diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 0dda0bdb6be4434c91801cb6665364fb7fd63d6a..d48e1cd25fbee50777491e5eeecd0c3b95ea166f 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,32 +1,200 @@
-workflow:
-  rules:
-    - if: $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_ID
-      when: never
-    - when: always
-
 stages:
-  - triggers
+  - build
+  - test
+  - check
+  - deploy
+
+
+# Theodolite Benchmarks
+
+.benchmarks:
+  image: openjdk:11-jdk
+  tags:
+    - exec-docker
+  variables:
+    GRADLE_OPTS: "-Dorg.gradle.daemon=false"
+  cache:
+    paths:
+      - .gradle
+  before_script:
+    - cd benchmarks
+    - export GRADLE_USER_HOME=`pwd`/.gradle
+
+build-benchmarks:
+  stage: build
+  extends: .benchmarks
+  script: ./gradlew --build-cache assemble
+  artifacts:
+    paths:
+      - "benchmarks/build/libs/*.jar"
+      - "benchmarks/*/build/distributions/*.tar"
+    expire_in: 1 day
+
+test-benchmarks:
+  stage: test
+  extends: .benchmarks
+  needs:
+    - build-benchmarks
+  script: ./gradlew test --continue
+  artifacts:
+    reports:
+      junit:
+        - "benchmarks/**/build/test-results/test/TEST-*.xml"
+
+checkstyle-benchmarks:
+  stage: check
+  extends: .benchmarks
+  needs:
+    - build-benchmarks
+    - test-benchmarks
+  script: ./gradlew checkstyle --continue
+  artifacts:
+    paths:
+      - "benchmarks/*/build/reports/checkstyle/main.html"
+    when: on_failure
+    expire_in: 1 day
+
+pmd-benchmarks:
+  stage: check
+  extends: .benchmarks
+  needs:
+    - build-benchmarks
+    - test-benchmarks
+  script: ./gradlew pmd --continue
+  artifacts:
+    paths:
+      - "benchmarks/*/build/reports/pmd/*.html"
+    when: on_failure
+    expire_in: 1 day
+
+spotbugs-benchmarks:
+  stage: check
+  extends: .benchmarks
+  needs:
+    - build-benchmarks
+    - test-benchmarks
+  script: ./gradlew spotbugs --continue
+  artifacts:
+    paths:
+      - "benchmarks/*/build/reports/spotbugs/*.html"
+    when: on_failure
+    expire_in: 1 day
 
-benchmarks:
-  stage: triggers
-  trigger:
-    include: benchmarks/.gitlab-ci.yml
-    strategy: depend
+.deploy-benchmarks:
+  stage: deploy
+  extends: .benchmarks
+  needs:
+    - build-benchmarks
+    - checkstyle-benchmarks
+    - pmd-benchmarks
+    - spotbugs-benchmarks
+  tags:
+    - exec-dind
+  # see https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/docker/using_docker_build.html#tls-enabled
+  # for image usage and settings for building with TLS and docker in docker
+  image: docker:19.03.1
+  services:
+    - docker:19.03.1-dind
+  variables:
+    DOCKER_TLS_CERTDIR: "/certs"
+  script:
+    - DOCKER_TAG_NAME=$(echo $CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG- | sed 's/^master-$//')
+    - docker build --pull -t $IMAGE_NAME ./$JAVA_PROJECT_NAME
+    - "[ ! $CI_COMMIT_TAG ] && docker tag $IMAGE_NAME $CR_HOST/$CR_ORG/$IMAGE_NAME:${DOCKER_TAG_NAME}latest"
+    - "[ ! $CI_COMMIT_TAG ] && docker tag $IMAGE_NAME $CR_HOST/$CR_ORG/$IMAGE_NAME:$DOCKER_TAG_NAME$CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA"
+    - "[ $CI_COMMIT_TAG ] && docker tag $IMAGE_NAME $CR_HOST/$CR_ORG/$IMAGE_NAME:$CI_COMMIT_TAG"
+    - echo $CR_PW | docker login $CR_HOST -u $CR_USER --password-stdin
+    - docker push $CR_HOST/$CR_ORG/$IMAGE_NAME
+    - docker logout
   rules:
-    - if: "$CI_COMMIT_TAG"
+    - if: "$CR_HOST && $CR_ORG && $CR_USER && $CR_PW && $IMAGE_NAME && $JAVA_PROJECT_NAME && $CI_COMMIT_TAG"
+      when: always
     - changes:
-      - benchmarks/*
-    - when: manual
+      - $JAVA_PROJECT_NAME/**/*
+      - benchmarks/application-kafkastreams-commons/**/*
