diff --git a/jobs/mini-e2e.yaml b/jobs/mini-e2e.yaml
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+---
+- job:
+    name: mini-e2e
+    project-type: pipeline
+    sandbox: true
+    concurrent: true
+    properties:
+      - github:
+          url: https://github.com/ceph/ceph-csi
+      - build-discarder:
+          days-to-keep: 7
+          artifact-days-to-keep: 7
+    pipeline-scm:
+      scm:
+        - git:
+            name: origin
+            url: https://github.com/ceph/ceph-csi
+            branches:
+              - ci/centos
+      script-path: mini-e2e.groovy
+      lightweight-checkout: true
+    triggers:
+      - github-pull-request:
+          status-context: ci/centos/mini-e2e
+          trigger-phrase: '/(re)?test ((all)|(ci/centos/mini-e2e))'
+          permit-all: true
+          # TODO: set github-hooks to true when it is configured in GitHub
+          github-hooks: false
+          cron: 'H/5 * * * *'
+          black-list-target-branches:
+            - ci/centos
+          admin-list:
+            - nixpanic
+          org-list:
+            - ceph
diff --git a/mini-e2e.groovy b/mini-e2e.groovy
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+def cico_retries = 16
+def cico_retry_interval = 60
+// temporary git repository for testing purpose
+def ci_git_repo = 'https://github.com/nixpanic/ceph-csi'
+def ci_git_branch = 'mini-e2e'
+def git_repo = 'https://github.com/ceph/ceph-csi'
+def ref = "master"
+
+def ssh(cmd) {
+	sh "ssh -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no root@${CICO_NODE} '${cmd}'"
+}
+
+node('cico-workspace') {
+	stage('checkout ci repository') {
+		git url: "${ci_git_repo}",
+			branch: "${ci_git_branch}",
+			changelog: false
+	}
+
+	stage('reserve bare-metal machine') {
+		def firstAttempt = true
+		retry(30) {
+			if (!firstAttempt) {
+				sleep(time: 5, unit: "MINUTES")
+			}
+			firstAttempt = false
+			cico = sh(
+				script: "cico node get -f value -c hostname -c comment --release=8 --retry-count=${cico_retries} --retry-interval=${cico_retry_interval}",
+				returnStdout: true
+			).trim().tokenize(' ')
+			env.CICO_NODE = "${cico[0]}.ci.centos.org"
+			env.CICO_SSID = "${cico[1]}"
+		}
+	}
+
+	try {
+		stage('prepare bare-metal machine') {
+			if (params.ghprbPullId != null) {
+				ref = "pull/${ghprbPullId}/head"
+			}
+			sh 'scp -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no ./prepare.sh ./single-node-k8s.sh root@${CICO_NODE}:'
+			ssh "./prepare.sh --workdir=/opt/build/go/src/github.com/ceph/ceph-csi --gitrepo=${git_repo} --ref=${ref}"
+		}
+		stage('build artifacts') {
+			// build container image
+			ssh 'cd /opt/build/go/src/github.com/ceph/ceph-csi && make image-cephcsi GOARCH=amd64 CONTAINER_CMD=podman'
+			// build e2e.test executable
+			ssh 'cd /opt/build/go/src/github.com/ceph/ceph-csi && make containerized-build CONTAINER_CMD=podman TARGET=e2e.test'
+		}
+		stage('deploy k8s v1.18.3 and rook') {
+			timeout(time: 30, unit: 'MINUTES') {
+				ssh './single-node-k8s.sh --k8s-version=v1.18.3'
+			}
+		}
+		stage('run e2e') {
+			timeout(time: 60, unit: 'MINUTES') {
+				ssh 'cd /opt/build/go/src/github.com/ceph/ceph-csi && make run-e2e'
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	catch(exc) {
+		stage('debug time!') {
+			ssh 'sleep 8h'
+		}
+	}
+
+	finally {
+		stage('return bare-metal machine') {
+			sh 'cico node done ${CICO_SSID}'
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/single-node-k8s.sh b/single-node-k8s.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Start minukube with the selected k8s version and deploy rook.
+#
+# This script uses helper scripts from the main ceph-csi branch.
+#
+
+# fail when a command returns an error
+set -e -o pipefail
+
+ARGUMENT_LIST=(
+    "k8s-version"
+)
+
+opts=$(getopt \
+    --longoptions "$(printf "%s:," "${ARGUMENT_LIST[@]}")help" \
+    --name "$(basename "${0}")" \
+    --options "" \
+    -- "$@"
+)
+ret=$?
