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@@ -11,4 +11,9 @@ First, the username to authenticate with has to be set using the `AUTH_USER` var
 Second, a key pair has to be generated, of which the private key is added as a CI variable `AUTH_KEY` in reposity settings > CI/CD.
 The public one has to be added to `~/gitlab-runner/authorized_keys`, where `~` signifies the `AUTH_USER`'s home. 
 
+Jobs, which have the variable `SUBMIT_TO_SLURM` set, will have their `script` submitted to SLURM. 
+Options for SLURM's `salloc` are configurable by setting the respective environment variables preceded by `SLURM_` in the `variables` section of the job definition.
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+Jobs without `SUBMIT_TO_SLURM` will have their `script` executed on the frontend of the cluster.
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 An example `.gitlab-ci.yml` file can be found in the root of this repository.