+      - benchmarks/workload-generator-commons/**/*
+      if: "$CR_HOST && $CR_ORG && $CR_USER && $CR_PW && $IMAGE_NAME && $JAVA_PROJECT_NAME"
+      when: always
+    - if: "$CR_HOST && $CR_ORG && $CR_USER && $CR_PW && $IMAGE_NAME && $JAVA_PROJECT_NAME"
+      when: manual
       allow_failure: true
 
-execution:
-  stage: triggers
-  trigger:
-    include: execution/.gitlab-ci.yml
-    strategy: depend
+deploy-uc1-kstreams-app:
+  extends: .deploy-benchmarks
+  variables:
+    IMAGE_NAME: "theodolite-uc1-kstreams-app"
+    JAVA_PROJECT_NAME: "uc1-application"
+
+deploy-uc2-kstreams-app:
+  extends: .deploy-benchmarks
+  variables:
+    IMAGE_NAME: "theodolite-uc2-kstreams-app"
+    JAVA_PROJECT_NAME: "uc2-application"
+
+deploy-uc3-kstreams-app:
+  extends: .deploy-benchmarks
+  variables:
+    IMAGE_NAME: "theodolite-uc3-kstreams-app"
+    JAVA_PROJECT_NAME: "uc3-application"
+
+deploy-uc4-kstreams-app:
+  extends: .deploy-benchmarks
+  variables:
+    IMAGE_NAME: "theodolite-uc4-kstreams-app"
+    JAVA_PROJECT_NAME: "uc4-application"
+
+deploy-uc1-load-generator:
+  extends: .deploy-benchmarks
+  variables:
+    IMAGE_NAME: "theodolite-uc1-workload-generator"
+    JAVA_PROJECT_NAME: "uc1-workload-generator"
+
+deploy-uc2-load-generator:
+  extends: .deploy-benchmarks
+  variables:
+    IMAGE_NAME: "theodolite-uc2-workload-generator"
+    JAVA_PROJECT_NAME: "uc2-workload-generator"
+
+deploy-uc3-load-generator:
+  extends: .deploy-benchmarks
+  variables:
+    IMAGE_NAME: "theodolite-uc3-workload-generator"
+    JAVA_PROJECT_NAME: "uc3-workload-generator"
+
+deploy-uc4-load-generator:
+  extends: .deploy-benchmarks
+  variables:
+    IMAGE_NAME: "theodolite-uc4-workload-generator"
+    JAVA_PROJECT_NAME: "uc4-workload-generator"
+      
+
+# Theodolite Framework
+
+deploy-theodolite:
+  stage: deploy
+  tags:
+    - exec-dind
+  image: docker:19.03.1
+  services:
+    - docker:19.03.1-dind
+  variables:
+    DOCKER_TLS_CERTDIR: "/certs"
+  script:
+    - DOCKER_TAG_NAME=$(echo $CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG- | sed 's/^master-$//')
+    - docker build --pull -t theodolite ./execution
+    - "[ ! $CI_COMMIT_TAG ] && docker tag theodolite $CR_HOST/$CR_ORG/theodolite:${DOCKER_TAG_NAME}latest"
+    - "[ ! $CI_COMMIT_TAG ] && docker tag theodolite $CR_HOST/$CR_ORG/theodolite:$DOCKER_TAG_NAME$CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA"
+    - "[ $CI_COMMIT_TAG ] && docker tag theodolite $CR_HOST/$CR_ORG/theodolite:$CI_COMMIT_TAG"
+    - echo $CR_PW | docker login $CR_HOST -u $CR_USER --password-stdin
+    - docker push $CR_HOST/$CR_ORG/theodolite
+    - docker logout
   rules:
-    - if: "$CI_COMMIT_TAG"
+    - if: "$CR_HOST && $CR_ORG && $CR_USER && $CR_PW && $CI_COMMIT_TAG"
+      when: always
     - changes:
-      - execution/*
-    - when: manual
+      - execution/**/*
+      if: "$CR_HOST && $CR_ORG && $CR_USER && $CR_PW"
+      when: always
+    - if: "$CR_HOST && $CR_ORG && $CR_USER && $CR_PW"
+      when: manual
       allow_failure: true
diff --git a/benchmarks/.gitlab-ci.yml b/benchmarks/.gitlab-ci.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1a4d354701459d4730dab398e0210ab9189d7ad3..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/benchmarks/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,414 +0,0 @@
-image: openjdk:11-jdk
-
-# Disable the Gradle daemon for Continuous Integration servers as correctness
-# is usually a priority over speed in CI environments. Using a fresh
-# runtime for each build is more reliable since the runtime is completely
-# isolated from any previous builds.
