAP (VM, awaiting VM vector) ---
-  - name: glauth_routes_by_identifier
-    inputs:
-      - insert_at: app_route
-        type: log
-        log_fields:
-          subject: "logs.vm.ldap1_syd1"
-          SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER: "glauth"
-          message: "routed"
-    outputs:
-      - extract_from: app_route.glauth
-        conditions:
-          - type: vrl
-            source: 'assert_eq!(.message, "routed")'
-  - name: glauth_parse_extracts_bind
-    inputs:
-      - insert_at: glauth_parse
-        type: log
-        log_fields:
-          subject: "logs.vm.ldap1_syd1"
-          host: "ldap1"
-          SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER: "glauth"
-          message: '{"level":"info","msg":"Bind success as user","bindDN":"cn=admin,dc=example,dc=com","src":"192.0.2.40:1234","time":"2026-07-27T00:00:00Z"}'
-    outputs:
-      - extract_from: glauth_parse
-        conditions:
-          - type: vrl
-            source: |
-              assert_eq!(.source, "vm")
-              assert_eq!(.host, "ldap1")
-              assert_eq!(.severity, "info")
-              assert_eq!(.labels.app, "glauth")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.bindDN, "cn=admin,dc=example,dc=com")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.remote, "192.0.2.40:1234")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.success, "true")
-
-  # ================= Tier-2 (stacks on #318) =================
-
-  # --- BIND query logs (k8s bind-* + VM named) ---
-  - name: bind_routes_k8s_by_subject
-    inputs:
-      - insert_at: app_route
-        type: log
-        log_fields:
-          subject: "logs.k8s.bind-internal.named"
-          message: "routed"
-    outputs:
-      - extract_from: app_route.bind_query
-        conditions:
-          - type: vrl
-            source: 'assert_eq!(.message, "routed")'
-  - name: bind_routes_vm_by_identifier
-    inputs:
-      - insert_at: app_route
-        type: log
-        log_fields:
-          subject: "logs.vm.dns1_syd1"
-          SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER: "named"
-          message: "routed"
-    outputs:
-      - extract_from: app_route.bind_query
-        conditions:
-          - type: vrl
-            source: 'assert_eq!(.message, "routed")'
-  - name: bind_parse_extracts_query
-    inputs:
-      - insert_at: bind_query_parse
-        type: log
-        log_fields:
-          subject: "logs.k8s.bind-internal.named"
-          kubernetes.pod_namespace: "bind-internal"
-          kubernetes.container_name: "named"
-          kubernetes.pod_node_name: "node-4"
-          message: '02-Aug-2026 00:00:00.123 client @0x7f 192.0.2.1#40426 (www.example.com): view internal: query: www.example.com IN A +E(0)K (198.18.200.7)'
-    outputs:
-      - extract_from: bind_query_parse
-        conditions:
-          - type: vrl
-            source: |
-              assert_eq!(.source, "k8s")
-              assert_eq!(.namespace, "bind-internal")
-              assert_eq!(.labels.app, "bind")
-              assert_eq!(.message, "query www.example.com A")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.client_ip, "192.0.2.1")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.qname, "www.example.com")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.qclass, "IN")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.qtype, "A")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.view, "internal")
-
-  # --- Rancher audit (k8s, cattle-system sidecar) ---
-  - name: rancher_routes_by_subject
-    inputs:
-      - insert_at: app_route
-        type: log
-        log_fields:
-          subject: "logs.k8s.cattle-system.rancher-audit-log"
-          message: "routed"
-    outputs:
-      - extract_from: app_route.rancher_audit
-        conditions:
-          - type: vrl
-            source: 'assert_eq!(.message, "routed")'
-  - name: rancher_parse_extracts_audit
-    inputs:
-      - insert_at: rancher_audit_parse
-        type: log
-        log_fields:
-          subject: "logs.k8s.cattle-system.rancher-audit-log"
-          kubernetes.pod_namespace: "cattle-system"
-          kubernetes.container_name: "rancher-audit-log"
-          kubernetes.pod_node_name: "node-5"
-          message: '{"auditID":"abc-123","requestURI":"/v3/tokens","user":{"name":"u-alice","group":["admins"]},"method":"GET","remoteAddr":"10.42.0.9:1234","responseCode":200,"requestTimestamp":"2026-08-01T00:00:00Z"}'
-    outputs:
-      - extract_from: rancher_audit_parse
-        conditions:
-          - type: vrl
-            source: |
-              assert_eq!(.source, "k8s")
-              assert_eq!(.namespace, "cattle-system")
-              assert_eq!(.labels.app, "rancher")
-              assert_eq!(.labels.log_type, "audit")
-              assert_eq!(.message, "GET /v3/tokens 200")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.user, "u-alice")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.verb, "GET")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.uri, "/v3/tokens")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.status, "200")
-
-  # --- CNPG Postgres (ONE transform, all clusters) ---
-  - name: cnpg_routes_by_postgres_container
-    inputs:
-      - insert_at: app_route
-        type: log
-        log_fields:
-          subject: "logs.k8s.litellm.postgres"
-          message: "routed"
-    outputs:
-      - extract_from: app_route.cnpg_pg
-        conditions:
-          - type: vrl
-            source: 'assert_eq!(.message, "routed")'
-  # mutual exclusivity: an app-namespace CNPG pod (authentik) is claimed by
-  # cnpg_pg, NOT the authentik app route (which now carves out .postgres).
-  - name: cnpg_authentik_postgres_routes_to_cnpg
-    inputs:
-      - insert_at: app_route
-        type: log
-        log_fields:
-          subject: "logs.k8s.authentik.postgres"
-          message: "routed"
-    outputs:
-      - extract_from: app_route.cnpg_pg
-        conditions:
-          - type: vrl
-            source: 'assert_eq!(.message, "routed")'
-  - name: cnpg_parse_extracts_record
-    inputs:
-      - insert_at: cnpg_pg_parse
-        type: log
-        log_fields:
-          subject: "logs.k8s.litellm.postgres"
-          kubernetes.pod_namespace: "litellm"
-          kubernetes.container_name: "postgres"
-          kubernetes.pod_node_name: "node-6"
-          kubernetes.pod_labels."cnpg.io/cluster": "litellm-postgres"
-          message: '{"level":"info","ts":"2026-08-01T00:00:00Z","logger":"postgres","msg":"record","record":{"user_name":"litellm","database_name":"litellm","error_severity":"LOG","message":"duration: 12.345 ms  statement: SELECT 1","query":""}}'
-    outputs:
-      - extract_from: cnpg_pg_parse
-        conditions:
-          - type: vrl
-            source: |
-              assert_eq!(.source, "k8s")
-              assert_eq!(.namespace, "litellm")
-              assert_eq!(.severity, "LOG")
-              assert_eq!(.labels.app, "cnpg")
-              assert_eq!(.labels.cluster, "litellm-postgres")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.error_severity, "LOG")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.duration_ms, "12.345")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.user, "litellm")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.database, "litellm")
-
-  # --- Gitea router/access (k8s + VM) ---
-  - name: gitea_routes_k8s_by_subject
-    inputs:
-      - insert_at: app_route
-        type: log
-        log_fields:
-          subject: "logs.k8s.gitea.gitea"
-          message: "routed"
-    outputs:
-      - extract_from: app_route.gitea
-        conditions:
-          - type: vrl
-            source: 'assert_eq!(.message, "routed")'
-  - name: gitea_parse_router_line
-    inputs:
-      - insert_at: gitea_parse
-        type: log
-        log_fields:
-          subject: "logs.k8s.gitea.gitea"
-          kubernetes.pod_namespace: "gitea"
-          kubernetes.container_name: "gitea"
-          kubernetes.pod_node_name: "node-7"
-          message: '2026/08/01 00:00:00 .../router.go:100:func() [I] router: completed GET /user/login for 10.0.0.1:0, 200 OK in 12.3ms @ web/base.go:1'
-    outputs:
-      - extract_from: gitea_parse
-        conditions:
-          - type: vrl
-            source: |
-              assert_eq!(.source, "k8s")
-              assert_eq!(.namespace, "gitea")
-              assert_eq!(.labels.app, "gitea")
-              assert_eq!(.message, "GET /user/login 200")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.method, "GET")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.path, "/user/login")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.status, "200")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.latency, "12.3ms")
-  - name: gitea_parse_access_line
-    inputs:
-      - insert_at: gitea_parse
-        type: log
-        log_fields:
-          subject: "logs.k8s.gitea.gitea"
-          kubernetes.pod_namespace: "gitea"
-          kubernetes.container_name: "gitea"
-          message: '10.0.0.5 - alice [01/Aug/2026:00:00:00 +0000] "POST /repo/foo HTTP/1.1" 201 512 "-" "git/2.0"'
-    outputs:
-      - extract_from: gitea_parse
-        conditions:
-          - type: vrl
-            source: |
-              assert_eq!(.fields.method, "POST")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.path, "/repo/foo")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.status, "201")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.user, "alice")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.client_ip, "10.0.0.5")
