diff --git a/discovery/roles/configure_ochami/templates/telemetry/telemetry.sh.j2 b/discovery/roles/configure_ochami/templates/telemetry/telemetry.sh.j2
index fd3ccbacfb..4fcfa16666 100644
--- a/discovery/roles/configure_ochami/templates/telemetry/telemetry.sh.j2
+++ b/discovery/roles/configure_ochami/templates/telemetry/telemetry.sh.j2
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ kubectl apply -f {{ k8s_client_mount_path }}/telemetry/deployments/telemetry_nam
 {% if kafka_support %}
 helm -n telemetry install strimzi-cluster-operator {{ k8s_client_mount_path }}/telemetry/{{ strimzi_kafka_pkg }}.tar.gz
 {% endif %}
+{% if 'victoria' in hostvars['localhost']['idrac_telemetry_collection_type'].split(',') %}
+helm -n telemetry install victoria-metrics-operator {{ k8s_client_mount_path }}/telemetry/{{ victoria_operator_pkg }}.tar.gz
+{% endif %}
 kubectl apply -k {{ k8s_client_mount_path }}/telemetry/deployments/.
 {% if hostvars['localhost']['ldms_support'] %}
 kubectl create secret generic nersc-ldms-ovis-auth   --from-file=ldmsauth.conf={{ k8s_client_mount_path }}/telemetry/ldms/ldmsauth.conf   --dry-run=client -o yaml | kubectl apply -f  - -n telemetry
diff --git a/discovery/roles/telemetry/tasks/generate_telemetry_deployments.yml b/discovery/roles/telemetry/tasks/generate_telemetry_deployments.yml
index 72ce7f8707..3d022f29c2 100644
--- a/discovery/roles/telemetry/tasks/generate_telemetry_deployments.yml
+++ b/discovery/roles/telemetry/tasks/generate_telemetry_deployments.yml
@@ -115,6 +115,19 @@
         dest: "{{ hostvars['localhost']['k8s_client_share_path'] }}/telemetry/{{ strimzi_kafka_pkg }}.tar.gz"
         mode: "{{ hostvars['localhost']['file_permissions_644'] }}"
 
+- name: Victoria Metrics operator configuration
+  when: "'victoria' in hostvars['localhost']['idrac_telemetry_collection_type'].split(',')"
+  block:
+    - name: Extract and set facts for tarball URLs for victoria metrics operator
+      ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+        victoria_operator_pkg: "{{ k8s_packages_json['service_k8s']['cluster'] | selectattr('type', 'equalto', 'tarball') | selectattr('package', 'search', 'victoria-metrics-operator') | map(attribute='package') | join }}" # noqa: yaml[line-length]
+
+    - name: Download victoria metrics operator tarball
+      ansible.builtin.get_url:
+        url: "{{ victoria_operator_tarball_url }}"
+        dest: "{{ hostvars['localhost']['k8s_client_share_path'] }}/telemetry/{{ victoria_operator_pkg }}.tar.gz"
+        mode: "{{ hostvars['localhost']['file_permissions_644'] }}"
+
 - name: Populate common telemetry deployment configs
   ansible.builtin.template:
     src: "{{ item.src }}"
diff --git a/discovery/roles/telemetry/tasks/telemetry_prereq.yml b/discovery/roles/telemetry/tasks/telemetry_prereq.yml
index d720c57822..323f54ff91 100644
--- a/discovery/roles/telemetry/tasks/telemetry_prereq.yml
+++ b/discovery/roles/telemetry/tasks/telemetry_prereq.yml
@@ -98,8 +98,10 @@
       no_log: true
       when: not cluster_id_present | default(false)
 
-- name: Configure TLS certificate for VictoriaMetrics
-  when: "'victoria' in hostvars['localhost']['idrac_telemetry_collection_type']"
+- name: Configure TLS certificate for VictoriaMetrics (legacy manual deployment only)
+  when:
+    - "'victoria' in hostvars['localhost']['idrac_telemetry_collection_type']"
+    - false  # Disabled: operator handles TLS internally. Re-enable only if reverting to manual deployment.