-variables:
-  GRADLE_OPTS: "-Dorg.gradle.daemon=false"
-
-cache:
-  paths:
-    - .gradle
-
-before_script:
-  - cd benchmarks
-  - export GRADLE_USER_HOME=`pwd`/.gradle
-
-stages:
-  - build
-  - test
-  - check
-  - deploy
-
-build:
-  stage: build
-  tags:
-    - exec-docker
-  script: ./gradlew --build-cache assemble
-  artifacts:
-    paths:
-      - "benchmarks/build/libs/*.jar"
-      - "benchmarks/*/build/distributions/*.tar"
-    expire_in: 1 day
-
-test:
-  stage: test
-  tags:
-    - exec-docker
-  script: ./gradlew test --continue
-  artifacts:
-    reports:
-      junit:
-        - "benchmarks/**/build/test-results/test/TEST-*.xml"
-
-checkstyle:
-  stage: check
-  tags:
-    - exec-docker
-  script: ./gradlew checkstyle --continue
-  artifacts:
-    paths:
-      - "benchmarks/*/build/reports/checkstyle/main.html"
-    when: on_failure
-    expire_in: 1 day
-
-pmd:
-  stage: check
-  tags:
-    - exec-docker
-  script: ./gradlew pmd --continue
-  artifacts:
-    paths:
-      - "benchmarks/*/build/reports/pmd/*.html"
-    when: on_failure
-    expire_in: 1 day
-
-spotbugs:
-  stage: check
-  tags:
-    - exec-docker
-  script: ./gradlew spotbugs --continue
-  artifacts:
-    paths:
-      - "benchmarks/*/build/reports/spotbugs/*.html"
-    when: on_failure
-    expire_in: 1 day
-
-
-.deploy:
-  stage: deploy
-  tags:
-    - exec-dind
-  # see https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/docker/using_docker_build.html#tls-enabled
-  # for image usage and settings for building with TLS and docker in docker
-  image: docker:19.03.1
-  services:
-    - docker:19.03.1-dind
-  variables:
-    DOCKER_TLS_CERTDIR: "/certs"
-  script:
-    - DOCKER_TAG_NAME=$(echo $CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG- | sed 's/^master-$//')
-    - docker build --pull -t $IMAGE_NAME ./$JAVA_PROJECT_NAME
-    - "[ ! $CI_COMMIT_TAG ] && docker tag $IMAGE_NAME $DOCKERHUB_ORG/$IMAGE_NAME:${DOCKER_TAG_NAME}latest"
-    - "[ ! $CI_COMMIT_TAG ] && docker tag $IMAGE_NAME $DOCKERHUB_ORG/$IMAGE_NAME:$DOCKER_TAG_NAME$CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA"
-    - "[ $CI_COMMIT_TAG ] && docker tag $IMAGE_NAME $DOCKERHUB_ORG/$IMAGE_NAME:$CI_COMMIT_TAG"
-    - echo $DOCKERHUB_PW | docker login -u $DOCKERHUB_ID --password-stdin
-    - docker push $DOCKERHUB_ORG/$IMAGE_NAME
-    - docker logout
-  rules:
-    - if: "$DOCKERHUB_ORG && $DOCKERHUB_ID && $DOCKERHUB_PW && $IMAGE_NAME && $JAVA_PROJECT_NAME && $CI_COMMIT_TAG"
-      when: always
-    - changes:
-      # - $JAVA_PROJECT_NAME/**/* # hope this can be simplified soon, see #51
-      - benchmarks/application-kafkastreams-commons/**/*
-      if: "$DOCKERHUB_ORG && $DOCKERHUB_ID && $DOCKERHUB_PW && $IMAGE_NAME && $JAVA_PROJECT_NAME"
-      when: always
-    - if: "$DOCKERHUB_ORG && $DOCKERHUB_ID && $DOCKERHUB_PW && $IMAGE_NAME && $JAVA_PROJECT_NAME"
-      when: manual
-      allow_failure: true
-
-deploy-uc1-kstreams-app:
-  extends: .deploy
-  variables:
-    IMAGE_NAME: "theodolite-uc1-kstreams-app"
-    JAVA_PROJECT_NAME: "uc1-application"
-  rules: # hope this can be simplified soon, see #51
-    - if: "$DOCKERHUB_ORG && $DOCKERHUB_ID && $DOCKERHUB_PW && $IMAGE_NAME && $JAVA_PROJECT_NAME && $CI_COMMIT_TAG"
