diff --git a/deployment-examples/docker-compose/local-storage-cas.json b/deployment-examples/docker-compose/local-storage-cas.json
index e7b622043..09dd656cd 100644
--- a/deployment-examples/docker-compose/local-storage-cas.json
+++ b/deployment-examples/docker-compose/local-storage-cas.json
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@
 // so objects are compressed, deduplicated and uses some in-memory
 // optimizations for certain hot paths.
 {
-  "stores": {
-    "CAS_MAIN_STORE": {
+  "stores": [
+    {
+      "name": "CAS_MAIN_STORE",
       "compression": {
         "compression_algorithm": {
           "lz4": {}
@@ -21,8 +22,8 @@
           }
         }
       }
-    },
-    "AC_MAIN_STORE": {
+    }, {
+      "name": "AC_MAIN_STORE",
       "filesystem": {
         "content_path": "~/.cache/nativelink/content_path-ac",
         "temp_path": "~/.cache/nativelink/tmp_path-ac",
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@
         }
       }
     }
-  },
+  ],
   "servers": [{
     "listener": {
       "http": {
diff --git a/deployment-examples/docker-compose/scheduler.json b/deployment-examples/docker-compose/scheduler.json
index 4af051738..e971ab2d9 100644
--- a/deployment-examples/docker-compose/scheduler.json
+++ b/deployment-examples/docker-compose/scheduler.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
-  "stores": {
-    "GRPC_LOCAL_STORE": {
+  "stores": [
+    {
+      "name": "GRPC_LOCAL_STORE",
       // Note: This file is used to test GRPC store.
       "grpc": {
         "instance_name": "main",
@@ -9,8 +10,8 @@
         ],
         "store_type": "cas"
       }
-    },
-    "GRPC_LOCAL_AC_STORE": {
+    }, {
+      "name": "GRPC_LOCAL_AC_STORE",
       // Note: This file is used to test GRPC store.
       "grpc": {
         "instance_name": "main",
@@ -20,9 +21,10 @@
         "store_type": "ac"
       }
     }
-  },
-  "schedulers": {
-    "MAIN_SCHEDULER": {
+  ],
+  "schedulers": [
+    {
+      "name": "MAIN_SCHEDULER",
       "simple": {
         "supported_platform_properties": {
           "cpu_count": "minimum",
@@ -31,7 +33,7 @@
         }
       }
     }
-  },
+  ],
   "servers": [{
     "listener": {
       "http": {
diff --git a/deployment-examples/docker-compose/worker.json b/deployment-examples/docker-compose/worker.json
index 186722e01..7e6d36fc7 100644
--- a/deployment-examples/docker-compose/worker.json
+++ b/deployment-examples/docker-compose/worker.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
-  "stores": {
-    "GRPC_LOCAL_STORE": {
+  "stores": [
+    {
+      "name": "GRPC_LOCAL_STORE",
       // Note: This file is used to test GRPC store.
       "grpc": {
         "instance_name": "main",
@@ -9,8 +10,8 @@
         ],
         "store_type": "cas"
       }
-    },
-    "GRPC_LOCAL_AC_STORE": {
+    }, {
+      "name": "GRPC_LOCAL_AC_STORE",
       // Note: This file is used to test GRPC store.
       "grpc": {
         "instance_name": "main",
@@ -19,8 +20,8 @@
         ],
         "store_type": "ac"
       }
-    },
-    "WORKER_FAST_SLOW_STORE": {
+    }, {
+      "name": "WORKER_FAST_SLOW_STORE",
       "fast_slow": {
         "fast": {
           "filesystem": {
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@
         }
       }
     }
-  },
+  ],
   "workers": [{
     "local": {
       "worker_api_endpoint": {
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index eed093dee..26d3ab3e4 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -502,6 +502,7 @@
               pkgs.cosign
               pkgs.kubectl
               pkgs.kubernetes-helm
+              pkgs.kubectx
               pkgs.cilium-cli
               pkgs.vale
               pkgs.trivy
diff --git a/kubernetes/configmaps/cas.json b/kubernetes/configmaps/cas.json
index e26b9c1cb..3487a7074 100644
--- a/kubernetes/configmaps/cas.json
+++ b/kubernetes/configmaps/cas.json
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 // `~/.cache/nativelink`. When this location is mounted as a PersistentVolume
 // it persists the cache across restarts.
