diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
index 1bd1f83..7abd7f3 100644
--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@@ -103,3 +103,6 @@ The domain model (Host, Module, Skeleton, Auto-loader, Enable convention, overla
   Keep `git.alexion.dev:2022` working by proxying that TCP stream through the reverse-proxy guest to Gitea.
 - Remote deploy helpers that run target-side `sudo` over SSH need a TTY.
   Use `ssh -t` unless the target command is guaranteed not to prompt for sudo credentials.
+- A NixOS module function argument default such as `registry ? config.registry` is not a safe fallback for an unprovided module argument.
+  The module system still queries `_module.args.registry` and fails when it is absent.
+  When an optional special-argument fallback is intentionally needed, bind the module arguments through `@args` and test `args ? <name>` inside the module body.
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index b3ddcf1..7df05a1 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -193,20 +193,33 @@
 
           reverse-proxy-basic-route =
             let
+              routeHost = lib.nixosSystem {
+                system = "x86_64-linux";
+                specialArgs.my = self.lib;
+                modules = [
+                  self.lib.registry.module
+                  {
+                    registry.address.test.budget = "10.23.20.42";
+                    registry.route.test.budget = {
+                      domain = "budget.alexion.dev";
+                      port = 5006;
+                    };
+                    system.stateVersion = "26.11";
+                  }
+                ];
+              };
+              registry = self.lib.registry.collect { hosts.test = routeHost; };
               testConfig =
                 (lib.nixosSystem {
                   system = "x86_64-linux";
-                  specialArgs.my = self.lib;
+                  specialArgs = {
+                    my = self.lib;
+                    inherit registry;
+                  };
                   modules = [
                     ./modules/reverse-proxy.nix
                     {
-                      modules.reverse-proxy = {
-                        enable = true;
-                        routes."budget.alexion.dev" = {
-                          path = "/";
-                          backend = "http://10.23.20.42:5006";
-                        };
-                      };
+                      modules.reverse-proxy.enable = true;
                     }
                   ];
                 }).config;
@@ -224,21 +237,22 @@
           reverse-proxy-actualbudget-guest-route =
             let
               testConfig = self.nixosConfigurations.pikachu.config;
-              route = testConfig.modules.reverse-proxy.routes.actualbudget;
+              route = testConfig.registry.route.pikachu.actualbudget;
               vhost = testConfig.containers.reverse-proxy.config.services.nginx.virtualHosts."budget.alexion.dev";
             in
             pkgs.runCommand "reverse-proxy-actualbudget-guest-route-check" { } ''
               ${
                 lib.optionalString (
                   !(
-                    route.host == "budget.alexion.dev"
-                    && route.backend == null
-                    && route.endpoint == "pikachu-actualbudget"
+                    route.domain == "budget.alexion.dev"
                     && route.port == 5006
-                    && route.tls
-                    && route.aliases == [ ]
-                    && route.path == "/"
-                    && !route.websockets
+                    && !(route ? backend)
+                    && !(route ? path)
+                    && !(route ? scheme)
+                    && !(route ? aliases)
+                    && !(route ? tls)
+                    && !(route ? websockets)
+                    && !(route ? enable)
                     && vhost.locations."/".proxyPass == "http://10.23.20.42:5006"
                   )
                 ) "exit 1"
@@ -313,7 +327,6 @@
                     inputs.sops-nix.nixosModules.sops
                     self.lib.registry.module
                     ./modules/network.nix
-                    ./modules/reverse-proxy.nix
                     (self.lib.guest { name = "copyparty"; })
                     {
                       networking.hostName = "pikachu";
@@ -361,34 +374,46 @@
                   system = "x86_64-linux";
                   specialArgs.my = self.lib;
                   modules = [
-                    ./modules/reverse-proxy.nix
+                    self.lib.registry.module
                     {
-                      modules.reverse-proxy.routes.app = {
-                        host = "worker.alexion.dev";
-                        backend = "http://10.23.20.126:3923";
+                      registry.address.routeHost.app = "10.23.20.126";
+                      registry.route.routeHost.app = {
+                        domain = "worker.alexion.dev";
+                        port = 3923;
                       };
+                      system.stateVersion = "26.11";
                     }
                   ];
                 };
-              endpoints = self.lib.networkEndpoints.collectFleetEndpoints {
-                pikachu = self.nixosConfigurations.pikachu;
+              registry = self.lib.registry.collect {
+                hosts = {
+                  inherit routeHost;
+                  pikachu = self.nixosConfigurations.pikachu;
+                };
               };
-              fleetRoutes = self.lib.reverseProxyRoutes.collectFleetRoutes {
-                inherit routeHost;
-                pikachu = self.nixosConfigurations.pikachu;
-              } endpoints;
               testConfig =
-                (self.nixosConfigurations.pikachu.extendModules {
-                  specialArgs.reverseProxyFleetRoutes = fleetRoutes;
+                (lib.nixosSystem {
+                  system = "x86_64-linux";
+                  specialArgs = {
+                    my = self.lib;
+                    inherit registry;
+                  };
+                  modules = [
+                    ./modules/reverse-proxy.nix
+                    {
+                      modules.reverse-proxy.enable = true;
+                    }
+                  ];
                 }).config;
-              vhosts = testConfig.containers.reverse-proxy.config.services.nginx.virtualHosts;
+              vhosts = testConfig.services.nginx.virtualHosts;
             in
             pkgs.runCommand "reverse-proxy-fleet-routes-check" { } ''
               ${
                 lib.optionalString (
                   !(
-                    fleetRoutes ? routeHost-app
-                    && fleetRoutes ? pikachu-actualbudget
+                    registry.route ? routeHost
+                    && registry.route.routeHost ? app
+                    && registry.route.pikachu ? actualbudget
                     && vhosts."worker.alexion.dev".locations."/".proxyPass == "http://10.23.20.126:3923"
                     && vhosts."budget.alexion.dev".locations."/".proxyPass == "http://10.23.20.42:5006"
                     && vhosts."files.alexion.dev".locations."/".proxyPass == "http://10.23.20.126:3923"
@@ -398,9 +423,9 @@
               touch $out
             '';
 
