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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2024 CERN.
+#
+# Invenio-RDM is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the MIT License; see LICENSE file for more details.
+"""Script to run a Python script in a job on OpenShift."""
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+import json
+import subprocess
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+
+PROGRAM = Path(sys.argv[0]).name
+TEMPLATE_NAME = "python-script-runner-template"
+
+
+def _abort(message):
+    print(message)
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+
+if len(sys.argv) < 1:
+    print(f"Usage: {PROGRAM} <file> <image>\n")
+    print(f"  file: the path to the script to run")
+    print(
+        f"  image: the image version to be used by the job. If not provided, the script will try to infer it from the deployed image."
+    )
+    print(f"  Example: {PROGRAM} /home/script.py 7.3.0")
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+
+def infer_deployed_version():
+    """Infer which version of Zenodo is currently deployed in 'web'."""
+    # oc get deployment web -o json
+    res = subprocess.run(
+        [
+            "oc",
+            "get",
+            "deployment",
+            "web",
+            "-o",
+            "json",
+        ],
+        capture_output=True,
+        text=True,
+    )
+    if res.returncode != 0:
+        _abort(f"Failed to get latest deployed image: {res.stderr}")
+    deployment_info = json.loads(res.stdout)
+    containers = deployment_info["spec"]["template"]["spec"]["containers"]
+    filtered = list(filter(lambda x: x["name"] == "web", containers))
+    if len(filtered) == 0:
+        _abort("No 'web' container found in deployment, can't infer deployed version.")
+    elif len(filtered) > 1:
+        _abort("Found multiple 'web' containers, can't infer deployed version.")
+    image = filtered[0]["image"]
+    version = image.replace("ghcr.io/zenodo/zenodo-rdm/zenodo-rdm:", "")
+    return version
+
+
+script_path = sys.argv[1]
+image_version = sys.argv[2].removeprefix("v") if len(sys.argv) > 2 else infer_deployed_version()
+
+# verify the file exists in local filesystem
+if not Path(script_path).is_file():
+    _abort(f"File '{script_path}' does not exist.")
+
+# Check OpenShift login
+res = subprocess.run(["oc", "whoami"], capture_output=True, text=True)
+if res.returncode != 0:
+    _abort(f"Not logged in to OpenShift, run `oc login`: {res.stderr}")
+
+# Check the template exists
+res = subprocess.run(
+    ["oc", "get", "templates", TEMPLATE_NAME],
+    capture_output=True,
+    text=True,
+)
+if res.returncode != 0:
+    _abort(f"Template '{TEMPLATE_NAME}' not found.")
+
+# Copy the script to the mount /ops (e.g. using a running terminal pod)
+terminal_pod = subprocess.run(
+    [
+        "oc",
+        "get",
+        "pods",
+        "-l",
+        "app=terminal",
+        "-o",
+        "jsonpath='{.items[0].metadata.name}'",
+    ],
+    capture_output=True,
+    text=True,
+)
+if terminal_pod.returncode != 0:
+    _abort("Terminal pod not found.")
+
+terminal_pod_name = terminal_pod.stdout.strip("'")
+str_ = f"""
+The job will:
+- copy the script {script_path} to {terminal_pod_name}
+- run a pod with Zenodo {image_version}
+- execute the script inside the created pod
+Proceed? (y/n): 
+"""
+if input(str_) != "y":
+    _abort("Aborted.")
+
+
+res = subprocess.run(["oc", "cp", script_path, f"{terminal_pod_name}:/ops"])
+if res.returncode != 0:
+    _abort(f"Failed to copy script to terminal pod: {res.stderr}")
+
+# Use the name of the file as the script name in the terminal pod
+script_name = Path(script_path).name
+
+# Run the script in the terminal pod
+# oc process python-script-runner-template  -p SCRIPT_PATH=<script_path> | oc create -f -
+res = subprocess.run(
+    [
+        "oc",
+        "process",
+        TEMPLATE_NAME,
+        "-p",
+        f"SCRIPT_PATH={script_name}",
+        "-p",
+        f"ZENODO_VERSION={image_version}",
+    ],
+    capture_output=True,
+)
+
+if res.returncode != 0:
+    _abort(f"Failed to process template: {res.stderr}")
+
+res = subprocess.run(
+    [
+        "oc",
+        "create",
+        "-f",
+        "-",
+    ],
+    input=res.stdout,
+    capture_output=True,
+)
+if res.returncode != 0:
+    _abort(f"Failed to create job: {res.stderr}")
+print(res.stdout.decode())
+print("Done!")