-
-  # --- PuppetServer / PuppetDB (k8s stdout) ---
-  - name: puppet_routes_by_subject
-    inputs:
-      - insert_at: app_route
-        type: log
-        log_fields:
-          subject: "logs.k8s.puppet.puppetserver"
-          message: "routed"
-    outputs:
-      - extract_from: app_route.puppet
-        conditions:
-          - type: vrl
-            source: 'assert_eq!(.message, "routed")'
-  - name: puppet_parse_logback_line
-    inputs:
-      - insert_at: puppet_parse
-        type: log
-        log_fields:
-          subject: "logs.k8s.puppet.puppetserver"
-          kubernetes.pod_namespace: "puppet"
-          kubernetes.container_name: "puppetserver"
-          kubernetes.pod_node_name: "node-8"
-          message: '2026-08-01 00:00:00,123 INFO  [qtp123-45] [puppetserver] Compiled catalog for web01.unkin.net in environment production in 1.23 seconds'
-    outputs:
-      - extract_from: puppet_parse
-        conditions:
-          - type: vrl
-            source: |
-              assert_eq!(.source, "k8s")
-              assert_eq!(.namespace, "puppet")
-              assert_eq!(.severity, "INFO")
-              assert_eq!(.labels.app, "puppet")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.level, "INFO")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.logger, "puppetserver")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.node, "web01.unkin.net")
-
-  # --- LiteLLM request logs (k8s JSON) ---
-  - name: litellm_routes_by_subject
-    inputs:
-      - insert_at: app_route
-        type: log
-        log_fields:
-          subject: "logs.k8s.litellm.litellm"
-          message: "routed"
-    outputs:
-      - extract_from: app_route.litellm
-        conditions:
-          - type: vrl
-            source: 'assert_eq!(.message, "routed")'
-  - name: litellm_parse_extracts_request
-    inputs:
-      - insert_at: litellm_parse
-        type: log
-        log_fields:
-          subject: "logs.k8s.litellm.litellm"
-          kubernetes.pod_namespace: "litellm"
-          kubernetes.container_name: "litellm"
-          kubernetes.pod_node_name: "node-9"
-          message: '{"message":"Request completed","level":"info","model":"gpt-4o","total_tokens":1234,"response_time":0.532,"api_key":"sk-abc","status":"success","timestamp":"2026-08-01T00:00:00Z"}'
-    outputs:
-      - extract_from: litellm_parse
-        conditions:
-          - type: vrl
-            source: |
-              assert_eq!(.source, "k8s")
-              assert_eq!(.namespace, "litellm")
-              assert_eq!(.severity, "info")
-              assert_eq!(.message, "Request completed")
-              assert_eq!(.labels.app, "litellm")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.model, "gpt-4o")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.tokens, "1234")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.latency, "0.532")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.key, "sk-abc")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.status, "success")
-
-  # --- Postfix maillog (VM, per-line best-effort) ---
-  - name: postfix_routes_by_identifier
-    inputs:
-      - insert_at: app_route
-        type: log
-        log_fields:
-          subject: "logs.vm.mail1_syd1"
-          SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER: "postfix/qmgr"
-          message: "routed"
-    outputs:
-      - extract_from: app_route.postfix
-        conditions:
-          - type: vrl
-            source: 'assert_eq!(.message, "routed")'
-  - name: postfix_parse_extracts_line
-    inputs:
-      - insert_at: postfix_parse
-        type: log
-        log_fields:
-          subject: "logs.vm.mail1_syd1"
-          host: "mail1"
-          SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER: "postfix/smtp"
-          message: 'ABC123DEF: to=<rcpt@example.com>, relay=mx.example.com[1.2.3.4]:25, delay=1.2, delays=0.1/0/0.5/0.6, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 OK)'
-    outputs:
-      - extract_from: postfix_parse
-        conditions:
-          - type: vrl
-            source: |
-              assert_eq!(.source, "vm")
-              assert_eq!(.host, "mail1")
-              assert_eq!(.labels.app, "postfix")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.qid, "ABC123DEF")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.to, "rcpt@example.com")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.relay, "mx.example.com[1.2.3.4]:25")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.delay, "1.2")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.status, "sent")
-              assert_eq!(.fields.program, "postfix/smtp")
diff --git a/apps/base/logging/vector/aggregator.yaml b/apps/base/logging/vector/aggregator.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4e445a3..0000000
--- a/apps/base/logging/vector/aggregator.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,900 +0,0 @@
----
-# Vector TRANSFORM tier (the "brain") — single source of truth, also validated
-# by `vector test` in CI. Consumes the whole log stream from JetStream via the
-# durable `transform` consumer (at-least-once; durable offsets tracked by
-# JetStream), routes by subject, normalises into the logs.raw columns, and is
-# the ONLY ClickHouse writer.
-#
-# Routing model (two stages):
-#   1. app_route — peels off Tier-1 per-app streams by subject / source tag and
-#      hands each to a dedicated parse transform that emits the full logs.raw
-#      shape plus structured .fields. Conditions are MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE, so an
-#      event is claimed by at most one app (no double-insert).
-#   2. route (generic catch-all) — everything app_route did NOT claim
-#      (app_route._unmatched) is split k8s/vm and shaped generically. This is the
-#      fallback for all un-parsed traffic and MUST stay intact.
-# Add a new per-app pipeline by appending a mutually-exclusive route to
-# app_route, a parse transform, and its id to the clickhouse sink `inputs`.
-#
-# Structured fields go into the logs.raw `fields Map(String,String)` column — no
-# DDL change is needed (values are stringified; empties are compacted away).
-#
-# VM source-tag convention (the puppet-side vector rollout MUST follow it so
-# these transforms light up): file sources set `.file` (absolute log path);
-# journald sources set `.SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER` (falls back to `.program`/`.appname`).
-#
-# Durability model: JetStream (3d / 130 GiB, S2-compressed) is the SOLE
-# durability layer and the replay window. This
-# tier is stateless (no PVC, memory buffer). If ClickHouse is down the sink
-# blocks (when_full=block); back-pressure stops the source pulling, so unpulled
-# messages stay in JetStream and are redelivered. NB: Vector's NATS source has
-# no end-to-end acks (acks on receipt), so a pod killed mid-outage can lose the
-# in-memory buffer's worth of already-pulled events — accepted for a stateless,
-# autoscalable tier.
-data_dir: /vector-data-dir
-
-api:
-  enabled: true
-  address: 0.0.0.0:8686
-
-sources:
-  js_in:
-    type: nats
-    url: nats://nats.logging.svc.cluster.local:4222
-    connection_name: vector-transform
-    subject: "logs.>"
-    jetstream:
-      stream: LOGS
-      consumer: transform
-    auth:
-      strategy: user_password
-      user_password:
-        user: log-consumer
-        password: ${NATS_CONSUMER_PASSWORD}
-    decoding:
-      codec: json
-
-transforms:
-  # Stage 1: peel off Tier-1 per-app streams. Mutually exclusive conditions;
-  # anything unmatched falls through to the generic `route` below.
-  app_route:
-    type: route
-    inputs:
-      - js_in
-    route:
-      # k8s: authentik SSO — structlog JSON on stdout. The `.postgres` container
-      # is the authentik-namespace CNPG cluster; carve it out so it is claimed by
-      # the single `cnpg_pg` route below (keeps app_route mutually exclusive).
-      authentik: 'starts_with(to_string(.subject) ?? "", "logs.k8s.authentik.") && !ends_with(to_string(.subject) ?? "", ".postgres")'
-      # k8s: Traefik ingress — JSON access logs (requires logs.access.format=json,
-      # flipped in the traefik-system overlay values in this same change).
-      traefik: 'starts_with(to_string(.subject) ?? "", "logs.k8s.traefik-system.")'
-      # VM: Vault/OpenBao file audit device (/var/log/vault_audit.log), JSON.
-      vault: 'starts_with(to_string(.subject) ?? "", "logs.vm.") && contains(to_string(.file) ?? "", "vault_audit")'
-      # VM: nginx combined access log (/var/log/nginx/<vhost>_access.log).
-      nginx_access: 'starts_with(to_string(.subject) ?? "", "logs.vm.") && contains(to_string(.file) ?? "", "nginx") && ends_with(to_string(.file) ?? "", "access.log")'
-      # VM: nginx error log (/var/log/nginx/<vhost>_error.log).
-      nginx_error: 'starts_with(to_string(.subject) ?? "", "logs.vm.") && contains(to_string(.file) ?? "", "nginx") && ends_with(to_string(.file) ?? "", "error.log")'
-      # VM: HAProxy httplog via journald.
-      haproxy: 'starts_with(to_string(.subject) ?? "", "logs.vm.") && ((to_string(.SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER) ?? "") == "haproxy" || (to_string(.program) ?? "") == "haproxy" || (to_string(.appname) ?? "") == "haproxy")'
-      # VM: glauth LDAP — structuredlog (logrus) JSON.