 {
-  "stores": {
-    "CAS_MAIN_STORE": {
+  "stores": [
+    {
+      "name": "CAS_MAIN_STORE",
       "existence_cache": {
         "backend": {
           "compression": {
@@ -23,8 +24,8 @@
           }
         }
       }
-    },
-    "AC_MAIN_STORE": {
+    }, {
+      "name": "AC_MAIN_STORE",
       "completeness_checking": {
         "backend": {
           "filesystem": {
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@
         }
       }
     }
-  },
+  ],
   "servers": [{
     "listener": {
       "http": {
diff --git a/kubernetes/configmaps/scheduler.json b/kubernetes/configmaps/scheduler.json
index e41060209..0341efb14 100644
--- a/kubernetes/configmaps/scheduler.json
+++ b/kubernetes/configmaps/scheduler.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
-  "stores": {
-    "GRPC_LOCAL_STORE": {
+  "stores": [
+    {
+      "name": "GRPC_LOCAL_STORE",
       // Note: This file is used to test GRPC store.
       "grpc": {
         "instance_name": "main",
@@ -9,8 +10,8 @@
         ],
         "store_type": "cas"
       }
-    },
-    "GRPC_LOCAL_AC_STORE": {
+    }, {
+      "name": "GRPC_LOCAL_AC_STORE",
       // Note: This file is used to test GRPC store.
       "grpc": {
         "instance_name": "main",
@@ -20,9 +21,10 @@
         "store_type": "ac"
       }
     }
-  },
-  "schedulers": {
-    "MAIN_SCHEDULER": {
+  ],
+  "schedulers": [
+    {
+      "name": "MAIN_SCHEDULER",
       // TODO(adams): use the right scheduler because reclient doesn't use the cached results?
       // TODO(adams): max_bytes_per_stream
       "simple": {
@@ -46,7 +48,7 @@
         }
       }
     }
-  },
+  ],
   "servers": [{
     "listener": {
       "http": {
diff --git a/kubernetes/configmaps/worker.json b/kubernetes/configmaps/worker.json
index 2a3d2911d..c5b8b1545 100644
--- a/kubernetes/configmaps/worker.json
+++ b/kubernetes/configmaps/worker.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
-  "stores": {
-    "GRPC_LOCAL_STORE": {
+  "stores": [
+    {
+      "name": "GRPC_LOCAL_STORE",
       // Note: This file is used to test GRPC store.
       "grpc": {
         "instance_name": "main",
@@ -9,8 +10,8 @@
         ],
         "store_type": "cas"
       }
-    },
-    "GRPC_LOCAL_AC_STORE": {
+    }, {
+      "name": "GRPC_LOCAL_AC_STORE",
       // Note: This file is used to test GRPC store.
       "grpc": {
         "instance_name": "main",
@@ -19,8 +20,8 @@
         ],
         "store_type": "ac"
       }
-    },
-    "WORKER_FAST_SLOW_STORE": {
+    }, {
+      "name": "WORKER_FAST_SLOW_STORE",
       "fast_slow": {
         "fast": {
           "filesystem": {
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@
         }
       }
     }
-  },
+  ],
   "workers": [{
     "local": {
       "worker_api_endpoint": {
diff --git a/nativelink-config/examples/basic_cas.json b/nativelink-config/examples/basic_cas.json
index 173951deb..ff8f03449 100644
--- a/nativelink-config/examples/basic_cas.json
+++ b/nativelink-config/examples/basic_cas.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
-  "stores": {
-    "AC_MAIN_STORE": {
+  "stores": [
+    {
+      "name": "AC_MAIN_STORE",
       "filesystem": {
         "content_path": "/tmp/nativelink/data-worker-test/content_path-ac",
         "temp_path": "/tmp/nativelink/data-worker-test/tmp_path-ac",
@@ -9,8 +10,8 @@
           "max_bytes": 1000000000,
         }
       }
-    },
-    "WORKER_FAST_SLOW_STORE": {
+    }, {
+      "name": "WORKER_FAST_SLOW_STORE",
       "fast_slow": {
         // "fast" must be a "filesystem" store because the worker uses it to make
         // hardlinks on disk to a directory where the jobs are running.
@@ -34,9 +35,10 @@
         }
       }
     }
-  },
-  "schedulers": {
-    "MAIN_SCHEDULER": {
+  ],
+  "schedulers": [
+    {
+      "name": "MAIN_SCHEDULER",
       "simple": {
         "supported_platform_properties": {
           "cpu_count": "minimum",
@@ -61,7 +63,7 @@
         }
       }
     }
-  },
+  ],
   "workers": [{
     "local": {
       "worker_api_endpoint": {
