diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
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+stages:
+  - test
+
+test:
+  stage: test
+  image: python:3.8-buster
+  except:
+    - tags
+  before_script:
+    - curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com -o get-docker.sh
+    - bash get-docker.sh
+  script:
+    - bash tests/utils/gitlab/gitlab.sh
+  tags:
+    - hc-bladerunner
diff --git a/tests/utils/gitlab/gitlab.sh b/tests/utils/gitlab/gitlab.sh
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+++ b/tests/utils/gitlab/gitlab.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -o pipefail -eux
+
+command -v python
+python -V
+
+function retry
+{
+    for repetition in 1 2 3; do
+        set +e
+        "$@"
+        result=$?
+        set -e
+        if [ ${result} == 0 ]; then
+            return ${result}
+        fi
+        echo "$@ -> ${result}"
+    done
+    echo "Command '$@' failed 3 times!"
+    exit -1
+}
+
+command -v pip
+pip --version
+pip list --disable-pip-version-check
+retry pip install https://github.com/ansible/ansible/archive/devel.tar.gz --disable-pip-version-check
+
+export ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATHS="${HOME}/.ansible"
+SHIPPABLE_RESULT_DIR="$(pwd)/shippable"
+TEST_DIR="${ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATHS}/ansible_collections/hetzner/hcloud"
+mkdir -p "${TEST_DIR}"
+cp -aT "." "${TEST_DIR}"
+cd "${TEST_DIR}"
+
+# STAR: HACK install dependencies
+retry ansible-galaxy -vvv collection install community.general
+retry ansible-galaxy -vvv collection install ansible.netcommon
+
+retry pip install hcloud
+# END: HACK
+
+export PYTHONIOENCODING='utf-8'
+
+if [ "${JOB_TRIGGERED_BY_NAME:-}" == "nightly-trigger" ]; then
+    COMPLETE=yes
+fi
+
+
+if [ -n "${COMPLETE:-}" ]; then
+    # disable change detection triggered by setting the COMPLETE environment variable to a non-empty value
+    export CHANGED=""
+elif [[ "${CI_COMMIT_MESSAGE}" =~ ci_complete ]]; then
+    # disable change detection triggered by having 'ci_complete' in the latest commit message
+    export CHANGED=""
+else
+    # enable change detection (default behavior)
+    export CHANGED="--changed"
+fi
+
+
+export UNSTABLE="--allow-unstable-changed"
+
+# remove empty core/extras module directories from PRs created prior to the repo-merge
+find plugins -type d -empty -print -delete
+
+ansible-test env --dump --show --timeout "50" --color -v
+
+"tests/utils/gitlab/hcloud.sh"
diff --git a/tests/utils/gitlab/hcloud.sh b/tests/utils/gitlab/hcloud.sh
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+++ b/tests/utils/gitlab/hcloud.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -o pipefail -eux
+
+cloud="hcloud"
+python="3.8"
+
+target="cloud/hcloud"
+
+stage="prod"
+
+changed_all_target="shippable/${cloud}/smoketest/"
+
+if ! ansible-test integration "${changed_all_target}" --list-targets > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+    # no smoketest tests are available for this cloud
+    changed_all_target="none"
+fi
+
+# shellcheck disable=SC2086
+ansible-test integration --color -v --retry-on-error "${target}" ${COVERAGE:+"$COVERAGE"} ${CHANGED:+"$CHANGED"} ${UNSTABLE:+"$UNSTABLE"} \
+    --remote-terminate always --remote-stage "${stage}" \
+    --docker --python "${python}" --changed-all-target "${changed_all_target}""