-      when: always
-    - changes:
-      - benchmarks/uc1-application/**/*
-      - benchmarks/application-kafkastreams-commons/**/*
-      if: "$DOCKERHUB_ORG && $DOCKERHUB_ID && $DOCKERHUB_PW && $IMAGE_NAME && $JAVA_PROJECT_NAME"
-      when: always
-    - if: "$DOCKERHUB_ORG && $DOCKERHUB_ID && $DOCKERHUB_PW && $IMAGE_NAME && $JAVA_PROJECT_NAME"
-      when: manual
-      allow_failure: true
-
-deploy-uc2-kstreams-app:
-  extends: .deploy
-  variables:
-    IMAGE_NAME: "theodolite-uc2-kstreams-app"
-    JAVA_PROJECT_NAME: "uc2-application"
-  rules: # hope this can be simplified soon, see #51
-    - if: "$DOCKERHUB_ORG && $DOCKERHUB_ID && $DOCKERHUB_PW && $IMAGE_NAME && $JAVA_PROJECT_NAME && $CI_COMMIT_TAG"
-      when: always
-    - changes:
-      - benchmarks/uc2-application/**/*
-      - benchmarks/application-kafkastreams-commons/**/*
-      if: "$DOCKERHUB_ORG && $DOCKERHUB_ID && $DOCKERHUB_PW && $IMAGE_NAME && $JAVA_PROJECT_NAME"
-      when: always
-    - if: "$DOCKERHUB_ORG && $DOCKERHUB_ID && $DOCKERHUB_PW && $IMAGE_NAME && $JAVA_PROJECT_NAME"
-      when: manual
-      allow_failure: true
-
-deploy-uc3-kstreams-app:
-  extends: .deploy
-  variables:
-    IMAGE_NAME: "theodolite-uc3-kstreams-app"
-    JAVA_PROJECT_NAME: "uc3-application"
-  rules: # hope this can be simplified soon, see #51
-    - if: "$DOCKERHUB_ORG && $DOCKERHUB_ID && $DOCKERHUB_PW && $IMAGE_NAME && $JAVA_PROJECT_NAME && $CI_COMMIT_TAG"
-      when: always
-    - changes:
-      - benchmarks/uc3-application/**/*
-      - benchmarks/application-kafkastreams-commons/**/*
-      if: "$DOCKERHUB_ORG && $DOCKERHUB_ID && $DOCKERHUB_PW && $IMAGE_NAME && $JAVA_PROJECT_NAME"
-      when: always
-    - if: "$DOCKERHUB_ORG && $DOCKERHUB_ID && $DOCKERHUB_PW && $IMAGE_NAME && $JAVA_PROJECT_NAME"
-      when: manual
-      allow_failure: true
-
-deploy-uc4-kstreams-app:
-  extends: .deploy
-  variables:
-    IMAGE_NAME: "theodolite-uc4-kstreams-app"
-    JAVA_PROJECT_NAME: "uc4-application"
-  rules: # hope this can be simplified soon, see #51
-    - if: "$DOCKERHUB_ORG && $DOCKERHUB_ID && $DOCKERHUB_PW && $IMAGE_NAME && $JAVA_PROJECT_NAME && $CI_COMMIT_TAG"
-      when: always
-    - changes:
-      - benchmarks/uc4-application/**/*
-      - benchmarks/application-kafkastreams-commons/**/*
-      if: "$DOCKERHUB_ORG && $DOCKERHUB_ID && $DOCKERHUB_PW && $IMAGE_NAME && $JAVA_PROJECT_NAME"
-      when: always
-    - if: "$DOCKERHUB_ORG && $DOCKERHUB_ID && $DOCKERHUB_PW && $IMAGE_NAME && $JAVA_PROJECT_NAME"
-      when: manual
-      allow_failure: true
-
-deploy-uc1-workload-generator:
-  extends: .deploy
-  variables:
-    IMAGE_NAME: "theodolite-uc1-workload-generator"
-    JAVA_PROJECT_NAME: "uc1-workload-generator"
-  rules: # hope this can be simplified soon, see #51
-    - if: "$DOCKERHUB_ORG && $DOCKERHUB_ID && $DOCKERHUB_PW && $IMAGE_NAME && $JAVA_PROJECT_NAME && $CI_COMMIT_TAG"
-      when: always
-    - changes:
-      - benchmarks/uc1-workload-generator/**/*
-      - benchmarks/application-kafkastreams-commons/**/*
-      if: "$DOCKERHUB_ORG && $DOCKERHUB_ID && $DOCKERHUB_PW && $IMAGE_NAME && $JAVA_PROJECT_NAME"
-      when: always