diff --git a/nativelink-config/examples/filesystem_cas.json b/nativelink-config/examples/filesystem_cas.json
index 6f43bf6be..067f41fc2 100644
--- a/nativelink-config/examples/filesystem_cas.json
+++ b/nativelink-config/examples/filesystem_cas.json
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@
 // so objects are compressed, deduplicated and uses some in-memory
 // optimizations for certain hot paths.
 {
-  "stores": {
-    "FS_CONTENT_STORE": {
+  "stores": [
+    {
+      "name": "FS_CONTENT_STORE",
       "compression": {
         "compression_algorithm": {
           "lz4": {}
@@ -21,8 +22,8 @@
           }
         }
       }
-    },
-    "CAS_MAIN_STORE": {
+    }, {
+      "name": "CAS_MAIN_STORE",
       "verify": {
         "backend": {
           // Because we are using a dedup store, we can bypass small objects
@@ -78,8 +79,8 @@
         "verify_size": true,
         "verify_hash": true
       }
-    },
-    "AC_MAIN_STORE": {
+    }, {
+      "name": "AC_MAIN_STORE",
       "filesystem": {
         "content_path": "/tmp/nativelink/data/content_path-ac",
         "temp_path": "/tmp/nativelink/data/tmp_path-ac",
@@ -89,9 +90,10 @@
         }
       }
     }
-  },
-  "schedulers": {
-    "MAIN_SCHEDULER": {
+  ],
+  "schedulers": [
+    {
+      "name": "MAIN_SCHEDULER",
       "simple": {
         "supported_platform_properties": {
           "cpu_count": "minimum",
@@ -112,7 +114,7 @@
         }
       }
     }
-  },
+  ],
   "servers": [{
     "listener": {
       "http": {
diff --git a/nativelink-config/examples/redis.json b/nativelink-config/examples/redis.json
index 1f06fe560..a990c28e9 100644
--- a/nativelink-config/examples/redis.json
+++ b/nativelink-config/examples/redis.json
@@ -1,18 +1,19 @@
 {
-  "stores": {
-    "CAS_FAST_SLOW_STORE": {
+  "stores": [
+    {
+      "name": "CAS_FAST_SLOW_STORE",
       "redis_store": {
         "addresses": ["redis://127.0.0.1:6379/"],
         "mode": "cluster"
       }
-    },
-    "AC_FAST_SLOW_STORE": {
+    }, {
+      "name": "AC_FAST_SLOW_STORE",
       "redis_store": {
         "addresses": ["redis://127.0.0.1:6379/"],
         "mode": "cluster"
       }
-    },
-    "AC_MAIN_STORE": {
+    }, {
+      "name": "AC_MAIN_STORE",
       "completeness_checking": {
         "backend": {
           "ref_store": {
@@ -25,8 +26,8 @@
           }
         }
       }
-    },
-    "CAS_MAIN_STORE": {
+    }, {
+      "name": "CAS_MAIN_STORE",
       "existence_cache": {
         "backend": {
           "compression": {
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@
         }
       }
     }
-  },
+  ],
   "servers": [
     {
       "listener": {
diff --git a/nativelink-config/examples/s3_backend_with_local_fast_cas.json b/nativelink-config/examples/s3_backend_with_local_fast_cas.json
index d74dd910d..031812969 100644
--- a/nativelink-config/examples/s3_backend_with_local_fast_cas.json
+++ b/nativelink-config/examples/s3_backend_with_local_fast_cas.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
-  "stores": {
-    "CAS_MAIN_STORE": {
+  "stores": [
+    {
+      "name": "CAS_MAIN_STORE",
       "verify": {
         "backend": {
           "dedup": {
@@ -70,8 +71,8 @@
         "verify_size": true,
         "hash_verification_function": "sha256"
       }
-    },
-    "AC_MAIN_STORE": {
+    }, {
+      "name": "AC_MAIN_STORE",
       "fast_slow": {
         "fast": {
           "memory": {
@@ -104,9 +105,10 @@
         }
       }
     }
-  },
-  "schedulers": {
-    "MAIN_SCHEDULER": {
+  ],
+  "schedulers": [
+    {
+      "name": "MAIN_SCHEDULER",
       "simple": {
         "supported_platform_properties": {
           "cpu_count": "minimum",
@@ -127,7 +129,7 @@
         }
       }
     }
-  },
+  ],
   "servers": [{
     "listener": {
       "http": {
diff --git a/nativelink-config/src/cas_server.rs b/nativelink-config/src/cas_server.rs
index a258b6867..d16098689 100644
--- a/nativelink-config/src/cas_server.rs
+++ b/nativelink-config/src/cas_server.rs
@@ -16,14 +16,14 @@ use std::collections::HashMap;
 
