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+apiVersion: theodolite.com/v1alpha1
+kind: benchmark
+metadata:
+  name: uc1-kstreams
+#name: "uc1-kstreams"
+appResource:
+  - "uc1-kstreams-deployment.yaml"
+  - "aggregation-service.yaml"
+  - "jmx-configmap.yaml"
+  - "uc1-service-monitor.yaml"
+loadGenResource:
+  - "uc1-load-generator-deployment.yaml"
+  - "uc1-load-generator-service.yaml"
+resourceTypes:
+  - typeName: "Instances"
+    patchers:
+      - type: "ReplicaPatcher"
+        resource: "uc1-kstreams-deployment.yaml"
+loadTypes:
+  - typeName: "NumSensors"
+    patchers:
+      - type: "EnvVarPatcher"
+        resource: "uc1-load-generator-deployment.yaml"
+        container: "workload-generator"
+        variableName: "NUM_SENSORS"
+kafkaConfig:
+  bootstrapServer: "theodolite-cp-kafka:9092"
+  topics:
+    - name: "input"
+      numPartitions: 40
+      replicationFactor: 1
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diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/config/example-operator-execution.yaml b/theodolite-quarkus/config/example-operator-execution.yaml
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+apiVersion: theodolite.com/v1alpha1
+kind: execution
+metadata:
+  name: example-execution
+#name: example-execution
+benchmark: "uc1-kstreams"
+load:
+  loadType: "NumSensors"
+  loadValues: [25000, 50000, 75000, 100000, 125000, 150000]
+resources:
+  resourceType: "Instances"
+  resourceValues: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
+slos:
+  - sloType: "lag trend"
+    threshold: 2000
+    prometheusUrl: "http://prometheus-operated:9090"
+    externalSloUrl: "http://localhost:80/evaluate-slope"
+    offset: 0
+    warmup: 60 # in seconds
+execution:
+  strategy: "LinearSearch"
+  duration: 300 # in seconds
+  repetitions: 1
+  restrictions:
+    - "LowerBound"
+configOverrides: []
+#  - patcher:
+#      type: "NodeSelectorPatcher"
+#      resource: "uc1-load-generator-deployment.yaml"
+#      variableName: "env"
+#    value: "prod"
+#  - patcher:
+#      type: "NodeSelectorPatcher"
+#      resource: "uc1-kstreams-deployment.yaml"
+#      variableName: "env"
+#    value: "prod"
+#  - patcher:
+#      type: "ResourceLimitPatcher"
+#      resource: "uc1-kstreams-deployment.yaml"
+#      container: "uc-application"
+#      variableName: "cpu"
+#    value: "1000m"
+#  - patcher:
+#      type: "ResourceLimitPatcher"
+#      resource: "uc1-kstreams-deployment.yaml"
+#      container: "uc-application"
+#      variableName: "memory"
+#    value: "2Gi"
+#  - patcher:
+#      type: "SchedulerNamePatcher"
+#      resource: "uc1-kstreams-deployment.yaml"
+#    value: "random-scheduler"