--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/bash
+# A naive premoderation script to allow Gitlab CI pipeline on a specific PRs' comment
+# Exits with 0, if the pipeline is good to go
+# Exits with 1, if the user is not allowed to start pipeline
+# Exits with 2, if script is unable to get issue id from CI_BUILD_REF_NAME variable
+# Exits with 3, if missing the magic comment in the pipeline to start the pipeline
+
+CURL_ARGS="-fs --retry 4 --retry-delay 5"
+MAGIC="${MAGIC:-ci check this}"
+exit_code=0
+
+# Get PR number from CI_BUILD_REF_NAME
+issue=$(echo ${CI_BUILD_REF_NAME} | perl -ne '/^pr-(\d+)-\S+$/ && print $1')
+
+if [ "$issue" = "" ]; then
+ echo "Unable to get issue id from: $CI_BUILD_REF_NAME"
+ exit 2
+fi
+
+echo "Fetching labels from PR $issue"
+labels=$(curl ${CURL_ARGS} "https://api.github.com/repos/kubernetes-sigs/kubespray/issues/${issue}?access_token=${GITHUB_TOKEN}" | jq '{labels: .labels}' | jq '.labels[].name' | jq -s '')
+labels_to_patch=$(echo -n $labels | jq '. + ["needs-ci-auth"]' | tr -d "\n")
+
+echo "Checking for '$MAGIC' comment in PR $issue"
+
+# Get the user name from the PR comments with the wanted magic incantation casted
+user=$(curl ${CURL_ARGS} "https://api.github.com/repos/kubernetes-sigs/kubespray/issues/${issue}/comments" | jq -M "map(select(.body | contains (\"$MAGIC\"))) | .[0] .user.login" | tr -d '"')
+
+# Check for the required user group membership to allow (exit 0) or decline (exit >0) the pipeline
+if [ "$user" = "" ] || [ "$user" = "null" ]; then
+ echo "Missing '$MAGIC' comment from one of the OWNERS"
+ exit_code=3
+else
+ echo "Found comment from user: $user"
+
+ curl ${CURL_ARGS} "https://api.github.com/orgs/kubernetes-sigs/members/${user}"
+
+ if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+ echo "User does not have permissions to start CI run"
+ exit_code=1
+ else
+ labels_to_patch=$(echo -n $labels | jq '. - ["needs-ci-auth"]' | tr -d "\n")
+ exit_code=0
+ echo "$user has allowed CI to start"
+ fi
+fi
+
+# Patch labels on PR
+curl ${CURL_ARGS} --request PATCH "https://api.github.com/repos/kubernetes-sigs/kubespray/issues/${issue}?access_token=${GITHUB_TOKEN}" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d "{\"labels\": ${labels_to_patch}}"
+
+exit $exit_code