diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index be7293a0..ffdc9a0a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ cypress/videos/*
 dist/
 node_modules/
 npm-debug.log*
+tests/settings/certs/
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a3595759..7d3fad75 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ A community driven UI for [Pulp](https://pulpproject.org/).
 
 ## How to run
 
-### backend
+### Backend
 
 You can follow the [pulp-oci-images quickstart](https://pulpproject.org/pulp-oci-images/docs/admin/tutorials/quickstart/),
 TLDR:
 
-#### setup:
+#### Setup:
 
 ```sh
 mkdir -p ~/pulp-backend-oci/{settings/certs,pulp_storage,pgsql,containers}
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ ANSIBLE_CONTENT_HOSTNAME='http://$(hostname):8080/pulp/content'
 " >> settings/settings.py
 ```
 
-#### run:
+#### Run:
 
 ```sh
 cd ~/pulp-backend-oci/
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ podman run --publish 8080:80 \
            docker.io/pulp/pulp
 ```
 
-#### check:
+#### Check:
 
 ```sh
 curl localhost:8080/pulp/api/v3/status/ | jq
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ curl localhost:8080/pulp/api/v3/status/ | jq
 
 or open http://localhost:8080/pulp/api/v3/status/
 
-#### change password:
+#### Change password:
 
 ```sh
 podman exec -it pulp pulpcore-manager reset-admin-password --password admin
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ podman exec -it pulp pulpcore-manager reset-admin-password --password admin
 docker exec -it compose-pulp_api-1 pulpcore-manager reset-admin-password --password admin
 ```
 
-#### configure `pulp-cli`:
+#### Configure `pulp-cli`:
 
 ```sh
 pip install pulp-cli[pygments]
@@ -61,7 +61,25 @@ pulp --help
 pulp user list
 ```
 
-### frontend
+### Setup (run_container.sh script)
+
+The `tests/run_container.sh` script is provided and allows you to run a command with a [Pulp OCI-image](https://pulpproject.org/pulp-oci-images/docs/admin/tutorials/quickstart/) container running.
+
+It requires Docker or Podman to be installed.
+
+The default credentials are:
+ * Username: admin
+ * Password: admin
+
+```
+./tests/run_container sleep inf
+```
+
+The following optional environment variable is availble to be set:
+
+* `IMAGE_TAG`: Change the Pulp OCI image tage to use, defaults to `latest`
+
+### Frontend
 
 You can clone the frontend from https://github.com/pulp/pulp-ui .
 
@@ -72,12 +90,12 @@ npm run start
 
 and open http://localhost:8002/ :tada: :)
 
-If your API listens elsewhere, you can use `API_PROXY=http://elsewhere:12345 npm run start` instead. Do note that the server at `elsewhere` has to be configured to allow CORS requests for `localhost` (where UI actually listens); using something like `changeOrigin` is out of scope for pulp-ui, and breaks pulp API URLs (because the domains are based on the Origin header). Do NOT use webpack proxy in production.
+If your PULP API listens elsewhere, you can use `API_PROXY=http://elsewhere:12345 npm run start` instead. Do note that the server at `elsewhere` has to be configured to allow CORS requests for `localhost` (where UI actually listens); using something like `changeOrigin` is out of scope for pulp-ui, and breaks pulp API URLs (because the domains are based on the Origin header). Do NOT use webpack proxy in production.
 
 
 ## Misc
 
-### post-build configuration
+### Post-build configuration
 
 The UI builds produced by `npm run build` can be further configured by serving a `/pulp-ui-config.json` alongside the built UI.
 (Note it has to be mapped at `/`, not just wherever `index.html` is served from.)
diff --git a/tests/run_container.sh b/tests/run_container.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..afd8b2db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/run_container.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# This script was originally taken from the https://github.com/pulp/squeezer repository and adapted for pulp-ui
+
+set -eu
+
+BASEPATH="$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")"
+export BASEPATH
+
+if [ -z "${CONTAINER_RUNTIME:+x}" ]
+then
+  if command -v podman > /dev/null 2>&1
+  then
+    CONTAINER_RUNTIME=podman
+  else
+    CONTAINER_RUNTIME=docker
+  fi
+fi
+export CONTAINER_RUNTIME
+
+if [ -z "${KEEP_CONTAINER:+x}" ]
+then
+  RM="yes"
+else
+  RM=""
+fi
+
+IMAGE_TAG="${IMAGE_TAG:-latest}"
+
+# Check if getenforce is available and set SELINUX accordingly
+if command -v getenforce > /dev/null 2>&1
+then
+  if [ "$(getenforce)" = "Enforcing" ]
+  then
+    SELINUX="yes"
+  else
+    SELINUX=""
+  fi
+else
+  SELINUX=""
+fi
+
+"${CONTAINER_RUNTIME}" \
+  run ${RM:+--rm} \
+  --env S6_KEEP_ENV=1 \
+  --detach \
+  --name "pulp-ephemeral" \
+  --volume "${BASEPATH}/settings:/etc/pulp${SELINUX:+:Z}" \
+  --publish "8080:80" \
+  --network "bridge" \
+  "docker.io/pulp/pulp:${IMAGE_TAG}"
+
+# shellcheck disable=SC2064
+trap "${CONTAINER_RUNTIME} stop pulp-ephemeral" EXIT
+# shellcheck disable=SC2064
+trap "${CONTAINER_RUNTIME} stop pulp-ephemeral" INT
+
+echo "Wait for pulp to start."
+for counter in $(seq 40 -1 0)
+do
+  if [ "$counter" = "0" ]
+  then
+    echo "FAIL."
+    "${CONTAINER_RUNTIME}" images
+    "${CONTAINER_RUNTIME}" ps -a
+    "${CONTAINER_RUNTIME}" logs "pulp-ephemeral"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  sleep 3
+  if curl --fail "http://localhost:8080/pulp/api/v3/status/" > /dev/null 2>&1
+  then
+    echo "SUCCESS."
+    break
+  fi
+  echo "."
+done
+
+# Show pulpcore/plugin versions we're using
+curl -s "http://localhost:8080/pulp/api/v3/status/" | jq '.versions|map({key: .component, value: .version})|from_entries'
+
+# Set admin password
+"${CONTAINER_RUNTIME}" exec "pulp-ephemeral" pulpcore-manager reset-admin-password --password admin
+
+PULP_LOGGING="${CONTAINER_RUNTIME}" "$@"
diff --git a/tests/settings/settings.py b/tests/settings/settings.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bb490ef3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/settings/settings.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+CONTENT_ORIGIN = "http://localhost:8080/"
+ALLOWED_EXPORT_PATHS = ["/tmp"]
+CACHE_ENABLED = True
+REDIS_HOST = "localhost"
+REDIS_PORT = 6379