   block:
     - name: Create VictoriaMetrics certificate directory
       ansible.builtin.file:
diff --git a/discovery/roles/telemetry/templates/telemetry/kustomization.yaml.j2 b/discovery/roles/telemetry/templates/telemetry/kustomization.yaml.j2
index 19c722fb7a..ab328bfa80 100644
--- a/discovery/roles/telemetry/templates/telemetry/kustomization.yaml.j2
+++ b/discovery/roles/telemetry/templates/telemetry/kustomization.yaml.j2
@@ -2,21 +2,20 @@ resources:
   - telemetry_secret_creation.yaml
 {% set types = hostvars['localhost']['idrac_telemetry_collection_type'].split(',') %}
 {% if 'victoria' in types %}
-  # VictoriaMetrics Common Resources
-  - victoria-tls-secret.yaml
+  # VictoriaMetrics Common Resources (RBAC)
   - victoria-vmagent-rbac.yaml
-  - vmagent-scrape-config.yaml
-  - victoria-agent-deployment.yaml
-  # VictoriaMetrics Deployment (mode: {{ hostvars['localhost']['victoria_configurations']['deployment_mode'] }})
+  # VictoriaMetrics Operator-based Deployment (mode: {{ hostvars['localhost']['victoria_configurations']['deployment_mode'] }})
 {% if hostvars['localhost']['victoria_configurations']['deployment_mode'] == 'cluster' %}
-  # Cluster Mode: High-availability deployment
-  - victoria-cluster-vmstorage.yaml
-  - victoria-cluster-vminsert.yaml
-  - victoria-cluster-vmselect.yaml
+  # Cluster Mode: VMCluster CR (operator manages StatefulSets)
+  - victoria-operator-vmcluster.yaml
 {% else %}
-  # Single-Node Mode: Simple deployment
-  - victoria-statefulset.yaml
+  # Single-Node Mode: VMSingle CR (operator manages StatefulSet)
+  - victoria-operator-vmsingle.yaml
 {% endif %}
+  # VMAgent CR (operator-managed scraper)
+  - victoria-operator-vmagent.yaml
+  # VMPodScrape CR (native operator-based pod discovery)
+  - victoria-operator-vmpodscrape.yaml
   # Uncomment to deploy VictoriaMetrics TLS test job
   # - test/victoria-tls-test-job.yaml
 {% endif %}
diff --git a/discovery/roles/telemetry/templates/telemetry/victoria/victoria-operator-vmagent.yaml.j2 b/discovery/roles/telemetry/templates/telemetry/victoria/victoria-operator-vmagent.yaml.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7236c55ed0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/discovery/roles/telemetry/templates/telemetry/victoria/victoria-operator-vmagent.yaml.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+#  Copyright 2025 Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. All Rights Reserved.
+#
+#  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+#  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+#  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#  limitations under the License.
+
+# VMAgent - VictoriaMetrics agent for scraping metrics via operator
+# Managed by victoria-metrics-operator
+
+apiVersion: operator.victoriametrics.com/v1beta1
+kind: VMAgent
+metadata:
+  name: vmagent
+  namespace: {{ telemetry_namespace }}
+spec:
+  # Service account for kubernetes service discovery
+  serviceAccountName: {{ vmagent.service_account_name }}
+  
+  # Replica count
+  replicaCount: 1
+  
+  # Image configuration
+  image:
+    repository: {{ vmagent.image.split(':')[0] }}
+    tag: {{ vmagent.image.split(':')[1] }}
+    pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+  
+  # Remote write configuration - depends on deployment mode
+  remoteWrite:
+{% if victoria_cluster.enabled %}
+    - url: {{ vmagent.remote_write_url_cluster }}
+{% else %}
+    - url: {{ vmagent.remote_write_url }}
+      tlsConfig:
+        insecureSkipVerify: true
+{% endif %}
+  
+  # Resource limits
+  resources:
+    requests:
+      memory: "512Mi"
+      cpu: "250m"
+    limits:
+      memory: "1Gi"
+      cpu: "1000m"
+  
+  # Service discovery configs - operator uses VMServiceScrape/VMPodScrape CRDs
+  serviceScrapeNamespaceSelector: {}
+  serviceScrapeSelector: {}
+  podScrapeNamespaceSelector: {}
+  podScrapeSelector: {}
+  
+  # Extra args
+  extraArgs:
+    promscrape.streamParse: "true"
+    promscrape.maxScrapeSize: "16MB"
diff --git a/discovery/roles/telemetry/templates/telemetry/victoria/victoria-operator-vmcluster.yaml.j2 b/discovery/roles/telemetry/templates/telemetry/victoria/victoria-operator-vmcluster.yaml.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9f7f9501dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/discovery/roles/telemetry/templates/telemetry/victoria/victoria-operator-vmcluster.yaml.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
+#  Copyright 2025 Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. All Rights Reserved.