-      glauth: 'starts_with(to_string(.subject) ?? "", "logs.vm.") && (contains(to_string(.file) ?? "", "glauth") || (to_string(.SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER) ?? "") == "glauth" || (to_string(.program) ?? "") == "glauth" || (to_string(.appname) ?? "") == "glauth")'
-
-      # --- Tier-2 (stacks on #318) ---
-      # BIND query logs, k8s + VM. k8s: any bind-* namespace (bind-internal DNS
-      # servers, bind-system operator) — query logging enabled via `querylog yes`
-      # in the BindCluster extraOptions in this change. VM: puppet-managed named
-      # (file /var/log/named/*.log or journald `named`) — puppet-side enable is a
-      # required follow-up (profiles/dns/server.pp).
-      bind_query: 'starts_with(to_string(.subject) ?? "", "logs.k8s.bind") || (starts_with(to_string(.subject) ?? "", "logs.vm.") && (contains(to_string(.file) ?? "", "named") || (to_string(.SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER) ?? "") == "named" || (to_string(.program) ?? "") == "named" || (to_string(.appname) ?? "") == "named"))'
-      # k8s: Rancher audit log — JSON, emitted by the `rancher-audit-log` sidecar
-      # (auditLog.enabled level 1, already on in the cattle-system overlay).
-      rancher_audit: 'starts_with(to_string(.subject) ?? "", "logs.k8s.cattle-system.rancher-audit-log")'
-      # k8s: CNPG Postgres — ONE route for ALL clusters. The CNPG main container is
-      # always named `postgres`, so logs.k8s.<ns>.postgres uniquely identifies every
-      # cluster across all namespaces (authentik/litellm/artifactapi/woodpecker/
-      # puppet/paperclip/grafana/netbox/gitea/encapi). Mutually exclusive because the
-      # app routes above/below carve out `.postgres`.
-      cnpg_pg: 'starts_with(to_string(.subject) ?? "", "logs.k8s.") && ends_with(to_string(.subject) ?? "", ".postgres")'
-      # Gitea router/access logs. k8s: the new k8s gitea (ns gitea) with router +
-      # access logging enabled in the overlay values in this change — carve out
-      # `.postgres` (gitea-namespace CNPG). VM: puppet-managed gitea (file or
-      # journald `gitea`) — puppet-side log-format enable is a follow-up.
-      gitea: '(starts_with(to_string(.subject) ?? "", "logs.k8s.gitea.") && !ends_with(to_string(.subject) ?? "", ".postgres")) || (starts_with(to_string(.subject) ?? "", "logs.vm.") && (contains(to_string(.file) ?? "", "gitea") || (to_string(.SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER) ?? "") == "gitea" || (to_string(.program) ?? "") == "gitea" || (to_string(.appname) ?? "") == "gitea"))'
-      # PuppetServer / PuppetDB. k8s: openvoxserver/openvoxdb stdout (ns puppet) —
-      # carve out `.postgres` (puppet-namespace CNPG). VM file logs (multiline
-      # logback + puppetserver-access.log) are a puppet-side vector concern (the
-      # multiline join must happen at the edge) — follow-up.
-      puppet: 'starts_with(to_string(.subject) ?? "", "logs.k8s.puppet.") && !ends_with(to_string(.subject) ?? "", ".postgres")'
-      # k8s: LiteLLM request logs — JSON once JSON_LOGS=True (flipped in the litellm
-      # env in this change). Carve out `.postgres` (litellm-namespace CNPG).
-      litellm: 'starts_with(to_string(.subject) ?? "", "logs.k8s.litellm.") && !ends_with(to_string(.subject) ?? "", ".postgres")'
-      # VM: Postfix maillog — journald (SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER postfix/*) or file maillog.
-      postfix: 'starts_with(to_string(.subject) ?? "", "logs.vm.") && (starts_with(to_string(.SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER) ?? "", "postfix") || starts_with(to_string(.program) ?? "", "postfix") || starts_with(to_string(.appname) ?? "", "postfix") || contains(to_string(.file) ?? "", "maillog"))'
-
-  # Stage 2: generic catch-all for everything app_route did not claim.
-  route:
-    type: route
-    inputs:
-      - app_route._unmatched
-    route:
-      k8s: 'starts_with(to_string(.subject) ?? "", "logs.k8s.")'
-      vm: 'starts_with(to_string(.subject) ?? "", "logs.vm.")'
-
-  k8s_shape:
-    type: remap
-    inputs:
-      - route.k8s
-    source: |
-      ts = .timestamp || now()
-      node = to_string(.kubernetes.pod_node_name || "") ?? ""
-      ns = to_string(.kubernetes.pod_namespace || "") ?? ""
-      pod = to_string(.kubernetes.pod_name || "") ?? ""
-      container = to_string(.kubernetes.container_name || "") ?? ""
-      strm = to_string(.stream || "") ?? ""
-      msg = to_string(.message || "") ?? ""
-      lbls = object(.kubernetes.pod_labels) ?? {}
-      . = {
-        "timestamp": ts,
-        "host": node,
-        "source": "k8s",
-        "namespace": ns,
-        "pod": pod,
-        "container": container,
-        "stream": strm,
-        "severity": "",
-        "message": msg,
-        "labels": lbls,
-        "fields": {}
-      }
-
-  vm_shape:
-    type: remap
-    inputs:
-      - route.vm
-    source: |
-      ts = .timestamp || .ts || now()
-      host = to_string(.host || .hostname || "") ?? ""
-      msg = to_string(.message || .msg || "") ?? ""
-      sev = to_string(.severity || .level || "") ?? ""
-      role = to_string(.role || "") ?? ""
-      lbls = {}
-      if role != "" {
-        lbls = {"role": role}
-      }
-      . = {
-        "timestamp": ts,
-        "host": host,
-        "source": "vm",
-        "namespace": "",
-        "pod": "",
-        "container": "",
-        "stream": "",
-        "severity": sev,
-        "message": msg,
-        "labels": lbls,
-        "fields": {}
-      }
-
-  # --- Tier-1 per-app parse transforms (each emits the full logs.raw shape) ---
-
-  # Authentik SSO (k8s, ns authentik) — structlog JSON on stdout.
-  # LIVE NOW: authentik pods already stream to logs.k8s.authentik.*.
-  authentik_parse:
-    type: remap
-    inputs:
-      - app_route.authentik
-    source: |
-      node = to_string(.kubernetes.pod_node_name || "") ?? ""
-      pod = to_string(.kubernetes.pod_name || "") ?? ""
-      container = to_string(.kubernetes.container_name || "") ?? ""
-      strm = to_string(.stream || "") ?? ""
-      raw = to_string(.message || "") ?? ""
-      ev = object(parse_json(raw) ?? {}) ?? {}
-      ts = ev.timestamp || .timestamp || now()
-      user = ""
-      if is_string(ev.user) {
-        user = to_string(ev.user) ?? ""
-      } else if is_object(ev.user) {
-        user = to_string(ev.user.username) ?? ""
-      }
-      fields = compact({
-        "event": to_string(ev.event) ?? "",
-        "action": to_string(ev.action) ?? "",
-        "user": user,
-        "client_ip": to_string(ev.client_ip) ?? "",
-        "result": to_string(ev.result) ?? "",
-        "logger": to_string(ev.logger) ?? ""
-      }, string: true)
-      sev = to_string(ev.level) ?? ""
-      msg = raw
-      if ev.event != null {
-        msg = to_string(ev.event) ?? raw
-      }
-      . = {
-        "timestamp": ts,
-        "host": node,
-        "source": "k8s",
-        "namespace": "authentik",
-        "pod": pod,
-        "container": container,
-        "stream": strm,
-        "severity": sev,
-        "message": msg,
-        "labels": {"app": "authentik"},
-        "fields": fields
-      }
-
-  # Traefik ingress (k8s, ns traefik-system) — JSON access logs. Non-access
-  # traefik lines (app logs) simply parse to no access fields and keep .message.
-  # geoip on client_ip is a PREREQUISITE (no enrichment table yet — see PR note).
-  traefik_parse:
-    type: remap
-    inputs:
-      - app_route.traefik
-    source: |
-      node = to_string(.kubernetes.pod_node_name || "") ?? ""
-      pod = to_string(.kubernetes.pod_name || "") ?? ""
-      container = to_string(.kubernetes.container_name || "") ?? ""
-      strm = to_string(.stream || "") ?? ""
-      raw = to_string(.message || "") ?? ""
-      ev = object(parse_json(raw) ?? {}) ?? {}
-      ts = ev.StartUTC || ev.time || .timestamp || now()
-      status = ""
-      if ev.DownstreamStatus != null {
-        status = to_string(ev.DownstreamStatus) ?? ""
-      }
-      dur_ns = to_int(ev.Duration) ?? 0
-      dur_ms = ""
-      if dur_ns > 0 {
-        dur_ms = to_string(dur_ns / 1000000)
-      }
-      method = to_string(ev.RequestMethod) ?? ""
-      path = to_string(ev.RequestPath) ?? ""
-      fields = compact({
-        "route": to_string(ev.RouterName) ?? "",
-        "service": to_string(ev.ServiceName) ?? "",
-        "method": method,
-        "path": path,
-        "host": to_string(ev.RequestHost) ?? "",
-        "status": status,
-        "duration_ms": dur_ms,
-        "client_ip": to_string(ev.ClientHost) ?? "",
-        "protocol": to_string(ev.RequestProtocol) ?? ""
-      }, string: true)
-      msg = raw
-      if method != "" {
-        msg = method + " " + path + " " + status
-      }
-      . = {
-        "timestamp": ts,
-        "host": node,
-        "source": "k8s",
-        "namespace": "traefik-system",
-        "pod": pod,
-        "container": container,
-        "stream": strm,
-        "severity": "",
-        "message": msg,
-        "labels": {"app": "traefik"},
-        "fields": fields
-      }
-
-  # Vault/OpenBao file audit device (VM, /var/log/vault_audit.log) — JSON, one
-  # object per request/response. AWAITING VM VECTOR (in-cluster vault is quiet;
-  # lights up when the puppet vector rollout ships logs.vm.* with .file set).