+
+if [ ${ret} -ne 0 ]
+then
+    echo "Try '--help' for more information."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+eval set -- "${opts}"
+
+while true; do
+    case "${1}" in
+    --help)
+        shift
+        echo "Options:"
+        echo "--help|-h                 specify the flags"
+        echo "--k8s-version             specify the kubernetes version"
+
+        echo " "
+        echo "Sample Usage:"
+        echo "./single-node-k8s.sh --k8s-version=v1.18.3"
+        exit 0
+        ;;
+    --k8s-version)
+        shift
+        k8s_version=${1}
+        ;;
+    --)
+        shift
+        break
+        ;;
+    esac
+    shift
+done
+
+test -n "${k8s_version}" || { echo "k8s_version is not set"; exit 1;}
+
+function set_env() {
+    export GOPATH="/opt/build/go"
+    # build.env is not part of the ci/centos branch, so shellcheck can not find
+    # it and will cause a failure if not annotated with /dev/null.
+    # shellcheck source=/dev/null
+    source "${GOPATH}"/src/github.com/ceph/ceph-csi/build.env
+    export GO111MODULE="on"
+    export TEST_COVERAGE="stdout"
+    export VM_DRIVER="kvm2"
+    export CEPH_CSI_RUN_ALL_TESTS=true
+    # downloading rook images is sometimes slow, extend timeout to 15 minutes
+    export ROOK_DEPLOY_TIMEOUT=900
+
+    # script/minikube.sh installs under /usr/local/bin
+    export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin
+}
+
+# FIXME: unfortunately minikube does not work with podman (yet)
+function install_docker()
+{
+    curl https://download.docker.com/linux/centos/docker-ce.repo -o /etc/yum.repos.d/docker-ce.repo
+    dnf -y --nobest install docker-ce
+    systemctl enable --now docker
+}
+
+function install_minikube()
+{
+    dnf -y groupinstall 'Virtualization Host'
+    systemctl enable --now libvirtd
+    # Warning about "No ACPI IVRS table found", not critical
+    virt-host-validate || true
+
+    # minikube needs socat
+    dnf -y install socat
+
+    # deploy minikube
+    MINIKUBE_VERSION="${MINIKUBE_VERSION}" KUBE_VERSION="${k8s_version}" ${GOPATH}/src/github.com/ceph/ceph-csi/scripts/minikube.sh up
+
+    # copy kubectl from minikube to /usr/bin
+    cp ~/.minikube/cache/linux/"${k8s_version}"/kubectl /usr/bin/
+
+    # add disks to the minikube VM
+    if [ ! -d /opt/minikube/images ]; then
+        mkdir -p /opt/minikube/images
+        virsh pool-create-as --name minikube --type dir --target /opt/minikube/images
+    fi
+    virsh vol-create-as --pool minikube --name osd-0 --capacity 32G
+    virsh vol-create-as --pool minikube --name osd-1 --capacity 32G
+    virsh vol-create-as --pool minikube --name osd-2 --capacity 32G
+    virsh attach-disk --domain minikube --source /opt/minikube/images/osd-0 --target vdb
+    virsh attach-disk --domain minikube --source /opt/minikube/images/osd-1 --target vdc
+    virsh attach-disk --domain minikube --source /opt/minikube/images/osd-2 --target vdd
+    # rescan for newly attached virtio devices
+    minikube ssh 'echo 1 | sudo tee /sys/bus/pci/rescan > /dev/null ; dmesg | grep virtio_blk'
+}
+
+function deploy_rook()
+{
+    ${GOPATH}/src/github.com/ceph/ceph-csi/scripts/minikube.sh deploy-rook
+    ${GOPATH}/src/github.com/ceph/ceph-csi/scripts/minikube.sh create-block-pool
+    ${GOPATH}/src/github.com/ceph/ceph-csi/scripts/minikube.sh k8s-sidecar
+
+    # TODO: only needed for k8s 1.17.0 and newer
+    # delete snapshot CRD created by ceph-csi in rook
+    ${GOPATH}/src/github.com/ceph/ceph-csi/scripts/install-snapshot.sh delete-crd || true
+    # install snapshot controller
+    ${GOPATH}/src/github.com/ceph/ceph-csi/scripts/install-snapshot.sh install
+}
+
+# When an image was built with podman, it needs importing into minikube.
+function podman2minikube()
+{
+    podman image save "${1}" | (eval "$(minikube docker-env --shell bash)" && docker image load)
+}
+
+# Set environment variables
+set_env
+
+# prepare minikube environment
+install_minikube
+
+install_docker
+podman2minikube quay.io/cephcsi/cephcsi:canary
+
+deploy_rook
+
+# running e2e.test requires librados and librbd
+dnf -y install librados2 librbd1
+
+# now it is time to run the e2e tests!