-          reverse-proxy-endpoint-backends =
+          reverse-proxy-address-backends =
             let
-              endpointHost =
+              workerHost =
                 lib.nixosSystem {
                   system = "x86_64-linux";
                   specialArgs.my = self.lib;
@@ -408,22 +433,11 @@
                     self.lib.registry.module
                     {
                       registry.address.worker.self = "10.23.50.146";
-                      system.stateVersion = "26.11";
-                    }
-                  ];
-                };
-              routeHost =
-                lib.nixosSystem {
-                  system = "x86_64-linux";
-                  specialArgs.my = self.lib;
-                  modules = [
-                    ./modules/reverse-proxy.nix
-                    {
-                      modules.reverse-proxy.routes.app = {
-                        host = "worker.alexion.dev";
-                        endpoint = "worker";
+                      registry.route.worker.self = {
+                        domain = "worker.alexion.dev";
                         port = 8080;
                       };
+                      system.stateVersion = "26.11";
                     }
                   ];
                 };
@@ -435,7 +449,6 @@
                     inputs.sops-nix.nixosModules.sops
                     self.lib.registry.module
                     ./modules/network.nix
-                    ./modules/reverse-proxy.nix
                     (self.lib.guest { name = "files"; })
                     {
                       networking.hostName = "pikachu";
@@ -446,44 +459,47 @@
                         address = "10.23.20.126";
                         reverseProxy = {
                           enable = true;
-                          host = "files.alexion.dev";
-                          port = 3923;
+                          route = {
+                            domain = "files.alexion.dev";
+                            port = 3923;
+                          };
                         };
                       };
                       system.stateVersion = "26.11";
                     }
                   ];
                 };
-              endpoints = self.lib.networkEndpoints.collectFleetEndpoints {
-                worker = endpointHost;
-                pikachu = guestRouteHost;
+              registry = self.lib.registry.collect {
+                hosts = {
+                  worker = workerHost;
+                  pikachu = guestRouteHost;
+                };
               };
-              fleetRoutes = self.lib.reverseProxyRoutes.collectFleetRoutes {
-                inherit routeHost;
-                pikachu = guestRouteHost;
-              } endpoints;
               testConfig =
                 (lib.nixosSystem {
                   system = "x86_64-linux";
-                  specialArgs.my = self.lib;
+                  specialArgs = {
+                    my = self.lib;
+                    inherit registry;
+                  };
                   modules = [
                     ./modules/reverse-proxy.nix
                     {
-                      modules.reverse-proxy = {
-                        enable = true;
-                        routes = fleetRoutes;
-                      };
+                      modules.reverse-proxy.enable = true;
                     }
                   ];
                 }).config;
               vhosts = testConfig.services.nginx.virtualHosts;
+              workerCompositeEntry = registry.join "worker" "self";
             in
-            pkgs.runCommand "reverse-proxy-endpoint-backends-check" { } ''
+            pkgs.runCommand "reverse-proxy-address-backends-check" { } ''
               ${
                 lib.optionalString (
                   !(
-                    vhosts."worker.alexion.dev".locations."/".proxyPass == "http://10.23.50.146:8080"
-                    && fleetRoutes."pikachu-files".endpoint == "pikachu-files"
+                    workerCompositeEntry.address == "10.23.50.146"
+                    && workerCompositeEntry.route.domain == "worker.alexion.dev"
+                    && vhosts."worker.alexion.dev".locations."/".proxyPass == "http://10.23.50.146:8080"
+                    && registry.route.pikachu.files.port == 3923
                     && vhosts."files.alexion.dev".locations."/".proxyPass == "http://10.23.20.126:3923"
                   )
                 ) "exit 1"
@@ -491,34 +507,95 @@
               touch $out
             '';
 