-  vault_parse:
-    type: remap
-    inputs:
-      - app_route.vault
-    source: |
-      host = to_string(.host || .hostname || "") ?? ""
-      raw = to_string(.message || .msg || "") ?? ""
-      ev = object(parse_json(raw) ?? {}) ?? {}
-      ts = ev.time || .timestamp || .ts || now()
-      auth = object(ev.auth) ?? {}
-      req = object(ev.request) ?? {}
-      fields = compact({
-        "type": to_string(ev.type) ?? "",
-        "display_name": to_string(auth.display_name) ?? "",
-        "operation": to_string(req.operation) ?? "",
-        "path": to_string(req.path) ?? "",
-        "remote_address": to_string(req.remote_address) ?? "",
-        "error": to_string(ev.error) ?? ""
-      }, string: true)
-      op = to_string(req.operation) ?? ""
-      pth = to_string(req.path) ?? ""
-      msg = raw
-      if op != "" || pth != "" {
-        msg = op + " " + pth
-      }
-      . = {
-        "timestamp": ts,
-        "host": host,
-        "source": "vm",
-        "namespace": "",
-        "pod": "",
-        "container": "",
-        "stream": "",
-        "severity": "",
-        "message": msg,
-        "labels": {"app": "vault"},
-        "fields": fields
-      }
-
-  # nginx access log (VM) — combined/CLF + optional trailing request_time.
-  # AWAITING VM VECTOR. geoip on client_ip is a PREREQUISITE (see PR note).
-  nginx_access_parse:
-    type: remap
-    inputs:
-      - app_route.nginx_access
-    source: |
-      host = to_string(.host || .hostname || "") ?? ""
-      raw = to_string(.message || .msg || "") ?? ""
-      ts = .timestamp || .ts || now()
-      m = parse_regex(raw, r'^(?P<client_ip>\S+) \S+ (?P<user>\S+) \[(?P<time_local>[^\]]+)\] "(?P<method>\S+) (?P<path>\S+) (?P<protocol>[^"]*)" (?P<status>\d{3}) (?P<bytes>\d+|-) "(?P<referer>[^"]*)" "(?P<user_agent>[^"]*)"(?: (?P<request_time>[\d.]+))?') ?? {}
-      fields = compact({
-        "client_ip": to_string(m.client_ip),
-        "method": to_string(m.method),
-        "path": to_string(m.path),
-        "status": to_string(m.status),
-        "bytes": to_string(m.bytes),
-        "referer": to_string(m.referer),
-        "user_agent": to_string(m.user_agent),
-        "request_time": to_string(m.request_time)
-      }, string: true)
-      . = {
-        "timestamp": ts,
-        "host": host,
-        "source": "vm",
-        "namespace": "",
-        "pod": "",
-        "container": "",
-        "stream": "access",
-        "severity": "",
-        "message": raw,
-        "labels": {"app": "nginx", "log_type": "access"},
-        "fields": fields
-      }
-
-  # nginx error log (VM). AWAITING VM VECTOR.
-  nginx_error_parse:
-    type: remap
-    inputs:
-      - app_route.nginx_error
-    source: |
-      host = to_string(.host || .hostname || "") ?? ""
-      raw = to_string(.message || .msg || "") ?? ""
-      ts = .timestamp || .ts || now()
-      m = parse_regex(raw, r'^(?P<time_local>\d{4}/\d{2}/\d{2} \d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}) \[(?P<level>\w+)\] (?P<pid>\d+)#(?P<tid>\d+): (?:\*(?P<cid>\d+) )?(?P<err>.*)$') ?? {}
-      c = parse_regex(raw, r'client: (?P<client_ip>[0-9a-fA-F:.]+)') ?? {}
-      lvl = to_string(m.level)
-      err = to_string(m.err)
-      fields = compact({
-        "level": lvl,
-        "pid": to_string(m.pid),
-        "cid": to_string(m.cid),
-        "client_ip": to_string(c.client_ip),
-        "error": err
-      }, string: true)
-      msg = raw
-      if err != "" {
-        msg = err
-      }
-      . = {
-        "timestamp": ts,
-        "host": host,
-        "source": "vm",
-        "namespace": "",
-        "pod": "",
-        "container": "",
-        "stream": "error",
-        "severity": lvl,
-        "message": msg,
-        "labels": {"app": "nginx", "log_type": "error"},
-        "fields": fields
-      }
-
-  # HAProxy httplog (VM, journald). AWAITING VM VECTOR.
-  # httplog: %ci:%cp [%tr] %ft %b/%s %Tq/%Tw/%Tc/%Tr/%Tt %ST %B %CC %CS %tsc
-  #          %ac/%fc/%bc/%sc/%rc %sq/%bq {hdrs} "%r"
-  haproxy_parse:
-    type: remap
-    inputs:
-      - app_route.haproxy
-    source: |
-      host = to_string(.host || .hostname || "") ?? ""
-      raw = to_string(.message || .msg || "") ?? ""
-      ts = .timestamp || .ts || now()
-      m = parse_regex(raw, r'(?P<client_ip>\d{1,3}(?:\.\d{1,3}){3}):(?P<client_port>\d+) \[(?P<accept_date>[^\]]+)\] (?P<frontend>\S+) (?P<backend>[^/ ]+)/(?P<server>\S+) (?P<tq>-?\d+)/(?P<tw>-?\d+)/(?P<tc>-?\d+)/(?P<tr>-?\d+)/(?P<tt>[+-]?\d+) (?P<status>\d{3}) (?P<bytes>\d+) \S+ \S+ (?P<termination_state>\S{4}) (?P<actconn>\d+)/(?P<feconn>\d+)/(?P<beconn>\d+)/(?P<srvconn>\d+)/(?P<retries>\d+) (?P<srv_queue>\d+)/(?P<backend_queue>\d+)') ?? {}
-      fields = compact({
-        "client_ip": to_string(m.client_ip),
-        "frontend": to_string(m.frontend),
-        "backend": to_string(m.backend),
-        "server": to_string(m.server),
-        "tq": to_string(m.tq),
-        "tw": to_string(m.tw),
-        "tc": to_string(m.tc),
-        "tr": to_string(m.tr),
-        "tt": to_string(m.tt),
-        "termination_state": to_string(m.termination_state),
-        "retries": to_string(m.retries),
-        "status": to_string(m.status),
-        "bytes": to_string(m.bytes)
-      }, string: true)
-      . = {
-        "timestamp": ts,
-        "host": host,
-        "source": "vm",
-        "namespace": "",
-        "pod": "",
-        "container": "",
-        "stream": "",
-        "severity": "",
-        "message": raw,
-        "labels": {"app": "haproxy"},
-        "fields": fields
-      }
-
-  # glauth LDAP (VM) — structuredlog (logrus) JSON. AWAITING VM VECTOR.
-  glauth_parse:
-    type: remap
-    inputs:
-      - app_route.glauth
-    source: |
-      host = to_string(.host || .hostname || "") ?? ""
-      raw = to_string(.message || .msg || "") ?? ""
-      ev = object(parse_json(raw) ?? {}) ?? {}
-      ts = ev.time || .timestamp || .ts || now()
-      binddn = to_string(ev.bindDN) ?? ""
-      if binddn == "" {
-        binddn = to_string(ev.binddn) ?? ""
-      }
-      remote = to_string(ev.src) ?? ""
-      if remote == "" {
-        remote = to_string(ev.remoteAddr) ?? ""
-      }
-      lvl = to_string(ev.level) ?? ""
-      gmsg = to_string(ev.msg) ?? ""
-      success = "false"
-      if contains(downcase(gmsg), "success") || (lvl == "info" && contains(downcase(gmsg), "bind")) {
-        success = "true"
-      }
-      fields = compact({
-        "bindDN": binddn,
-        "remote": remote,
-        "success": success,
-        "level": lvl,
-        "msg": gmsg
-      }, string: true)
-      msg = gmsg
-      if msg == "" {
-        msg = raw
-      }
-      . = {
-        "timestamp": ts,
-        "host": host,
-        "source": "vm",
-        "namespace": "",
-        "pod": "",
-        "container": "",
-        "stream": "",
-        "severity": lvl,
-        "message": msg,
-        "labels": {"app": "glauth"},
-        "fields": fields
-      }
-
-  # --- Tier-2 per-app parse transforms (stacks on #318) ---
-
-  # BIND query logs (k8s bind-* namespaces + VM named). LIVE on k8s once the
-  # `querylog yes` extraOptions (this change) roll out; VM AWAITS the puppet-side
-  # enable (profiles/dns/server.pp). rcode is NOT present in standard query-log
-  # lines (that needs response logging / dnstap) — extracted only if a
-  # response-style `status:` line is seen. Non-query lines keep .message.