 use serde::Deserialize;
 
-use crate::schedulers::SchedulerSpec;
 use crate::serde_utils::{
     convert_data_size_with_shellexpand, convert_duration_with_shellexpand,
     convert_numeric_with_shellexpand, convert_optional_numeric_with_shellexpand,
     convert_optional_string_with_shellexpand, convert_string_with_shellexpand,
     convert_vec_string_with_shellexpand,
 };
-use crate::stores::{ClientTlsConfig, ConfigDigestHashFunction, StoreRefName, StoreSpec};
+use crate::stores::{ClientTlsConfig, ConfigDigestHashFunction, StoreRefName};
+use crate::{SchedulerConfig, StoreConfig};
 
 /// Name of the scheduler. This type will be used when referencing a
 /// scheduler in the `CasConfig::schedulers`'s map key.
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ pub struct GlobalConfig {
 pub struct CasConfig {
     /// List of stores available to use in this config.
     /// The keys can be used in other configs when needing to reference a store.
-    pub stores: HashMap<StoreRefName, StoreSpec>,
+    pub stores: Vec<StoreConfig>,
 
     /// Worker configurations used to execute jobs.
     pub workers: Option<Vec<WorkerConfig>>,
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ pub struct CasConfig {
     /// List of schedulers available to use in this config.
     /// The keys can be used in other configs when needing to reference a
     /// scheduler.
-    pub schedulers: Option<HashMap<SchedulerRefName, SchedulerSpec>>,
+    pub schedulers: Option<Vec<SchedulerConfig>>,
 
     /// Servers to setup for this process.
     pub servers: Vec<ServerConfig>,
diff --git a/nativelink-config/src/lib.rs b/nativelink-config/src/lib.rs
index 0607e28c5..8b288aeec 100644
--- a/nativelink-config/src/lib.rs
+++ b/nativelink-config/src/lib.rs
@@ -16,3 +16,15 @@ pub mod cas_server;
 pub mod schedulers;
 pub mod serde_utils;
 pub mod stores;
+
+use serde::Deserialize;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize)]
+pub struct NamedConfig<Spec> {
+    pub name: String,
+    #[serde(flatten)]
+    pub spec: Spec,
+}
+
+pub type StoreConfig = NamedConfig<crate::stores::StoreSpec>;
+pub type SchedulerConfig = NamedConfig<crate::schedulers::SchedulerSpec>;
diff --git a/src/bin/nativelink.rs b/src/bin/nativelink.rs
index f30c8a2df..63e2dfe3d 100644
--- a/src/bin/nativelink.rs
+++ b/src/bin/nativelink.rs
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ use nativelink_config::cas_server::{
     CasConfig, GlobalConfig, HttpCompressionAlgorithm, ListenerConfig, ServerConfig, WorkerConfig,
 };
 use nativelink_config::stores::ConfigDigestHashFunction;
+use nativelink_config::{SchedulerConfig, StoreConfig};
 use nativelink_error::{make_err, make_input_err, Code, Error, ResultExt};
 use nativelink_metric::{
     MetricFieldData, MetricKind, MetricPublishKnownKindData, MetricsComponent, RootMetricsComponent,
@@ -183,11 +184,11 @@ async fn inner_main(
     {
         let mut health_registry_lock = health_registry_builder.lock().await;
 
-        for (name, store_cfg) in cfg.stores {
+        for StoreConfig { name, spec } in cfg.stores {
             let health_component_name = format!("stores/{name}");
             let mut health_register_store =
                 health_registry_lock.sub_builder(&health_component_name);
-            let store = store_factory(&store_cfg, &store_manager, Some(&mut health_register_store))
+            let store = store_factory(&spec, &store_manager, Some(&mut health_register_store))
                 .await
                 .err_tip(|| format!("Failed to create store '{name}'"))?;
             store_manager.add_store(&name, store);
@@ -196,17 +197,15 @@ async fn inner_main(
 
     let mut action_schedulers = HashMap::new();
     let mut worker_schedulers = HashMap::new();
-    if let Some(schedulers_cfg) = cfg.schedulers {
-        for (name, scheduler_cfg) in schedulers_cfg {
-            let (maybe_action_scheduler, maybe_worker_scheduler) =
-                scheduler_factory(&scheduler_cfg, &store_manager)
-                    .err_tip(|| format!("Failed to create scheduler '{name}'"))?;
-            if let Some(action_scheduler) = maybe_action_scheduler {
-                action_schedulers.insert(name.clone(), action_scheduler.clone());
-            }
-            if let Some(worker_scheduler) = maybe_worker_scheduler {
-                worker_schedulers.insert(name.clone(), worker_scheduler.clone());
-            }
+    for SchedulerConfig { name, spec } in cfg.schedulers.iter().flatten() {
+        let (maybe_action_scheduler, maybe_worker_scheduler) =
+            scheduler_factory(spec, &store_manager)
+                .err_tip(|| format!("Failed to create scheduler '{name}'"))?;
+        if let Some(action_scheduler) = maybe_action_scheduler {
+            action_schedulers.insert(name.clone(), action_scheduler.clone());
+        }
+        if let Some(worker_scheduler) = maybe_worker_scheduler {
+            worker_schedulers.insert(name.clone(), worker_scheduler.clone());
         }
     }