-          reverse-proxy-secondary-path-requires-root =
+          reverse-proxy-route-requires-address =
             let
-              testConfig =
-                (lib.nixosSystem {
-                  system = "x86_64-linux";
-                  specialArgs.my = self.lib;
-                  modules = [
-                    ./modules/reverse-proxy.nix
-                    {
-                      modules.reverse-proxy = {
-                        enable = true;
-                        routes.raichu-files = {
-                          host = "files.alexion.dev";
-                          path = "/raichu";
-                          backend = "http://10.23.20.10:3923";
-                        };
-                      };
-                    }
-                  ];
-                }).config;
-              hasFailedRootAssertion = lib.any (
-                assertion:
-                assertion.assertion == false
-                && assertion.message == "modules.reverse-proxy.routes for files.alexion.dev must include a primary / route."
-              ) testConfig.assertions;
+              routeHost = lib.nixosSystem {
+                system = "x86_64-linux";
+                specialArgs.my = self.lib;
+                modules = [
+                  self.lib.registry.module
+                  {
+                    registry.route.raichu.files = {
+                      domain = "files.alexion.dev";
+                      port = 3923;
+                    };
+                    system.stateVersion = "26.11";
+                  }
+                ];
+              };
+              registry = self.lib.registry.collect { hosts.raichu = routeHost; };
+              testConfig = lib.nixosSystem {
+                system = "x86_64-linux";
+                specialArgs = {
+                  my = self.lib;
+                  inherit registry;
+                };
+                modules = [
+                  ./modules/reverse-proxy.nix
+                  {
+                    modules.reverse-proxy.enable = true;
+                    system.stateVersion = "26.11";
+                  }
+                ];
+              };
+              result = builtins.tryEval (builtins.deepSeq testConfig.config.services.nginx.virtualHosts true);
             in
-            pkgs.runCommand "reverse-proxy-secondary-path-requires-root-check" { } ''
-              ${lib.optionalString (!hasFailedRootAssertion) "exit 1"}
+            pkgs.runCommand "reverse-proxy-route-requires-address-check" { } ''
+              ${lib.optionalString result.success "exit 1"}
+              touch $out
+            '';
+
+          reverse-proxy-duplicate-domain-fails =
+            let
+              pikachu = lib.nixosSystem {
+                system = "x86_64-linux";
+                specialArgs.my = self.lib;
+                modules = [
+                  self.lib.registry.module
+                  {
+                    registry.address.pikachu.copyparty = "10.23.20.126";
+                    registry.route.pikachu.copyparty = {
+                      domain = "files.alexion.dev";
+                      port = 3923;
+                    };
+                    system.stateVersion = "26.11";
+                  }
+                ];
+              };
+              raichu = lib.nixosSystem {
+                system = "x86_64-linux";
+                specialArgs.my = self.lib;
+                modules = [
+                  self.lib.registry.module
+                  {
+                    registry.address.raichu.files = "10.23.20.10";
+                    registry.route.raichu.files = {
+                      domain = "files.alexion.dev";
+                      port = 3923;
+                    };
+                    system.stateVersion = "26.11";
+                  }
+                ];
+              };
+              registry = self.lib.registry.collect { hosts = { inherit pikachu raichu; }; };
+              testConfig = lib.nixosSystem {
+                system = "x86_64-linux";
+                specialArgs = {
+                  my = self.lib;
+                  inherit registry;
+                };
+                modules = [
+                  ./modules/reverse-proxy.nix
+                  {
+                    modules.reverse-proxy.enable = true;
+                    system.stateVersion = "26.11";
+                  }
+                ];
+              };
+              result = builtins.tryEval (builtins.deepSeq testConfig.config.services.nginx.virtualHosts true);
+            in
+            pkgs.runCommand "reverse-proxy-duplicate-domain-fails-check" { } ''
+              ${lib.optionalString result.success "exit 1"}
               touch $out
             '';
         };
diff --git a/guests/reverse-proxy.nix b/guests/reverse-proxy.nix
index 03d7cca..ebc8006 100644
--- a/guests/reverse-proxy.nix
+++ b/guests/reverse-proxy.nix
@@ -2,40 +2,59 @@
   config,
   lib,
   my,
-  reverseProxyFleetRoutes ? config.modules.reverse-proxy.routes,
   ...
 }:
 let
   giteaSshBackend = "10.23.20.45:2022";
-  legacyBackend = "http://10.23.20.32";
-  legacyHosts = [
-    "games.alexion.dev"
-    "git.alexion.dev"
-    "music.alexion.dev"
-    "photos.alexion.dev"
-    "plex.alexion.dev"
-    "servers.alexion.dev"
-    "todo.alexion.dev"
-    "wings.alexion.dev"
-  ];
-  legacyRoutes = lib.listToAttrs (
-    map (host: {
-      name = "legacy-${lib.replaceStrings [ "." ] [ "-" ] host}";
-      value = {
-        inherit host;
-        backend = legacyBackend;
-      };
-    }) legacyHosts
-  );
 in
 {
   imports = [
     (my.guest {
       name = "reverse-proxy";
       interior = {
-        modules.reverse-proxy = {
-          enable = true;
-          routes = reverseProxyFleetRoutes // legacyRoutes;
+        modules.reverse-proxy.enable = true;
+
+        services.nginx.virtualHosts = {
+          "games.alexion.dev" = {
+            forceSSL = true;
+            enableACME = true;
+            locations."/".proxyPass = "http://10.23.20.32";
+          };
+          "git.alexion.dev" = {
+            forceSSL = true;
+            enableACME = true;
+            locations."/".proxyPass = "http://10.23.20.32";
+          };
+          "music.alexion.dev" = {
+            forceSSL = true;
+            enableACME = true;
+            locations."/".proxyPass = "http://10.23.20.32";
+          };
+          "photos.alexion.dev" = {
+            forceSSL = true;
+            enableACME = true;
+            locations."/".proxyPass = "http://10.23.20.32";
+          };
+          "plex.alexion.dev" = {
+            forceSSL = true;
+            enableACME = true;
+            locations."/".proxyPass = "http://10.23.20.32";
+          };
+          "servers.alexion.dev" = {
+            forceSSL = true;
+            enableACME = true;
+            locations."/".proxyPass = "http://10.23.20.32";
+          };
+          "todo.alexion.dev" = {
+            forceSSL = true;
+            enableACME = true;
+            locations."/".proxyPass = "http://10.23.20.32";
+          };
+          "wings.alexion.dev" = {
+            forceSSL = true;
+            enableACME = true;
+            locations."/".proxyPass = "http://10.23.20.32";
+          };
         };
 
         networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [ 2022 ];
diff --git a/hosts/pikachu/default.nix b/hosts/pikachu/default.nix
index 643ad6d..5ee167e 100644
--- a/hosts/pikachu/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/pikachu/default.nix
@@ -87,8 +87,10 @@
     address = "10.23.20.42";
     reverseProxy = {
       enable = true;
-      host = "budget.alexion.dev";
-      port = 5006;
+      route = {
+        domain = "budget.alexion.dev";
+        port = 5006;
+      };
     };
   };
 
@@ -107,8 +109,10 @@
     address = "10.23.20.126";
     reverseProxy = {
       enable = true;
-      host = "files.alexion.dev";
-      port = 3923;
+      route = {
+        domain = "files.alexion.dev";
+        port = 3923;
+      };
       trustedSources = [ "${registry.address.${config.networking.hostName}."reverse-proxy"}/32" ];
     };
     volumes = {
diff --git a/lib/default.nix b/lib/default.nix
index ba3a9f5..48bff10 100644
--- a/lib/default.nix
+++ b/lib/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ let
   serviceIdentityRegistry = import ./service-identities.nix { inherit lib; };
   registry = import ./registry.nix { inherit lib self; };
   networkEndpoints = import ./network-endpoints.nix { inherit lib; };
-  reverseProxyRoutes = import ./reverse-proxy-routes.nix { inherit lib; };
 
   collectNixFiles =
     dir:
@@ -35,16 +34,11 @@ let
       ) (builtins.readDir dir)
     );
 
-  specialArgs =
-    let
-      networkFleetEndpoints = self.lib.networkEndpoints.collectFleetEndpoints self.nixosConfigurations;
-    in
-    {
-      inherit inputs networkFleetEndpoints self;
-      my = self.lib;
-      registry = self.lib.registry.collect { hosts = self.nixosConfigurations; };
-      reverseProxyFleetRoutes = self.lib.reverseProxyRoutes.collectFleetRoutes self.nixosConfigurations networkFleetEndpoints;
-    };
+  specialArgs = {
+    inherit inputs self;
+    my = self.lib;
+    registry = self.lib.registry.collect { hosts = self.nixosConfigurations; };
+  };
 
   bridgeName = id: "br-vlan${toString id}";
 
@@ -54,7 +48,6 @@ let
       self
       specialArgs
       bridgeName
-      reverseProxyRoutes
       ;
   };
 
@@ -95,7 +88,6 @@ in
     bridgeName
     registry
     networkEndpoints
-    reverseProxyRoutes
     ;
 
   inherit (guests) deriveMac guest;
diff --git a/lib/guests.nix b/lib/guests.nix
index 1750756..1c1a0fe 100644
--- a/lib/guests.nix
+++ b/lib/guests.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
   self,
   specialArgs,
   bridgeName,
-  reverseProxyRoutes,
 }:
 let
   inherit (lib) escapeShellArg mapAttrsToList;
@@ -130,9 +129,13 @@ let
             Left null, this guest contributes no address to the address registry.
           '';
         };
-        reverseProxy = reverseProxyRoutes.mkRouteOptions {
-          subject = "guest route";
-          enableDefault = false;
+        reverseProxy = {
+          enable = lib.mkEnableOption "a reverse-proxy route for this guest";
+
+          route = lib.mkOption {
+            type = self.lib.registry.definitions.route.type;
+            description = "Route registry entry published for this guest.";
+          };
         };
         mounts = lib.mkOption {
           type = lib.types.attrsOf (
@@ -279,14 +282,7 @@ let
 
         registry.address.${config.networking.hostName}.${machineName} = lib.mkIf (cfg.address != null) cfg.address;
 
-        modules.reverse-proxy.routes.${machineName} = lib.mkIf cfg.reverseProxy.enable (
-          reverseProxyRoutes.routeFields (
-            cfg.reverseProxy
-            // lib.optionalAttrs (cfg.reverseProxy.backend == null && cfg.reverseProxy.endpoint == null) {
-              endpoint = "${config.networking.hostName}-${machineName}";
-            }
-          )
-        );
+        registry.route.${config.networking.hostName}.${machineName} = lib.mkIf cfg.reverseProxy.enable cfg.reverseProxy.route;
 
         assertions = [
           {
diff --git a/lib/registry.nix b/lib/registry.nix
index d43d6f4..c0724a4 100644
--- a/lib/registry.nix
+++ b/lib/registry.nix
@@ -28,6 +28,23 @@ let
     in
     nameValuePair (registryName name) (import path { inherit lib; })
   ) (filterAttrs (name: type: type == "regular" && hasSuffix ".nix" name) (builtins.readDir (self + "/registry")));
+  join = registry: host: entry:
+    filterAttrs (_name: value: value != null) (
+      mapAttrs (registryName: _registry: (registry.${registryName}.${host} or { }).${entry} or null) definitions
+    );
+
+  collectData =
+    { hosts }:
+    mapAttrs (
+      registryName: _registry:
+      mapAttrs (hostName: host: host.config.registry.${registryName}.${hostName} or { }) hosts
+    ) definitions;
+
+  withOperations = registry:
+    registry
+    // {
+      join = host: entry: join registry host entry;
+    };
 in
 {
   inherit definitions;
@@ -36,10 +53,5 @@ in
     options.registry = mapAttrs (_name: registry: registryOption registry) definitions;
   };
 
-  collect =
-    { hosts }:
-    mapAttrs (
-      registryName: _registry:
-      mapAttrs (hostName: host: host.config.registry.${registryName}.${hostName} or { }) hosts
-    ) definitions;
+  collect = args: withOperations (collectData args);
 }
diff --git a/lib/reverse-proxy-routes.nix b/lib/reverse-proxy-routes.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 4a40a7d..0000000
--- a/lib/reverse-proxy-routes.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,129 +0,0 @@
-{ lib }:
-let
-  mkRouteOptions =
-    {
-      name ? null,
-      subject ? "route",
-      enableDefault ? true,
-    }:
-    {
-      enable = lib.mkOption {
-        type = lib.types.bool;
-        default = enableDefault;
-        description = "Whether this reverse-proxy ${subject} is active.";
-      };
-
-      host = lib.mkOption (
-        {
-          type = lib.types.str;
-          description = "Primary hostname served by this reverse-proxy ${subject}.";
-        }
-        // lib.optionalAttrs (name != null) {
-          default = name;
-          defaultText = lib.literalMD "the route attribute name";
-        }
-      );
-
-      aliases = lib.mkOption {
-        type = lib.types.listOf lib.types.str;
-        default = [ ];
-        description = "Additional hostnames served by this reverse-proxy ${subject}.";
-      };
-
-      path = lib.mkOption {
-        type = lib.types.str;
-        default = "/";
-        description = "URL path prefix proxied by this reverse-proxy ${subject}.";
-      };
-
-      backend = lib.mkOption {
-        type = lib.types.nullOr lib.types.str;
-        default = null;
-        description = "Full HTTP backend URL that receives proxied traffic.";
-      };
-
-      endpoint = lib.mkOption {
-        type = lib.types.nullOr lib.types.str;
-        default = null;
-        description = "Fleet network endpoint key used to derive the backend URL.";
-      };
-
-      port = lib.mkOption {
-        type = lib.types.nullOr (lib.types.ints.between 1 65535);
-        default = null;
-        example = 3923;
-        description = "Backend TCP port used with the fleet network endpoint.";
-      };
-
-      scheme = lib.mkOption {
-        type = lib.types.str;
-        default = "http";
-        description = "Backend URL scheme used with the fleet network endpoint.";
-      };
-
-      tls = lib.mkOption {
-        type = lib.types.bool;
-        default = true;
-        description = "Whether to serve this reverse-proxy ${subject} with ACME-backed TLS.";
-      };
-
-      websockets = lib.mkOption {
-        type = lib.types.bool;
-        default = false;
-        description = "Whether to enable websocket proxy headers for this reverse-proxy ${subject}.";
-      };
-    };
-
-  routeFields = route: {
-    inherit (route)
-      host
-      aliases
-      path
-      backend
-      endpoint
-      port
-      scheme
-      tls
-      websockets
-      ;
-  };
-
-  endpointBackend = endpoints: route:
-    let
-      endpoint = endpoints.${route.endpoint} or (
-        throw "Unknown reverse-proxy endpoint `${route.endpoint}`. Known endpoints: ${lib.concatStringsSep ", " (lib.attrNames endpoints)}"
-      );
-    in
-    "${route.scheme}://${endpoint.address}:${toString route.port}";
-
-  resolvedRouteFields = endpoints: route:
-    let
-      routeWithBackend =
-        if route.backend != null then
-          route
-        else if route.endpoint != null && route.port != null then
-          route // { backend = endpointBackend endpoints route; }
-        else
-          throw "Reverse-proxy route `${route.host}${route.path}` needs either backend or endpoint plus port.";
-    in
-    routeFields routeWithBackend;
-
-  collectFleetRoutes =
-    hosts: endpoints:
-    lib.concatMapAttrs (
-      hostName: host:
-      lib.mapAttrs' (
-        routeName: route: lib.nameValuePair "${hostName}-${routeName}" (resolvedRouteFields endpoints route)
-      ) host.config.modules.reverse-proxy.routes
-    ) hosts;
-in
-{
-  inherit collectFleetRoutes mkRouteOptions resolvedRouteFields routeFields;
-
-  routeType = lib.types.submodule (
-    { name, ... }:
-    {
-      options = mkRouteOptions { inherit name; };
-    }
-  );
-}
diff --git a/modules/reverse-proxy.nix b/modules/reverse-proxy.nix
index aaae1d9..edd07ef 100644
--- a/modules/reverse-proxy.nix
+++ b/modules/reverse-proxy.nix
@@ -1,73 +1,71 @@
-{ config, lib, my, ... }:
+{
+  config,
+  lib,
+  registry,
+  ...
+}:
 let
   cfg = config.modules.reverse-proxy;
-  inherit (my) reverseProxyRoutes;
 
-  enabledRoutes = lib.filterAttrs (_: route: route.enable) cfg.routes;
-  routesByHost = lib.groupBy (route: route.host) (lib.attrValues enabledRoutes);
+  mkRegistryPath = registryName: host: entry: "registry.${registryName}.${host}.${entry}";
 
-  rootRoutesByHost = lib.mapAttrs (
-    host: routes:
+  mkBackend = address: route: "http://${address}:${toString route.port}";
+
+  mkVirtualHost = host: entry:
     let
-      roots = builtins.filter (route: route.path == "/") routes;
+      compositeEntry = registry.join host entry;
+      route = compositeEntry.route;
+      address = compositeEntry.address or (throw "no matching entry in registry.address for ${mkRegistryPath "route" host entry}");
     in
-    if roots == [ ] then null else builtins.head roots
-  ) routesByHost;
-
-  hasDuplicatePaths = routes:
-    let
-      paths = map (route: route.path) routes;
-    in
-    lib.length paths != lib.length (lib.unique paths);
-
-  hasUnresolvedBackend = route: route.backend == null;
-
-  mkLocation = route: {
-    proxyPass = route.backend;
-    proxyWebsockets = route.websockets;
-  };
-
-  mkVirtualHost = host: routes:
-    let
-      rootRoute = rootRoutesByHost.${host};
-    in
-    lib.mkIf (rootRoute != null) {
-      forceSSL = rootRoute.tls;
-      enableACME = rootRoute.tls;
-      serverAliases = rootRoute.aliases;
-      locations = lib.listToAttrs (
-        map (route: lib.nameValuePair route.path (mkLocation route)) (
-          builtins.filter (route: route.backend != null) routes
-        )
-      );
+    {
+      inherit host entry;
+      name = route.domain;
+      value = {
+        forceSSL = true;
+        enableACME = true;
+        locations."/".proxyPass = mkBackend address route;
+      };
     };
+
+  generatedVirtualHostList = lib.concatLists (
+    lib.mapAttrsToList (
+      host: routes:
+      lib.mapAttrsToList (entry: _route: mkVirtualHost host entry) routes
+    ) registry.route
+  );
+
+  virtualHostsByDomain = lib.foldl' (
+    acc: virtualHost:
+    acc
+    // {
+      ${virtualHost.name} = (acc.${virtualHost.name} or [ ]) ++ [ virtualHost ];
+    }
+  ) { } generatedVirtualHostList;
+
+  duplicateDomainMessages = lib.concatLists (
+    lib.mapAttrsToList (
+      domain: virtualHosts:
+      if lib.length virtualHosts > 1 then
+        [
+          "duplicate route domain ${domain} in ${lib.concatMapStringsSep " and " (virtualHost: mkRegistryPath "route" virtualHost.host virtualHost.entry) virtualHosts}"
+        ]
+      else
+        [ ]
+    ) virtualHostsByDomain
+  );
+
+  generatedVirtualHosts =
+    if duplicateDomainMessages != [ ] then
+      throw (builtins.head duplicateDomainMessages)
+    else
+      lib.listToAttrs generatedVirtualHostList;
 in
 {
   options.modules.reverse-proxy = {
-    enable = lib.mkEnableOption "the Nginx reverse proxy route realizer";
-
-    routes = lib.mkOption {
-      type = lib.types.attrsOf reverseProxyRoutes.routeType;
-      default = { };
-      description = "Reverse-proxy route declarations keyed by stable route name.";
-    };
+    enable = lib.mkEnableOption "the public edge reverse proxy";
   };
 
   config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable {
-    assertions =
-      lib.mapAttrsToList (host: rootRoute: {
-        assertion = rootRoute != null;
-        message = "modules.reverse-proxy.routes for ${host} must include a primary / route.";
-      }) rootRoutesByHost
-      ++ lib.mapAttrsToList (host: routes: {
-        assertion = !hasDuplicatePaths routes;
-        message = "modules.reverse-proxy.routes for ${host} must not declare the same path more than once.";
-      }) routesByHost
-      ++ map (route: {
-        assertion = !hasUnresolvedBackend route;
-        message = "modules.reverse-proxy.routes for ${route.host}${route.path} must resolve to a backend URL before actualization.";
-      }) (builtins.filter hasUnresolvedBackend (lib.attrValues enabledRoutes));
-
     networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [
       80
       443
@@ -91,7 +89,7 @@ in
       recommendedOptimisation = true;
       recommendedProxySettings = true;
       recommendedTlsSettings = true;
-      virtualHosts = lib.mapAttrs mkVirtualHost routesByHost;
+      virtualHosts = generatedVirtualHosts;
     };
   };
 }
diff --git a/registry/route.nix b/registry/route.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..63c7df4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/registry/route.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{ lib }:
+{
+  type = lib.types.submodule {
+    options = {
+      domain = lib.mkOption {
+        type = lib.types.str;
+        example = "files.alexion.dev";
+        description = "Public domain served by this reverse-proxy route entry.";
+      };
+
+      port = lib.mkOption {
+        type = lib.types.ints.between 1 65535;
+        example = 3923;
+        description = "Backend TCP port served by the matching address registry entry.";
+      };
+    };
+  };
+}