-  bind_query_parse:
-    type: remap
-    inputs:
-      - app_route.bind_query
-    source: |
-      subj = to_string(.subject) ?? ""
-      is_k8s = starts_with(subj, "logs.k8s.")
-      raw = to_string(.message || .msg || "") ?? ""
-      ts = .timestamp || .ts || now()
-      node = ""
-      ns = ""
-      pod = ""
-      container = ""
-      strm = ""
-      hostv = ""
-      src = "vm"
-      if is_k8s {
-        src = "k8s"
-        node = to_string(.kubernetes.pod_node_name || "") ?? ""
-        ns = to_string(.kubernetes.pod_namespace || "") ?? ""
-        pod = to_string(.kubernetes.pod_name || "") ?? ""
-        container = to_string(.kubernetes.container_name || "") ?? ""
-        strm = to_string(.stream || "") ?? ""
-        hostv = node
-      } else {
-        hostv = to_string(.host || .hostname || "") ?? ""
-      }
-      m = parse_regex(raw, r'client\s+(?:@\S+\s+)?(?P<client_ip>[0-9a-fA-F:.]+)#(?P<port>\d+)(?:\s+\([^)]*\))?:\s+(?:view\s+(?P<view>\S+):\s+)?query:\s+(?P<qname>\S+)\s+(?P<qclass>\S+)\s+(?P<qtype>\S+)(?:\s+(?P<flags>\S+))?') ?? {}
-      rc = parse_regex(raw, r'status:\s+(?P<rcode>\w+)') ?? {}
-      fields = compact({
-        "client_ip": to_string(m.client_ip),
-        "qname": to_string(m.qname),
-        "qtype": to_string(m.qtype),
-        "qclass": to_string(m.qclass),
-        "view": to_string(m.view),
-        "flags": to_string(m.flags),
-        "rcode": to_string(rc.rcode)
-      }, string: true)
-      qn = to_string(m.qname)
-      msg = raw
-      if qn != "" {
-        msg = "query " + qn + " " + to_string(m.qtype)
-      }
-      . = {
-        "timestamp": ts,
-        "host": hostv,
-        "source": src,
-        "namespace": ns,
-        "pod": pod,
-        "container": container,
-        "stream": strm,
-        "severity": "",
-        "message": msg,
-        "labels": {"app": "bind"},
-        "fields": fields
-      }
-
-  # Rancher audit log (k8s, cattle-system rancher-audit-log sidecar) — JSON,
-  # auditLog level 1 (already enabled in the overlay). LIVE NOW.
-  rancher_audit_parse:
-    type: remap
-    inputs:
-      - app_route.rancher_audit
-    source: |
-      node = to_string(.kubernetes.pod_node_name || "") ?? ""
-      pod = to_string(.kubernetes.pod_name || "") ?? ""
-      container = to_string(.kubernetes.container_name || "") ?? ""
-      strm = to_string(.stream || "") ?? ""
-      raw = to_string(.message || "") ?? ""
-      ev = object(parse_json(raw) ?? {}) ?? {}
-      ts = ev.requestTimestamp || ev.time || .timestamp || now()
-      user = ""
-      if is_object(ev.user) {
-        user = to_string(ev.user.name) ?? ""
-      } else if is_string(ev.user) {
-        user = to_string(ev.user) ?? ""
-      }
-      verb = to_string(ev.method) ?? ""
-      if verb == "" { verb = to_string(ev.verb) ?? "" }
-      uri = to_string(ev.requestURI) ?? ""
-      if uri == "" { uri = to_string(ev.uri) ?? "" }
-      status = ""
-      if ev.responseCode != null { status = to_string(ev.responseCode) ?? "" }
-      if status == "" && is_object(ev.responseStatus) { status = to_string(ev.responseStatus.code) ?? "" }
-      fields = compact({
-        "user": user,
-        "verb": verb,
-        "uri": uri,
-        "status": status,
-        "auditID": to_string(ev.auditID) ?? "",
-        "remote_addr": to_string(ev.remoteAddr) ?? ""
-      }, string: true)
-      msg = raw
-      if verb != "" || uri != "" {
-        msg = verb + " " + uri + " " + status
-      }
-      . = {
-        "timestamp": ts,
-        "host": node,
-        "source": "k8s",
-        "namespace": "cattle-system",
-        "pod": pod,
-        "container": container,
-        "stream": strm,
-        "severity": "",
-        "message": msg,
-        "labels": {"app": "rancher", "log_type": "audit"},
-        "fields": fields
-      }
-
-  # CNPG Postgres — ONE transform for ALL clusters (10 namespaces). The instance
-  # manager wraps postgres logs as JSON on stdout; the postgres CSV columns nest
-  # under `.record` (logger == "postgres"). Non-postgres lines (instance-manager
-  # operator logs) keep .message and set no PG fields. LIVE NOW.
-  cnpg_pg_parse:
-    type: remap
-    inputs:
-      - app_route.cnpg_pg
-    source: |
-      node = to_string(.kubernetes.pod_node_name || "") ?? ""
-      ns = to_string(.kubernetes.pod_namespace || "") ?? ""
-      pod = to_string(.kubernetes.pod_name || "") ?? ""
-      container = to_string(.kubernetes.container_name || "") ?? ""
-      strm = to_string(.stream || "") ?? ""
-      raw = to_string(.message || "") ?? ""
-      cluster = to_string(.kubernetes.pod_labels."cnpg.io/cluster" || "") ?? ""
-      ev = object(parse_json(raw) ?? {}) ?? {}
-      ts = .timestamp || now()
-      rec = object(ev.record) ?? {}
-      logger = to_string(ev.logger) ?? ""
-      sev = ""
-      pgmsg = ""
-      fields = {}
-      if logger == "postgres" {
-        sev = to_string(rec.error_severity) ?? ""
-        pgmsg = to_string(rec.message) ?? ""
-        dm = parse_regex(pgmsg, r'duration:\s+(?P<ms>[0-9.]+)\s+ms') ?? {}
-        fields = compact({
-          "error_severity": sev,
-          "message": pgmsg,
-          "query": to_string(rec.query) ?? "",
-          "duration_ms": to_string(dm.ms),
-          "user": to_string(rec.user_name) ?? "",
-          "database": to_string(rec.database_name) ?? ""
-        }, string: true)
-      }
-      lbls = {"app": "cnpg"}
-      if cluster != "" {
-        lbls = {"app": "cnpg", "cluster": cluster}
-      }
-      msg = raw
-      if pgmsg != "" { msg = pgmsg }
-      . = {
-        "timestamp": ts,
-        "host": node,
-        "source": "k8s",
-        "namespace": ns,
-        "pod": pod,
-        "container": container,
-        "stream": strm,
-        "severity": sev,
-        "message": msg,
-        "labels": lbls,
-        "fields": fields
-      }
-
-  # Gitea router/access logs (k8s gitea + VM gitea). Router "completed" lines give
-  # method/path/status/latency; NCSA access lines give method/path/status/user.
-  # k8s LIVE once the overlay log config (this change) rolls out; VM AWAITS the
-  # puppet-side log-format enable.
-  gitea_parse:
-    type: remap
-    inputs:
-      - app_route.gitea
-    source: |
-      subj = to_string(.subject) ?? ""
-      is_k8s = starts_with(subj, "logs.k8s.")
-      raw = to_string(.message || .msg || "") ?? ""
-      ts = .timestamp || .ts || now()
-      node = ""
-      ns = ""
-      pod = ""
-      container = ""
-      strm = ""
-      hostv = ""
-      src = "vm"
-      if is_k8s {
-        src = "k8s"
-        node = to_string(.kubernetes.pod_node_name || "") ?? ""
-        ns = to_string(.kubernetes.pod_namespace || "") ?? ""
-        pod = to_string(.kubernetes.pod_name || "") ?? ""
-        container = to_string(.kubernetes.container_name || "") ?? ""
-        strm = to_string(.stream || "") ?? ""
-        hostv = node
-      } else {
-        hostv = to_string(.host || .hostname || "") ?? ""
-      }
-      r = parse_regex(raw, r'completed (?P<method>\S+) (?P<path>\S+) for (?P<client>\S+), (?P<status>\d{3}) [^ ]+ in (?P<latency>[0-9.]+\w+)') ?? {}
-      a = parse_regex(raw, r'^(?P<client_ip>\S+) \S+ (?P<user>\S+) \[[^\]]+\] "(?P<method>\S+) (?P<path>\S+) [^"]*" (?P<status>\d{3})') ?? {}
-      method = to_string(r.method)
-      if method == "" { method = to_string(a.method) }
-      path = to_string(r.path)
-      if path == "" { path = to_string(a.path) }
-      status = to_string(r.status)
-      if status == "" { status = to_string(a.status) }
-      user = to_string(a.user)
-      if user == "-" { user = "" }
-      fields = compact({
-        "method": method,
-        "path": path,
-        "status": status,
-        "latency": to_string(r.latency),
-        "user": user,
-        "client_ip": to_string(a.client_ip)
-      }, string: true)
-      msg = raw
-      if method != "" {
-        msg = method + " " + path + " " + status
-      }
-      . = {
-        "timestamp": ts,
-        "host": hostv,
-        "source": src,
-        "namespace": ns,
-        "pod": pod,
-        "container": container,
-        "stream": strm,
-        "severity": "",
-        "message": msg,
-        "labels": {"app": "gitea"},
-        "fields": fields
-      }
-
-  # PuppetServer / PuppetDB (k8s openvoxserver/openvoxdb stdout, ns puppet). Per
-  # line logback parse (level/logger/message + node) and an access-log line
-  # (method/status/node) where present. VM multiline stacktrace join +
-  # puppetserver-access.log are a puppet-side edge concern (follow-up). LIVE NOW.