-    - if: "$DOCKERHUB_ORG && $DOCKERHUB_ID && $DOCKERHUB_PW && $IMAGE_NAME && $JAVA_PROJECT_NAME"
-      when: manual
-      allow_failure: true
-
-deploy-uc2-workload-generator:
-  extends: .deploy
-  variables:
-    IMAGE_NAME: "theodolite-uc2-workload-generator"
-    JAVA_PROJECT_NAME: "uc2-workload-generator"
-  rules: # hope this can be simplified soon, see #51
-    - if: "$DOCKERHUB_ORG && $DOCKERHUB_ID && $DOCKERHUB_PW && $IMAGE_NAME && $JAVA_PROJECT_NAME && $CI_COMMIT_TAG"
-      when: always
-    - changes:
-      - benchmarks/uc2-workload-generator/**/*
-      - benchmarks/application-kafkastreams-commons/**/*
-      if: "$DOCKERHUB_ORG && $DOCKERHUB_ID && $DOCKERHUB_PW && $IMAGE_NAME && $JAVA_PROJECT_NAME"
-      when: always
-    - if: "$DOCKERHUB_ORG && $DOCKERHUB_ID && $DOCKERHUB_PW && $IMAGE_NAME && $JAVA_PROJECT_NAME"
-      when: manual
-      allow_failure: true
-
-deploy-uc3-workload-generator:
-  extends: .deploy
-  variables:
-    IMAGE_NAME: "theodolite-uc3-workload-generator"
-    JAVA_PROJECT_NAME: "uc3-workload-generator"
-  rules: # hope this can be simplified soon, see #51
-    - if: "$DOCKERHUB_ORG && $DOCKERHUB_ID && $DOCKERHUB_PW && $IMAGE_NAME && $JAVA_PROJECT_NAME && $CI_COMMIT_TAG"
-      when: always
-    - changes:
-      - benchmarks/uc3-workload-generator/**/*
-      - benchmarks/application-kafkastreams-commons/**/*
-      if: "$DOCKERHUB_ORG && $DOCKERHUB_ID && $DOCKERHUB_PW && $IMAGE_NAME && $JAVA_PROJECT_NAME"
-      when: always
-    - if: "$DOCKERHUB_ORG && $DOCKERHUB_ID && $DOCKERHUB_PW && $IMAGE_NAME && $JAVA_PROJECT_NAME"
-      when: manual
-      allow_failure: true
-
-deploy-uc4-workload-generator:
-  extends: .deploy
-  variables:
-    IMAGE_NAME: "theodolite-uc4-workload-generator"
-    JAVA_PROJECT_NAME: "uc4-workload-generator"
-  rules: # hope this can be simplified soon, see #51
-    - if: "$DOCKERHUB_ORG && $DOCKERHUB_ID && $DOCKERHUB_PW && $IMAGE_NAME && $JAVA_PROJECT_NAME && $CI_COMMIT_TAG"
-      when: always
-    - changes:
-      - benchmarks/uc4-workload-generator/**/*
-      - benchmarks/application-kafkastreams-commons/**/*
-      if: "$DOCKERHUB_ORG && $DOCKERHUB_ID && $DOCKERHUB_PW && $IMAGE_NAME && $JAVA_PROJECT_NAME"
-      when: always
-    - if: "$DOCKERHUB_ORG && $DOCKERHUB_ID && $DOCKERHUB_PW && $IMAGE_NAME && $JAVA_PROJECT_NAME"
-      when: manual
-      allow_failure: true
-
-.deploy-ghcr:
-  stage: deploy
-  tags:
-    - exec-dind
-  # see https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/docker/using_docker_build.html#tls-enabled
-  # for image usage and settings for building with TLS and docker in docker
-  image: docker:19.03.1
-  services:
-    - docker:19.03.1-dind
-  variables:
-    DOCKER_TLS_CERTDIR: "/certs"
-  script:
-    - DOCKER_TAG_NAME=$(echo $CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG- | sed 's/^master-$//')
-    - docker build --pull -t $IMAGE_NAME ./$JAVA_PROJECT_NAME
-    - "[ ! $CI_COMMIT_TAG ] && docker tag $IMAGE_NAME ghcr.io/$GITHUB_CR_ORG/$IMAGE_NAME:${DOCKER_TAG_NAME}latest"
-    - "[ ! $CI_COMMIT_TAG ] && docker tag $IMAGE_NAME ghcr.io/$GITHUB_CR_ORG/$IMAGE_NAME:$DOCKER_TAG_NAME$CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA"