+#
+#  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+#  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+#  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#  limitations under the License.
+
+# VMCluster - VictoriaMetrics cluster deployment via operator
+# Managed by victoria-metrics-operator
+
+apiVersion: operator.victoriametrics.com/v1beta1
+kind: VMCluster
+metadata:
+  name: victoria-cluster
+  namespace: {{ telemetry_namespace }}
+spec:
+  # Retention period from telemetry_config.yml
+  retentionPeriod: "{{ hostvars['localhost']['victoria_configurations']['retention_period'] }}h"
+  
+  # VMStorage configuration
+  vmstorage:
+    replicaCount: {{ victoria_cluster.vmstorage.replicas }}
+    image:
+      repository: {{ victoria_cluster.vmstorage.image.split(':')[0] }}
+      tag: {{ victoria_cluster.vmstorage.image.split(':')[1] }}
+      pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+    
+    # Storage configuration per pod
+    storageDataPath: /vmstorage-data
+    storage:
+      volumeClaimTemplate:
+        spec:
+          accessModes:
+            - ReadWriteOnce
+          resources:
+            requests:
+              storage: {{ hostvars['localhost']['victoria_configurations']['persistence_size'] }}
+    
+    # Resource limits
+    resources:
+      requests:
+        memory: {{ victoria_cluster.vmstorage.resources.requests.memory }}
+        cpu: {{ victoria_cluster.vmstorage.resources.requests.cpu }}
+      limits:
+        memory: {{ victoria_cluster.vmstorage.resources.limits.memory }}
+        cpu: {{ victoria_cluster.vmstorage.resources.limits.cpu }}
+    
+    # Pod anti-affinity
+    affinity:
+      podAntiAffinity:
+        preferredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
+          - weight: 100
+            podAffinityTerm:
+              labelSelector:
+                matchExpressions:
+                  - key: app.kubernetes.io/name
+                    operator: In
+                    values:
+                      - vmstorage
+              topologyKey: "kubernetes.io/hostname"
+    
+    # Tolerations
+    tolerations:
+      - effect: NoExecute
+        key: node.kubernetes.io/not-ready
+        operator: Exists
+        tolerationSeconds: 5
+      - effect: NoExecute
+        key: node.kubernetes.io/unreachable
+        operator: Exists
+        tolerationSeconds: 5
+{% if victoria_cluster.vmstorage.dedup_min_scrape_interval %}
+    
+    extraArgs:
+      dedup.minScrapeInterval: {{ victoria_cluster.vmstorage.dedup_min_scrape_interval }}
+{% endif %}
+  
+  # VMSelect configuration
+  vmselect:
+    replicaCount: {{ victoria_cluster.vmselect.replicas }}
+    image:
+      repository: {{ victoria_cluster.vmselect.image.split(':')[0] }}
+      tag: {{ victoria_cluster.vmselect.image.split(':')[1] }}
+      pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+    
+    # Resource limits
+    resources:
+      requests:
+        memory: {{ victoria_cluster.vmselect.resources.requests.memory }}
+        cpu: {{ victoria_cluster.vmselect.resources.requests.cpu }}
+      limits:
+        memory: {{ victoria_cluster.vmselect.resources.limits.memory }}
+        cpu: {{ victoria_cluster.vmselect.resources.limits.cpu }}
+    
+    # Pod anti-affinity
+    affinity:
+      podAntiAffinity:
+        preferredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
+          - weight: 100
+            podAffinityTerm:
+              labelSelector:
+                matchExpressions:
+                  - key: app.kubernetes.io/name
+                    operator: In
+                    values:
+                      - vmselect
+              topologyKey: "kubernetes.io/hostname"
+    
+    # Extra args for query optimization
+    extraArgs:
+{% if victoria_cluster.vmselect.max_query_duration %}
+      search.maxQueryDuration: {{ victoria_cluster.vmselect.max_query_duration }}
+{% endif %}
+{% if victoria_cluster.vmselect.max_concurrent_requests %}