-  puppet_parse:
-    type: remap
-    inputs:
-      - app_route.puppet
-    source: |
-      node = to_string(.kubernetes.pod_node_name || "") ?? ""
-      pod = to_string(.kubernetes.pod_name || "") ?? ""
-      container = to_string(.kubernetes.container_name || "") ?? ""
-      strm = to_string(.stream || "") ?? ""
-      raw = to_string(.message || "") ?? ""
-      ts = .timestamp || now()
-      lb = parse_regex(raw, r'^(?P<ts>\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}[ T]\d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}[,.]\d+)\s+(?P<level>[A-Z]+)\s+\[(?P<thread>[^\]]*)\]\s+\[(?P<logger>[^\]]*)\]\s+(?P<msg>.*)$') ?? {}
-      ac = parse_regex(raw, r'^(?P<client_ip>\S+) \S+ \S+ \[[^\]]+\] "(?P<method>\S+) (?P<path>\S+) [^"]*" (?P<status>\d{3})') ?? {}
-      nd = parse_regex(raw, r'(?:catalog for|for node)\s+(?P<node>[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+\.[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+)') ?? {}
-      lvl = to_string(lb.level)
-      pmsg = to_string(lb.msg)
-      err = ""
-      if lvl == "ERROR" { err = pmsg }
-      fields = compact({
-        "level": lvl,
-        "logger": to_string(lb.logger),
-        "node": to_string(nd.node),
-        "method": to_string(ac.method),
-        "status": to_string(ac.status),
-        "path": to_string(ac.path),
-        "client_ip": to_string(ac.client_ip),
-        "error": err
-      }, string: true)
-      msg = raw
-      if pmsg != "" { msg = pmsg }
-      . = {
-        "timestamp": ts,
-        "host": node,
-        "source": "k8s",
-        "namespace": "puppet",
-        "pod": pod,
-        "container": container,
-        "stream": strm,
-        "severity": lvl,
-        "message": msg,
-        "labels": {"app": "puppet"},
-        "fields": fields
-      }
-
-  # LiteLLM request logs (k8s) — JSON once JSON_LOGS=True (flipped in the litellm
-  # env this change). parse_json -> model/tokens/latency/key/status (best-effort
-  # against litellm's JSON schema); non-JSON lines keep .message. Field keys light
-  # up once the env flip rolls out.
-  litellm_parse:
-    type: remap
-    inputs:
-      - app_route.litellm
-    source: |
-      node = to_string(.kubernetes.pod_node_name || "") ?? ""
-      pod = to_string(.kubernetes.pod_name || "") ?? ""
-      container = to_string(.kubernetes.container_name || "") ?? ""
-      strm = to_string(.stream || "") ?? ""
-      raw = to_string(.message || "") ?? ""
-      ev = object(parse_json(raw) ?? {}) ?? {}
-      ts = ev.timestamp || .timestamp || now()
-      sev = to_string(ev.level) ?? ""
-      lmsg = to_string(ev.message) ?? ""
-      fields = compact({
-        "model": to_string(ev.model) ?? "",
-        "tokens": to_string(ev.total_tokens) ?? "",
-        "latency": to_string(ev.response_time) ?? "",
-        "key": to_string(ev.api_key) ?? "",
-        "status": to_string(ev.status) ?? "",
-        "user": to_string(ev.user) ?? ""
-      }, string: true)
-      msg = raw
-      if lmsg != "" { msg = lmsg }
-      . = {
-        "timestamp": ts,
-        "host": node,
-        "source": "k8s",
-        "namespace": "litellm",
-        "pod": pod,
-        "container": container,
-        "stream": strm,
-        "severity": sev,
-        "message": msg,
-        "labels": {"app": "litellm"},
-        "fields": fields
-      }
-
-  # Postfix maillog (VM) — best-effort PER-LINE parse (qid + from/to/status/relay/
-  # delay). Full qid-lifecycle correlation is a query-time GROUP BY qid in
-  # ClickHouse, NOT a stateless-aggregator job (stitching the multi-line lifecycle
-  # needs a stateful reduce). AWAITS VM VECTOR.
-  postfix_parse:
-    type: remap
-    inputs:
-      - app_route.postfix
-    source: |
-      host = to_string(.host || .hostname || "") ?? ""
-      raw = to_string(.message || .msg || "") ?? ""
-      ts = .timestamp || .ts || now()
-      prog = to_string(.SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER || .program || .appname || "") ?? ""
-      q = parse_regex(raw, r'^(?P<qid>[0-9A-F]{6,}):') ?? {}
-      frm = parse_regex(raw, r'from=<(?P<from>[^>]*)>') ?? {}
-      rcpt = parse_regex(raw, r'to=<(?P<to>[^>]*)>') ?? {}
-      st = parse_regex(raw, r'status=(?P<status>\w+)') ?? {}
-      rel = parse_regex(raw, r'relay=(?P<relay>[^,]+)') ?? {}
-      dly = parse_regex(raw, r'delay=(?P<delay>[0-9.]+)') ?? {}
-      fields = compact({
-        "qid": to_string(q.qid),
-        "from": to_string(frm.from),
-        "to": to_string(rcpt.to),
-        "status": to_string(st.status),
-        "relay": to_string(rel.relay),
-        "delay": to_string(dly.delay),
-        "program": prog
-      }, string: true)
-      . = {
-        "timestamp": ts,
-        "host": host,
-        "source": "vm",
-        "namespace": "",
-        "pod": "",
-        "container": "",
-        "stream": "",
-        "severity": "",
-        "message": raw,
-        "labels": {"app": "postfix"},
-        "fields": fields
-      }
-
-sinks:
-  clickhouse:
-    type: clickhouse
-    inputs:
-      - k8s_shape
-      - vm_shape
-      - authentik_parse
-      - traefik_parse
-      - vault_parse
-      - nginx_access_parse
-      - nginx_error_parse
-      - haproxy_parse
-      - glauth_parse
-      - bind_query_parse
-      - rancher_audit_parse
-      - cnpg_pg_parse
-      - gitea_parse
-      - puppet_parse
-      - litellm_parse
-      - postfix_parse
-    endpoint: http://clickhouse-logs.logging.svc.cluster.local:8123
-    database: logs
-    table: raw
-    skip_unknown_fields: true
-    date_time_best_effort: true
-    auth:
-      strategy: basic
-      user: "${CLICKHOUSE_USER}"
-      password: "${CLICKHOUSE_PASSWORD}"
-    batch:
-      max_events: 500000
-      max_bytes: 134217728
-      timeout_secs: 10
-    # Stateless: in-memory buffer, block on full so back-pressure reaches the
-    # JetStream pull source (which then stops acking). JetStream is durability.
-    buffer:
-      type: memory
-      max_events: 2000
-      when_full: block
-    healthcheck:
-      enabled: true
diff --git a/apps/base/logging/vector/vm-ingest-tests.yaml b/apps/base/logging/vector/vm-ingest-tests.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index fed2928..0000000
--- a/apps/base/logging/vector/vm-ingest-tests.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
----
-# `vector test` unit tests for the VM-ingest routing transform.
-tests:
-  - name: host_token_is_subject_safe
-    inputs:
-      - insert_at: tag
-        type: log
-        log_fields:
-          host: "db1.syd1.example.net"
-          message: "sshd accepted"
-    outputs:
-      - extract_from: tag
-        conditions:
-          - type: vrl
-            source: |
-              assert_eq!(.host_token, "db1_syd1_example_net")
-
-  - name: missing_host_defaults_to_unknown
-    inputs:
-      - insert_at: tag
-        type: log
-        log_fields:
-          message: "no host field"
-    outputs:
-      - extract_from: tag
-        conditions:
-          - type: vrl
-            source: |
-              assert_eq!(.host_token, "unknown")
diff --git a/apps/base/logging/vector/vm-ingest.yaml b/apps/base/logging/vector/vm-ingest.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 8e2b069..0000000
--- a/apps/base/logging/vector/vm-ingest.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
----
-# Vector VM-INGEST tier — the VM front door. Thin: accepts NDJSON over HTTPS
-# (behind the logs-ingest Gateway) from puppet-managed VMs, attaches only a
-# routing token, and publishes into JetStream (subject logs.vm.<host>). No
-# parsing here — shaping happens in the transform tier after JetStream, so VM
-# logs get the same durability/replay/fan-out as k8s logs.