-    - "[ $CI_COMMIT_TAG ] && docker tag $IMAGE_NAME ghcr.io/$GITHUB_CR_ORG/$IMAGE_NAME:$CI_COMMIT_TAG"
-    - echo $GITHUB_CR_TOKEN | docker login ghcr.io -u $GITHUB_CR_USER --password-stdin
-    - docker push ghcr.io/$GITHUB_CR_ORG/$IMAGE_NAME
-    - docker logout
-  rules:
-    - if: "$GITHUB_CR_ORG && $GITHUB_CR_USER && $GITHUB_CR_TOKEN && $IMAGE_NAME && $JAVA_PROJECT_NAME && $CI_COMMIT_TAG"
-      when: always
-    - changes:
-      # - $JAVA_PROJECT_NAME/**/* # hope this can be simplified soon, see #51
-      - benchmarks/application-kafkastreams-commons/**/*
-      if: "$GITHUB_CR_ORG && $GITHUB_CR_USER && $GITHUB_CR_TOKEN && $IMAGE_NAME && $JAVA_PROJECT_NAME"
-      when: always
-    - if: "$GITHUB_CR_ORG && $GITHUB_CR_USER && $GITHUB_CR_TOKEN && $IMAGE_NAME && $JAVA_PROJECT_NAME"
-      when: manual
-      allow_failure: true
-
-deploy-ghcr-uc1-kstreams-app:
-  extends: .deploy-ghcr
-  variables:
-    IMAGE_NAME: "theodolite-uc1-kstreams-app"
-    JAVA_PROJECT_NAME: "uc1-application"
-  rules: # hope this can be simplified soon, see #51
-    - if: "$GITHUB_CR_ORG && $GITHUB_CR_USER && $GITHUB_CR_TOKEN && $IMAGE_NAME && $JAVA_PROJECT_NAME && $CI_COMMIT_TAG"
-      when: always
-    - changes:
-      - benchmarks/uc1-application/**/*
-      - benchmarks/application-kafkastreams-commons/**/*
-      if: "$GITHUB_CR_ORG && $GITHUB_CR_USER && $GITHUB_CR_TOKEN && $IMAGE_NAME && $JAVA_PROJECT_NAME"
-      when: always
-    - if: "$GITHUB_CR_ORG && $GITHUB_CR_USER && $GITHUB_CR_TOKEN && $IMAGE_NAME && $JAVA_PROJECT_NAME"
-      when: manual
-      allow_failure: true
-
-deploy-ghcr-uc2-kstreams-app:
-  extends: .deploy-ghcr
-  variables:
-    IMAGE_NAME: "theodolite-uc2-kstreams-app"
-    JAVA_PROJECT_NAME: "uc2-application"
-  rules: # hope this can be simplified soon, see #51
-    - if: "$GITHUB_CR_ORG && $GITHUB_CR_USER && $GITHUB_CR_TOKEN && $IMAGE_NAME && $JAVA_PROJECT_NAME && $CI_COMMIT_TAG"
-      when: always
-    - changes:
-      - benchmarks/uc2-application/**/*
-      - benchmarks/application-kafkastreams-commons/**/*
-      if: "$GITHUB_CR_ORG && $GITHUB_CR_USER && $GITHUB_CR_TOKEN && $IMAGE_NAME && $JAVA_PROJECT_NAME"
-      when: always
-    - if: "$GITHUB_CR_ORG && $GITHUB_CR_USER && $GITHUB_CR_TOKEN && $IMAGE_NAME && $JAVA_PROJECT_NAME"
-      when: manual
-      allow_failure: true
-
-deploy-ghcr-uc3-kstreams-app:
-  extends: .deploy-ghcr
-  variables:
-    IMAGE_NAME: "theodolite-uc3-kstreams-app"
-    JAVA_PROJECT_NAME: "uc3-application"
-  rules: # hope this can be simplified soon, see #51
-    - if: "$GITHUB_CR_ORG && $GITHUB_CR_USER && $GITHUB_CR_TOKEN && $IMAGE_NAME && $JAVA_PROJECT_NAME && $CI_COMMIT_TAG"
-      when: always
-    - changes:
-      - benchmarks/uc3-application/**/*
-      - benchmarks/application-kafkastreams-commons/**/*
-      if: "$GITHUB_CR_ORG && $GITHUB_CR_USER && $GITHUB_CR_TOKEN && $IMAGE_NAME && $JAVA_PROJECT_NAME"
-      when: always
-    - if: "$GITHUB_CR_ORG && $GITHUB_CR_USER && $GITHUB_CR_TOKEN && $IMAGE_NAME && $JAVA_PROJECT_NAME"
-      when: manual
-      allow_failure: true
-
-deploy-ghcr-uc4-kstreams-app:
-  extends: .deploy-ghcr
-  variables:
-    IMAGE_NAME: "theodolite-uc4-kstreams-app"
-    JAVA_PROJECT_NAME: "uc4-application"
