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+# -*- mode: Python -*-
+
+BASE_IMAGE_MINIMAL="gcr.io/distroless/base"
+BASE_IMAGE_FULL="debian:buster-slim"
+BUILDER_IMAGE="golang:1.18-buster"
+HOSTMOUNT_PREFIX="/host-"
+IMAGE_TAG_NAME = os.getenv('IMAGE_TAG_NAME', "master")
+IMAGE_REGISTRY = os.getenv('IMAGE_REGISTRY', "gcr.io/k8s-staging-nfd")
+IMAGE_NAME = os.getenv('IMAGE_NAME', "node-feature-discovery")
+
+# Get the image name in the following format
+# k8s.gcr.io/nfd/node-feature-discovery:master
+IMAGE = "/".join([IMAGE_REGISTRY, IMAGE_NAME])
+TAGGED_IMAGE = ":".join([IMAGE, IMAGE_TAG_NAME])
+
+# Builds container image
+def build_image():
+    docker_build(
+        TAGGED_IMAGE,
+        context='.',
+        build_args={
+        "BUILDER_IMAGE": BUILDER_IMAGE,
+        "BASE_IMAGE_MINIMAL": BASE_IMAGE_MINIMAL,
+        "BASE_IMAGE_FULL": BASE_IMAGE_FULL,
+        "HOSTMOUNT_PREFIX": HOSTMOUNT_PREFIX,
+        },
+        target="full",
+        ignore=['./docs/', './examples/', './demo/']
+    )
+
+# Deploys manifests with kustomize
+def deploy_nfd():
+    k8s_yaml(
+        kustomize('deployment/overlays/default/')
+    )
+
+# Actual calls to the functions
+build_image()
+deploy_nfd()
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