-data_dir: /vector-data-dir
-
-api:
-  enabled: true
-  address: 0.0.0.0:8686
-
-sources:
-  vm_http:
-    type: http_server
-    address: 0.0.0.0:8080
-    path: /
-    method: POST
-    decoding:
-      codec: json
-    framing:
-      method: newline_delimited
-
-transforms:
-  # Routing metadata only: derive a NATS-subject-safe host token.
-  tag:
-    type: remap
-    inputs:
-      - vm_http
-    source: |
-      host = to_string(.host || .hostname || "unknown") ?? "unknown"
-      .host_token = replace(host, r'[^a-zA-Z0-9_-]', "_")
-
-sinks:
-  to_jetstream:
-    type: nats
-    inputs:
-      - tag
-    url: nats://nats.logging.svc.cluster.local:4222
-    connection_name: vector-vm-ingest
-    subject: "logs.vm.{{ host_token }}"
-    jetstream:
-      enabled: true
-    auth:
-      strategy: user_password
-      user_password:
-        user: log-producer
-        password: ${NATS_PRODUCER_PASSWORD}
-    encoding:
-      codec: json
diff --git a/apps/base/logging/vlagent.yaml b/apps/base/logging/vlagent.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..052f54e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/base/logging/vlagent.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+---
+apiVersion: operator.victoriametrics.com/v1
+kind: VLAgent
+metadata:
+  name: logs
+  namespace: logging
+spec:
+  componentVersion: v1.52.0
+  k8sCollector:
+    enabled: true
+  remoteWrite:
+    # vlagent appends ?version=v1 itself; the path must be the native endpoint
+    - url: http://vlinsert-logs.logging.svc.cluster.local:9481/insert/native
+  remoteWriteSettings:
+    # collector mode buffers to the node's /var/lib/vlagent-data, so cap it:
+    # a vlinsert outage must not fill the host disk (500MB chunks)
+    maxDiskUsagePerURL: 2GiB
+  tolerations:
+    - operator: Exists
+  resources:
+    requests:
+      cpu: 100m
+      memory: 256Mi
+    limits:
+      cpu: "1"
+      memory: 1Gi
diff --git a/apps/overlays/au-syd1/clickhouse-system/kustomization.yaml b/apps/overlays/au-syd1/clickhouse-system/kustomization.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 498f573..0000000
--- a/apps/overlays/au-syd1/clickhouse-system/kustomization.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
----
-apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
-kind: Kustomization
-
-namespace: clickhouse-system
-
-resources:
-  - ../../../base/clickhouse-system
-
-helmCharts:
-  - name: altinity-clickhouse-operator
-    repo: https://helm.altinity.com
-    version: "0.27.2"
-    releaseName: clickhouse-operator
-    namespace: clickhouse-system
-    valuesFile: values.yaml
diff --git a/apps/overlays/au-syd1/clickhouse-system/values.yaml b/apps/overlays/au-syd1/clickhouse-system/values.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 74b21a9..0000000
--- a/apps/overlays/au-syd1/clickhouse-system/values.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-# Altinity ClickHouse operator. Cluster-scoped: watches ClickHouseInstallation
-# resources in all namespaces (the logs cluster lives in the `logging` namespace).
-# CRDs are installed at runtime by the chart's crdHook Job.
-#
-# Upstream official images; no Docker Hardened Image variant is adopted (DHI is
-# subscription-gated and served from a private org namespace not reachable via
-# the anonymous artifactapi dockerhub proxy).
-#
-# Watch the logging namespace where the ClickHouseInstallation lives. The chart
-# default (watchNamespaces: []) makes the operator watch ONLY its own namespace
-# (clickhouse-system), so the logs CHI was never reconciled — set it explicitly.
-watchNamespaces:
-  - logging
-crdHook:
-  image:
-    repository: docker.io/bitnami/kubectl
-  resources:
-    requests:
-      cpu: 50m
-      memory: 64Mi
-    limits:
-      cpu: 250m
-      memory: 128Mi
-
-operator:
-  image:
-    repository: docker.io/altinity/clickhouse-operator
-  resources:
-    requests:
-      cpu: 100m
-      memory: 256Mi
-    limits:
-      cpu: 500m
-      memory: 512Mi
-
-metrics:
-  image:
-    repository: docker.io/altinity/metrics-exporter
-  resources:
-    requests:
-      cpu: 50m
-      memory: 64Mi
-    limits:
-      cpu: 250m
-      memory: 256Mi
diff --git a/apps/overlays/au-syd1/logging/kustomization.yaml b/apps/overlays/au-syd1/logging/kustomization.yaml
index 9939c00..f3dfb7f 100644
--- a/apps/overlays/au-syd1/logging/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/apps/overlays/au-syd1/logging/kustomization.yaml
@@ -6,34 +6,3 @@ namespace: logging
 
 resources:
   - ../../../base/logging
-
-helmCharts:
-  # Dedicated JetStream NATS cluster — the durable log bus.
-  - name: nats
-    repo: https://nats-io.github.io/k8s/helm/charts
-    version: "2.14.2"
-    releaseName: nats
-    namespace: logging
-    valuesFile: values-nats.yaml
-  # Edge agent (DaemonSet): tails every pod's logs, publishes to JetStream.
-  - name: vector
-    repo: https://helm.vector.dev
-    version: "0.57.0"
-    releaseName: vector-agent
-    namespace: logging
-    valuesFile: values-vector-agent.yaml
-  # VM ingest (Deployment): HTTP NDJSON front door -> JetStream.
-  - name: vector
-    repo: https://helm.vector.dev
-    version: "0.57.0"
-    releaseName: vector-vm-ingest
-    namespace: logging
-    valuesFile: values-vector-vm-ingest.yaml
-  # Transform tier (StatefulSet): JetStream consumer -> shape -> ClickHouse.
-  - name: vector
-    repo: https://helm.vector.dev
-    version: "0.57.0"
-    releaseName: vector-aggregator
-    namespace: logging
-    valuesFile: values-vector-aggregator.yaml
-  # Archiver: replaced by the logarchiver Deployment (apps/base/logging).
diff --git a/apps/overlays/au-syd1/logging/values-nats.yaml b/apps/overlays/au-syd1/logging/values-nats.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 6c0d582..0000000
--- a/apps/overlays/au-syd1/logging/values-nats.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,103 +0,0 @@
-# Dedicated JetStream-enabled NATS cluster for the log bus. Deliberately NOT
-# shared with app messaging (streamstack et al. run their own NATS in their own
-# repo) — a separate cluster isolates logging blast-radius from app messaging
-# and lets us size retention/storage purely for the log outage-buffer + replay
-# use-case.
-fullnameOverride: nats
-
-config:
-  cluster:
-    enabled: true
-    replicas: 3
-  jetstream:
-    enabled: true
-    fileStore:
-      pvc:
-        # Sized for 3d retention: ~100 GiB/3d compressed (see
-        # nats-stream-limits ConfigMap) + file-store WAL/index/overhead, kept
-        # safely above the 130 GiB max_bytes cap. 3 replicas => ~0.5 TiB total
-        # provisioned on cephrbd-fast-delete. NB: this is the honest number for
-        # the assumed ~1500 events/s; higher real volume needs a bigger PVC +
-        # max_bytes together, else discard=old truncates retention below 3d.
-        size: 180Gi
-        storageClassName: cephrbd-fast-delete
-  # Per-user auth with publish/subscribe separation. Passwords are injected as
-  # env vars from the Vault-synced nats-auth Secret. The `<< $VAR >>` wrapping is
-  # REQUIRED by this chart: it renders the value UNQUOTED in nats.conf so the
-  # NATS server expands the env var. A plain `$VAR` is JSON-quoted ("$VAR") and
-  # NATS then treats it as a literal string — which broke auth for every client.
-  merge:
-    authorization:
-      users:
-        # Bootstrap Job (stream/consumer management) — full JetStream API.
-        - user: log-admin
-          password: << $NATS_ADMIN_PASSWORD >>
-        # Edge publishers (k8s DaemonSet + VM ingest) — publish only.
-        - user: log-producer
-          password: << $NATS_PRODUCER_PASSWORD >>
-          permissions:
-            publish:
-              allow:
-                - "logs.>"
-            subscribe:
-              allow:
-                - "_INBOX.>"
-        # Consumers (transform tier + archiver) — pull + ack only, no publish
-        # to log subjects.
-        - user: log-consumer
-          password: << $NATS_CONSUMER_PASSWORD >>
-          permissions:
-            publish:
-              allow:
-                - "$JS.API.CONSUMER.>"
-                - "$JS.API.STREAM.INFO.>"
-                - "$JS.ACK.LOGS.>"
-            subscribe:
-              allow:
-                - "_INBOX.>"
-
-container:
-  # Upstream official nats; no DHI variant available.