-  rules: # hope this can be simplified soon, see #51
-    - if: "$GITHUB_CR_ORG && $GITHUB_CR_USER && $GITHUB_CR_TOKEN && $IMAGE_NAME && $JAVA_PROJECT_NAME && $CI_COMMIT_TAG"
-      when: always
-    - changes:
-      - benchmarks/uc4-application/**/*
-      - benchmarks/application-kafkastreams-commons/**/*
-      if: "$GITHUB_CR_ORG && $GITHUB_CR_USER && $GITHUB_CR_TOKEN && $IMAGE_NAME && $JAVA_PROJECT_NAME"
-      when: always
-    - if: "$GITHUB_CR_ORG && $GITHUB_CR_USER && $GITHUB_CR_TOKEN && $IMAGE_NAME && $JAVA_PROJECT_NAME"
-      when: manual
-      allow_failure: true
-
-deploy-ghcr-uc1-workload-generator:
-  extends: .deploy-ghcr
-  variables:
-    IMAGE_NAME: "theodolite-uc1-workload-generator"
-    JAVA_PROJECT_NAME: "uc1-workload-generator"
-  rules: # hope this can be simplified soon, see #51
-    - if: "$GITHUB_CR_ORG && $GITHUB_CR_USER && $GITHUB_CR_TOKEN && $IMAGE_NAME && $JAVA_PROJECT_NAME && $CI_COMMIT_TAG"
-      when: always
-    - changes:
-      - benchmarks/uc1-workload-generator/**/*
-      - benchmarks/application-kafkastreams-commons/**/*
-      if: "$GITHUB_CR_ORG && $GITHUB_CR_USER && $GITHUB_CR_TOKEN && $IMAGE_NAME && $JAVA_PROJECT_NAME"
-      when: always
-    - if: "$GITHUB_CR_ORG && $GITHUB_CR_USER && $GITHUB_CR_TOKEN && $IMAGE_NAME && $JAVA_PROJECT_NAME"
-      when: manual
-      allow_failure: true
-
-deploy-ghcr-uc2-workload-generator:
-  extends: .deploy-ghcr
-  variables:
-    IMAGE_NAME: "theodolite-uc2-workload-generator"
-    JAVA_PROJECT_NAME: "uc2-workload-generator"
-  rules: # hope this can be simplified soon, see #51
-    - if: "$GITHUB_CR_ORG && $GITHUB_CR_USER && $GITHUB_CR_TOKEN && $IMAGE_NAME && $JAVA_PROJECT_NAME && $CI_COMMIT_TAG"
-      when: always
-    - changes:
-      - benchmarks/uc2-workload-generator/**/*
-      - benchmarks/application-kafkastreams-commons/**/*
-      if: "$GITHUB_CR_ORG && $GITHUB_CR_USER && $GITHUB_CR_TOKEN && $IMAGE_NAME && $JAVA_PROJECT_NAME"
-      when: always
-    - if: "$GITHUB_CR_ORG && $GITHUB_CR_USER && $GITHUB_CR_TOKEN && $IMAGE_NAME && $JAVA_PROJECT_NAME"
-      when: manual
-      allow_failure: true
-
-deploy-ghcr-uc3-workload-generator:
-  extends: .deploy-ghcr
-  variables:
-    IMAGE_NAME: "theodolite-uc3-workload-generator"
-    JAVA_PROJECT_NAME: "uc3-workload-generator"
-  rules: # hope this can be simplified soon, see #51
-    - if: "$GITHUB_CR_ORG && $GITHUB_CR_USER && $GITHUB_CR_TOKEN && $IMAGE_NAME && $JAVA_PROJECT_NAME && $CI_COMMIT_TAG"
-      when: always
-    - changes:
-      - benchmarks/uc3-workload-generator/**/*
-      - benchmarks/application-kafkastreams-commons/**/*
-      if: "$GITHUB_CR_ORG && $GITHUB_CR_USER && $GITHUB_CR_TOKEN && $IMAGE_NAME && $JAVA_PROJECT_NAME"
-      when: always
-    - if: "$GITHUB_CR_ORG && $GITHUB_CR_USER && $GITHUB_CR_TOKEN && $IMAGE_NAME && $JAVA_PROJECT_NAME"
-      when: manual
-      allow_failure: true
-
-deploy-ghcr-uc4-workload-generator:
-  extends: .deploy-ghcr
-  variables:
-    IMAGE_NAME: "theodolite-uc4-workload-generator"
-    JAVA_PROJECT_NAME: "uc4-workload-generator"
-  rules: # hope this can be simplified soon, see #51
-    - if: "$GITHUB_CR_ORG && $GITHUB_CR_USER && $GITHUB_CR_TOKEN && $IMAGE_NAME && $JAVA_PROJECT_NAME && $CI_COMMIT_TAG"
-      when: always
-    - changes:
-      - benchmarks/uc4-workload-generator/**/*
-      - benchmarks/application-kafkastreams-commons/**/*
-      if: "$GITHUB_CR_ORG && $GITHUB_CR_USER && $GITHUB_CR_TOKEN && $IMAGE_NAME && $JAVA_PROJECT_NAME"
-      when: always
-    - if: "$GITHUB_CR_ORG && $GITHUB_CR_USER && $GITHUB_CR_TOKEN && $IMAGE_NAME && $JAVA_PROJECT_NAME"
-      when: manual
-      allow_failure: true
-
diff --git a/execution/.gitlab-ci.yml b/execution/.gitlab-ci.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 5577de7a083708a6bb9b83571f458e2c1fbfb340..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/execution/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-stages:
-  - deploy
-
-deploy:
-  stage: deploy
-  tags:
-    - exec-dind
-  image: docker:19.03.1
-  services:
-    - docker:19.03.1-dind
-  variables:
-    DOCKER_TLS_CERTDIR: "/certs"
-  script:
-    - DOCKER_TAG_NAME=$(echo $CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG- | sed 's/^master-$//')
-    - docker build --pull -t theodolite ./execution
-    - "[ ! $CI_COMMIT_TAG ] && docker tag theodolite $DOCKERHUB_ORG/theodolite:${DOCKER_TAG_NAME}latest"
-    - "[ ! $CI_COMMIT_TAG ] && docker tag theodolite $DOCKERHUB_ORG/theodolite:$DOCKER_TAG_NAME$CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA"
-    - "[ $CI_COMMIT_TAG ] && docker tag theodolite $DOCKERHUB_ORG/theodolite:$CI_COMMIT_TAG"
-    - echo $DOCKERHUB_PW | docker login -u $DOCKERHUB_ID --password-stdin
-    - docker push $DOCKERHUB_ORG/theodolite
-    - docker logout
-  rules:
-    - if: "$DOCKERHUB_ORG && $DOCKERHUB_ID && $DOCKERHUB_PW && $CI_COMMIT_TAG"
-      when: always
-    - changes:
-      - execution/**/*
-      if: "$DOCKERHUB_ORG && $DOCKERHUB_ID && $DOCKERHUB_PW"
-      when: always
-    - if: "$DOCKERHUB_ORG && $DOCKERHUB_ID && $DOCKERHUB_PW"
-      when: manual
-      allow_failure: true
-  
-deploy-ghcr:
-  stage: deploy
-  tags:
-    - exec-dind
-  image: docker:19.03.1
-  services:
-    - docker:19.03.1-dind
-  variables:
-    DOCKER_TLS_CERTDIR: "/certs"
-  script:
-    - DOCKER_TAG_NAME=$(echo $CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG- | sed 's/^master-$//')
-    - docker build --pull -t theodolite ./execution
-    - "[ ! $CI_COMMIT_TAG ] && docker tag theodolite ghcr.io/$GITHUB_CR_ORG/theodolite:${DOCKER_TAG_NAME}latest"
-    - "[ ! $CI_COMMIT_TAG ] && docker tag theodolite ghcr.io/$GITHUB_CR_ORG/theodolite:$DOCKER_TAG_NAME$CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA"
-    - "[ $CI_COMMIT_TAG ] && docker tag theodolite ghcr.io/$GITHUB_CR_ORG/theodolite:$CI_COMMIT_TAG"
-    - echo $GITHUB_CR_TOKEN | docker login ghcr.io -u $GITHUB_CR_USER --password-stdin
-    - docker push ghcr.io/$GITHUB_CR_ORG/theodolite
-    - docker logout
-  rules:
-    - if: "$GITHUB_CR_ORG && $GITHUB_CR_USER && $GITHUB_CR_TOKEN && $CI_COMMIT_TAG"
-      when: always
-    - changes:
-      - execution/**/*
-      if: "$GITHUB_CR_ORG && $GITHUB_CR_USER && $GITHUB_CR_TOKEN"
-      when: always
-    - if: "$GITHUB_CR_ORG && $GITHUB_CR_USER && $GITHUB_CR_TOKEN"
-      when: manual
-      allow_failure: true
-      
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