+      search.maxConcurrentRequests: "{{ victoria_cluster.vmselect.max_concurrent_requests }}"
+{% endif %}
+{% if victoria_cluster.vmselect.cache_data_path %}
+      cacheDataPath: /cache
+{% endif %}
+  
+  # VMInsert configuration
+  vminsert:
+    replicaCount: {{ victoria_cluster.vminsert.replicas }}
+    image:
+      repository: {{ victoria_cluster.vminsert.image.split(':')[0] }}
+      tag: {{ victoria_cluster.vminsert.image.split(':')[1] }}
+      pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+    
+    # Resource limits
+    resources:
+      requests:
+        memory: {{ victoria_cluster.vminsert.resources.requests.memory }}
+        cpu: {{ victoria_cluster.vminsert.resources.requests.cpu }}
+      limits:
+        memory: {{ victoria_cluster.vminsert.resources.limits.memory }}
+        cpu: {{ victoria_cluster.vminsert.resources.limits.cpu }}
+    
+    # Pod anti-affinity
+    affinity:
+      podAntiAffinity:
+        preferredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
+          - weight: 100
+            podAffinityTerm:
+              labelSelector:
+                matchExpressions:
+                  - key: app.kubernetes.io/name
+                    operator: In
+                    values:
+                      - vminsert
+              topologyKey: "kubernetes.io/hostname"
+{% if victoria_cluster.vminsert.external_access %}
+    
+    # External access via LoadBalancer
+    serviceType: LoadBalancer
+{% endif %}
diff --git a/discovery/roles/telemetry/templates/telemetry/victoria/victoria-operator-vmpodscrape.yaml.j2 b/discovery/roles/telemetry/templates/telemetry/victoria/victoria-operator-vmpodscrape.yaml.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..325fa3af21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/discovery/roles/telemetry/templates/telemetry/victoria/victoria-operator-vmpodscrape.yaml.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#  Copyright 2025 Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. All Rights Reserved.
+#
+#  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+#  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+#  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#  limitations under the License.
+
+# VMPodScrape - Native operator-based pod discovery for idrac-telemetry
+apiVersion: operator.victoriametrics.com/v1beta1
+kind: VMPodScrape
+metadata:
+  name: idrac-telemetry-scrape
+  namespace: {{ telemetry_namespace }}
+spec:
+  # Target pod selector
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: {{ vmagent.target_pod_label }}
+  
+  # Namespace selector
+  namespaceSelector:
+    matchNames:
+      - {{ vmagent.kubernetes_sd_namespace }}
+  
+  # Pod metrics endpoints
+  podMetricsEndpoints:
+    - port: "{{ vmagent.metrics_port }}"
+      interval: {{ vmagent.global.scrape_interval }}
+      honorLabels: true
+      
+      # Only scrape the metrics container
+      relabelConfigs:
+        - sourceLabels: [__meta_kubernetes_pod_container_name]
+          regex: {{ vmagent.metrics_container_name }}
+          action: keep
+        
+        # Add pod IP label
+        - sourceLabels: [__meta_kubernetes_pod_ip]
+          targetLabel: pod_ip
diff --git a/discovery/roles/telemetry/templates/telemetry/victoria/victoria-operator-vmsingle.yaml.j2 b/discovery/roles/telemetry/templates/telemetry/victoria/victoria-operator-vmsingle.yaml.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..caaa58afe8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/discovery/roles/telemetry/templates/telemetry/victoria/victoria-operator-vmsingle.yaml.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+#  Copyright 2025 Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. All Rights Reserved.
+#
+#  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+#  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+#  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#  limitations under the License.
+
+# VMSingle - VictoriaMetrics single-node deployment via operator
+# Managed by victoria-metrics-operator
+
+apiVersion: operator.victoriametrics.com/v1beta1
+kind: VMSingle
+metadata:
+  name: victoria-single
+  namespace: {{ telemetry_namespace }}
+spec:
+  # Replica count for single-node (always 1)
+  replicaCount: 1
+  
+  # Retention period from telemetry_config.yml
+  retentionPeriod: "{{ hostvars['localhost']['victoria_configurations']['retention_period'] }}h"
+  
+  # Storage configuration
+  storageDataPath: /victoria-metrics-data
+  storage:
+    volumeClaimTemplate:
+      spec:
+        accessModes:
+          - ReadWriteOnce
+        resources:
+          requests:
+            storage: {{ hostvars['localhost']['victoria_configurations']['persistence_size'] }}
+  
+  # Image configuration
+  image:
+    repository: {{ victoria.image.split(':')[0] }}
+    tag: {{ victoria.image.split(':')[1] }}
+    pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+  
+  # Port configuration
+  port: "8428"
+  
+  # Resource limits
+  resources:
+    requests:
+      memory: "2Gi"
+      cpu: "500m"
+    limits:
+      memory: "4Gi"
+      cpu: "2000m"
+  
+  # Pod anti-affinity for HA
+  affinity:
+    podAntiAffinity:
+      preferredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
+        - weight: 100
+          podAffinityTerm:
+            labelSelector:
+              matchExpressions:
+                - key: app.kubernetes.io/name
+                  operator: In
+                  values:
+                    - vmsingle
+            topologyKey: "kubernetes.io/hostname"
+  
+  # Tolerations for node failures
+  tolerations:
+    - effect: NoExecute
+      key: node.kubernetes.io/not-ready
+      operator: Exists
+      tolerationSeconds: 5
+    - effect: NoExecute
+      key: node.kubernetes.io/unreachable
+      operator: Exists
+      tolerationSeconds: 5
+  
+  # Service configuration
+  extraArgs:
+    selfScrapeInterval: "5s"
diff --git a/discovery/roles/telemetry/templates/telemetry/victoria/victoria-vmagent-rbac.yaml.j2 b/discovery/roles/telemetry/templates/telemetry/victoria/victoria-vmagent-rbac.yaml.j2
index 501328c1c8..dc64fa404e 100644
--- a/discovery/roles/telemetry/templates/telemetry/victoria/victoria-vmagent-rbac.yaml.j2
+++ b/discovery/roles/telemetry/templates/telemetry/victoria/victoria-vmagent-rbac.yaml.j2
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ rules:
   - apiGroups: [""]
     resources: ["pods", "services", "endpoints"]
     verbs: ["get", "list", "watch"]
+  - apiGroups: [""]
+    resources: ["secrets"]
+    verbs: ["get", "list", "watch"]
 ---
 apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 kind: RoleBinding
diff --git a/discovery/roles/telemetry/vars/main.yml b/discovery/roles/telemetry/vars/main.yml
index 473fd74e19..7af08f1428 100644
--- a/discovery/roles/telemetry/vars/main.yml
+++ b/discovery/roles/telemetry/vars/main.yml
@@ -181,6 +181,10 @@ vmagent:
 
 strmzi_kafka_tarball_url: "{{ offline_tarball_path }}/{{ strimzi_kafka_pkg }}/{{ strimzi_kafka_pkg }}.tar.gz"
 
+# Victoria Metrics operator tarball configuration
+victoria_operator_pkg: "victoria-metrics-operator-0.57.1"
+victoria_operator_tarball_url: "{{ offline_tarball_path }}/{{ victoria_operator_pkg }}/{{ victoria_operator_pkg }}.tar.gz"
+
 # Usage: validate_idrac_inventory.yml
 bmc_group_data_filename: "/opt/omnia/telemetry/bmc_group_data.csv"
 bmc_group_data_headers: "BMC_IP,GROUP_NAME,PARENT"
@@ -195,39 +199,61 @@ common_mode: "0755"
 # Usage: generate_telemetry_deployments.yml - Template lists for different components
 # Victoria templates - conditional based on victoria_cluster.enabled
 victoria_templates_common:
-  - src: 'telemetry/victoria/victoria-tls-secret.yaml.j2'
-    dest: 'victoria-tls-secret.yaml'
   - src: 'telemetry/victoria/victoria-vmagent-rbac.yaml.j2'
     dest: 'victoria-vmagent-rbac.yaml'
-  - src: 'telemetry/victoria/vmagent-scrape-config.yaml.j2'
-    dest: 'vmagent-scrape-config.yaml'
-  - src: 'telemetry/victoria/victoria-agent-deployment.yaml.j2'
-    dest: 'victoria-agent-deployment.yaml'
 
+# Operator-based templates (new default)
+# Single-node operator template (used when victoria_cluster.enabled: false)
+victoria_templates_operator_single:
+  - src: 'telemetry/victoria/victoria-operator-vmsingle.yaml.j2'
+    dest: 'victoria-operator-vmsingle.yaml'
+  - src: 'telemetry/victoria/victoria-operator-vmagent.yaml.j2'
+    dest: 'victoria-operator-vmagent.yaml'
+  - src: 'telemetry/victoria/victoria-operator-vmpodscrape.yaml.j2'
+    dest: 'victoria-operator-vmpodscrape.yaml'
+
+# Cluster operator template (used when victoria_cluster.enabled: true)
+victoria_templates_operator_cluster:
+  - src: 'telemetry/victoria/victoria-operator-vmcluster.yaml.j2'
+    dest: 'victoria-operator-vmcluster.yaml'
+  - src: 'telemetry/victoria/victoria-operator-vmagent.yaml.j2'
+    dest: 'victoria-operator-vmagent.yaml'
+  - src: 'telemetry/victoria/victoria-operator-vmpodscrape.yaml.j2'
+    dest: 'victoria-operator-vmpodscrape.yaml'
+
+# Legacy manual deployment templates (kept for backward compatibility)
 # Single-node templates (used when victoria_cluster.enabled: false)
 victoria_templates_single:
+  - src: 'telemetry/victoria/victoria-tls-secret.yaml.j2'
+    dest: 'victoria-tls-secret.yaml'
   - src: 'telemetry/victoria/victoria-statefulset.yaml.j2'
     dest: 'victoria-statefulset.yaml'
+  - src: 'telemetry/victoria/victoria-agent-deployment.yaml.j2'
+    dest: 'victoria-agent-deployment.yaml'
 
 # Cluster templates (used when victoria_cluster.enabled: true)
 victoria_templates_cluster:
+  - src: 'telemetry/victoria/victoria-tls-secret.yaml.j2'
+    dest: 'victoria-tls-secret.yaml'
   - src: 'telemetry/victoria/victoria-cluster-vmstorage.yaml.j2'
     dest: 'victoria-cluster-vmstorage.yaml'
   - src: 'telemetry/victoria/victoria-cluster-vminsert.yaml.j2'
     dest: 'victoria-cluster-vminsert.yaml'
   - src: 'telemetry/victoria/victoria-cluster-vmselect.yaml.j2'
     dest: 'victoria-cluster-vmselect.yaml'
+  - src: 'telemetry/victoria/victoria-agent-deployment.yaml.j2'
+    dest: 'victoria-agent-deployment.yaml'
 
 # Test job template (optional)
 victoria_templates_test:
   - src: 'telemetry/victoria/victoria-tls-test-job.yaml.j2'
     dest: 'test/victoria-tls-test-job.yaml'
 
-# Combined victoria_templates for backward compatibility
+# Combined victoria_templates - uses operator by default
 # Note: victoria_templates_test is commented out by default in kustomization.yaml.j2
 victoria_templates: >
   {{ victoria_templates_common +
-     (victoria_templates_cluster if victoria_cluster.enabled else victoria_templates_single) +
+     (victoria_templates_operator_cluster if victoria_cluster.enabled else victoria_templates_operator_single) +
      victoria_templates_test }}
 
 kafka_templates:
diff --git a/input/config/x86_64/rhel/10.0/service_k8s.json b/input/config/x86_64/rhel/10.0/service_k8s.json
index 62dc041faa..41eeaeb2b0 100644
--- a/input/config/x86_64/rhel/10.0/service_k8s.json
+++ b/input/config/x86_64/rhel/10.0/service_k8s.json
@@ -31,7 +31,10 @@
       { "package": "quay.io/strimzi/kafka", "tag": "0.48.0-kafka-4.1.0", "type": "image" },
       { "package": "docker.io/dellhpcomniaaisolution/ubuntu-ldms", "tag": "1.0", "type": "image" }, 
       { "package": "strimzi-kafka-operator-helm-3-chart-0.48.0", "type": "tarball", "url": "https://github.com/strimzi/strimzi-kafka-operator/releases/download/0.48.0/strimzi-kafka-operator-helm-3-chart-0.48.0.tgz" },
-      { "package": "quay.io/strimzi/kafka-bridge", "tag": "0.33.1", "type": "image" }
+      { "package": "quay.io/strimzi/kafka-bridge", "tag": "0.33.1", "type": "image" },
+      { "package": "docker.io/victoriametrics/operator", "tag": "v0.66.1", "type": "image" },
+      { "package": "docker.io/victoriametrics/operator", "tag": "config-reloader-v0.66.1", "type": "image" },
+      { "package": "victoria-metrics-operator-0.57.1", "type": "tarball", "url": "https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/helm-charts/releases/download/victoria-metrics-operator-0.57.1/victoria-metrics-operator-0.57.1.tgz" }
     ]
   },
   "service_kube_control_plane": {