-  image:
-    repository: docker.io/library/nats
-    tag: 2.14.2-alpine
-  env:
-    NATS_ADMIN_PASSWORD:
-      valueFrom:
-        secretKeyRef:
-          name: nats-auth
-          key: admin_password
-    NATS_PRODUCER_PASSWORD:
-      valueFrom:
-        secretKeyRef:
-          name: nats-auth
-          key: producer_password
-    NATS_CONSUMER_PASSWORD:
-      valueFrom:
-        secretKeyRef:
-          name: nats-auth
-          key: consumer_password
-  resources:
-    requests:
-      cpu: 250m
-      memory: 512Mi
-    limits:
-      cpu: "2"
-      memory: 4Gi
-
-# Roll the StatefulSet on config changes only; nats-auth is Vault-rotated (VSO)
-# so it is deliberately not watched here (no restart on routine key rotation).
-podTemplate:
-  merge:
-    metadata:
-      annotations:
-        configmap.reloader.stakater.com/auto: "true"
-
-# Config-reloader sidecar image.
-reloader:
-  image:
-    repository: docker.io/natsio/nats-server-config-reloader
-    tag: "0.23.0"
-
-natsBox:
-  enabled: false
diff --git a/apps/overlays/au-syd1/logging/values-vector-agent.yaml b/apps/overlays/au-syd1/logging/values-vector-agent.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index a05a805..0000000
--- a/apps/overlays/au-syd1/logging/values-vector-agent.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-# Vector EDGE agent (DaemonSet) — thin publisher. Tails every node's pod logs
-# (incl. control-plane via the blanket toleration) and publishes them into
-# JetStream over the Vector NATS sink. No parsing; only a routing subject token
-# is attached. Shaping happens in the transform tier after JetStream.
-role: Agent
-fullnameOverride: vector-agent
-
-# distroless-libc (no DHI — subscription-gated/private-namespace, not reachable
-# via the anon proxy).
-image:
-  repository: docker.io/timberio/vector
-  tag: 0.57.0-distroless-libc
-
-rbac:
-  create: true
-serviceAccount:
-  create: true
-
-podLabels:
-  vector.dev/exclude: "true"
-
-tolerations:
-  - operator: Exists
-
-env:
-  # Vector 0.57 disables ${VAR} config interpolation by default; auth needs it.
-  - name: VECTOR_DANGEROUSLY_ALLOW_ENV_VAR_INTERPOLATION
-    value: "true"
-  - name: NATS_PRODUCER_PASSWORD
-    valueFrom:
-      secretKeyRef:
-        name: nats-auth
-        key: producer_password
-
-resources:
-  requests:
-    cpu: 100m
-    memory: 256Mi
-  limits:
-    cpu: "1"
-    memory: 1Gi
-
-service:
-  enabled: false
-
-# Pipeline is the single source of truth in apps/base/logging/vector/agent.yaml,
-# mounted via existingConfigMaps (avoids the chart's customConfig Helm-tpl pass).
-dataDir: /vector-data-dir
-existingConfigMaps:
-  - vector-agent-config
-
-workloadResourceAnnotations:
-  configmap.reloader.stakater.com/auto: "true"
diff --git a/apps/overlays/au-syd1/logging/values-vector-aggregator.yaml b/apps/overlays/au-syd1/logging/values-vector-aggregator.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 549c19e..0000000
--- a/apps/overlays/au-syd1/logging/values-vector-aggregator.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,84 +0,0 @@
-# Vector TRANSFORM tier (STATELESS Deployment) — the "brain": sole ClickHouse
-# writer, owns all transforms, holds the only ClickHouse + NATS-consumer creds.
-#
-# Stateless by design: a JetStream pull consumer with NO PVC and NO disk buffer.
-# JetStream is the sole durability layer. On a ClickHouse outage the clickhouse
-# sink blocks (buffer when_full=block), back-pressure stops the source pulling,
-# and unpulled messages stay in JetStream for redelivery. Because Vector's NATS
-# source does NOT support end-to-end acknowledgements (it acks on receipt, not
-# after the sink), the only at-risk window is the in-memory buffer's worth of
-# already-pulled events if a pod is killed mid-outage — the accepted trade for a
-# horizontally-autoscalable stateless tier. Multiple replicas share the one
-# durable consumer `transform` (JetStream pull consumers distribute work), so
-# HPA is safe.
-role: Stateless-Aggregator
-fullnameOverride: vector-aggregator
-
-image:
-  repository: docker.io/timberio/vector
-  tag: 0.57.0-distroless-libc
-
-# Horizontal autoscaling on CPU — safe with N replicas on one durable consumer.
-autoscaling:
-  enabled: true
-  minReplicas: 2
-  maxReplicas: 8
-  targetCPUUtilizationPercentage: 70
-
-workloadResourceAnnotations:
-  configmap.reloader.stakater.com/auto: "true"
-
-podLabels:
-  vector.dev/exclude: "true"
-
-# Pipeline is the single source of truth in apps/base/logging/vector/
-# aggregator.yaml (unit-tested by `vector test` in CI), mounted via
-# existingConfigMaps. No persistence — stateless.
-dataDir: /vector-data-dir
-existingConfigMaps:
-  - vector-aggregator-config
-
-# The ONLY place ClickHouse + NATS-consumer creds are consumed.
-env:
-  # Vector 0.57 disables ${VAR} config interpolation by default; the pipeline's
-  # auth (${CLICKHOUSE_*}, ${NATS_CONSUMER_PASSWORD}) needs it enabled.
-  - name: VECTOR_DANGEROUSLY_ALLOW_ENV_VAR_INTERPOLATION
-    value: "true"
-  - name: CLICKHOUSE_USER
-    valueFrom:
-      secretKeyRef:
-        name: clickhouse-credentials
-        key: username
-  - name: CLICKHOUSE_PASSWORD
-    valueFrom:
-      secretKeyRef:
-        name: clickhouse-credentials
-        key: password
-  - name: NATS_CONSUMER_PASSWORD
-    valueFrom:
-      secretKeyRef:
-        name: nats-auth
-        key: consumer_password
-
-# Pure consumer: expose only the Vector API for debugging.
-containerPorts:
-  - name: api
-    containerPort: 8686
-    protocol: TCP
-
-service:
-  enabled: true
-  type: ClusterIP
-  ports:
-    - name: api
-      port: 8686
-      targetPort: 8686
-      protocol: TCP
-
-resources:
-  requests:
-    cpu: 250m
-    memory: 512Mi
-  limits:
-    cpu: "2"
-    memory: 2Gi
diff --git a/apps/overlays/au-syd1/logging/values-vector-vm-ingest.yaml b/apps/overlays/au-syd1/logging/values-vector-vm-ingest.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9e66a91..0000000
--- a/apps/overlays/au-syd1/logging/values-vector-vm-ingest.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-# Vector VM-INGEST tier (Deployment) — VM front door. HTTP NDJSON in (behind the
-# logs-ingest Gateway), publishes into JetStream. Stateless publisher.
-# Pipeline: apps/base/logging/vector/vm-ingest.yaml (unit-tested in CI).
-role: Stateless-Aggregator
-fullnameOverride: vector-vm-ingest
-replicas: 2
-
-image:
-  repository: docker.io/timberio/vector
-  tag: 0.57.0-distroless-libc
-
-workloadResourceAnnotations:
-  configmap.reloader.stakater.com/auto: "true"
-
-podLabels:
-  vector.dev/exclude: "true"
-
-dataDir: /vector-data-dir
-existingConfigMaps:
-  - vector-vm-ingest-config
-
-env:
-  # Vector 0.57 disables ${VAR} config interpolation by default; auth needs it.
-  - name: VECTOR_DANGEROUSLY_ALLOW_ENV_VAR_INTERPOLATION
-    value: "true"
-  - name: NATS_PRODUCER_PASSWORD
-    valueFrom:
-      secretKeyRef:
-        name: nats-auth
-        key: producer_password
-
-containerPorts:
-  - name: http-ingest
-    containerPort: 8080
-    protocol: TCP
-  - name: api
-    containerPort: 8686
-    protocol: TCP
-
-service:
-  enabled: true
-  type: ClusterIP
-  ports:
-    - name: http-ingest
-      port: 8080
-      targetPort: 8080
-      protocol: TCP
-    - name: api
-      port: 8686
-      targetPort: 8686
-      protocol: TCP
-
-resources:
-  requests:
-    cpu: 100m
-    memory: 256Mi
-  limits:
-    cpu: "1"
-    memory: 1Gi
diff --git a/argocd/applicationsets/logging.yaml b/argocd/applicationsets/logging.yaml
index ea542d4..acd02e4 100644
--- a/argocd/applicationsets/logging.yaml
+++ b/argocd/applicationsets/logging.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ spec:
         repoURL: https://git.unkin.net/unkin/argocd-apps
         revision: HEAD
         directories:
-          - path: apps/overlays/*/clickhouse-system
           - path: apps/overlays/*/logging
   template:
     metadata: