diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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index 00000000000..79ae76af206
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+# pkg and bin directories currently contain build artifacts
+# only so we exclude them.
+bin/
+vendor/
+
+.vscode/
+
+# Compiled python files.
+*.pyc
+
+# Emacs temporary files
+*~
+
+# Other temporary files
+.DS_Store
+
+# Files created by Gogland IDE
+.idea/
+
+# Exclude wheel files for now.
+# The only wheel file is the TF wheel one which is quite large.
+# We don't want to check that into source control because it could be
+# quite large.
+*.whl
+
+# Bazel files
+**/bazel-*
+# Examples egg
+examples/tf_sample/tf_sample.egg-info/
+examples/.ipynb_checkpoints/
+
+**/.ipynb_checkpoints
diff --git a/manifests/Makefile b/manifests/Makefile
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+++ b/manifests/Makefile
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+
+# Create a yaml template to deploy the CRD
+# Requires the template plugin
+# https://github.com/technosophos/helm-template
+CHART := https://storage.googleapis.com/tf-on-k8s-dogfood-releases/latest/tf-job-operator-chart-latest.tgz
+deploy_config: 	
+	rm -rf /tmp/tfjob_config_builder
+	mkdir -p /tmp/tfjob_config_builder
+	wget -O /tmp/tfjob_config_builder/tf-job-operator-chart-latest.tgz https://storage.googleapis.com/tf-on-k8s-dogfood-releases/latest/tf-job-operator-chart-latest.tgz
+	tar -C /tmp/tfjob_config_builder -xvf  /tmp/tfjob_config_builder/tf-job-operator-chart-latest.tgz 
+	# We set the templates to render because we don't want to render the tests.
+	helm template /tmp/tfjob_config_builder/tf-job-operator-chart --set cloud=gke,rbac.install=true  \
+		-x ./templates/config.yaml -x ./templates/deployment.yaml -x ./templates/rbac.yaml -x ./templates/service-account.yaml > deploy_crd.yaml
+		
diff --git a/manifests/deploy_crd.yaml b/manifests/deploy_crd.yaml
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+++ b/manifests/deploy_crd.yaml
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+---
+# Source: tf-job-operator-chart/templates/config.yaml
+
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: tf-job-operator-config
+data:
+  controller_config_file.yaml: |
+    grpcServerFilePath: /opt/mlkube/grpc_tensorflow_server/grpc_tensorflow_server.py
+    accelerators:
+      alpha.kubernetes.io/nvidia-gpu:
+        volumes:
+          - name: nvidia-libraries
+            mountPath: /usr/local/nvidia/lib64 # This path is special; it is expected to be present in `/etc/ld.so.conf` inside the container image.
+            hostPath: /home/kubernetes/bin/nvidia/lib
+          - name: nvidia-debug-tools # optional
+            mountPath: /usr/local/bin/nvidia
+            hostPath: /home/kubernetes/bin/nvidia/bin
+
+---
+# Source: tf-job-operator-chart/templates/service-account.yaml
+
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ServiceAccount
+metadata:
+  name: tf-job-operator
+  labels:
+    app: tf-job-operator
+
+---
+# Source: tf-job-operator-chart/templates/rbac.yaml
+
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: ClusterRole
+metadata:
+  name: tf-job-operator
+  labels:
+    app: tf-job-operator
+rules:
+- apiGroups:
+  - tensorflow.org
+  resources:
+  - tfjobs
+  verbs:
+  - "*"
+- apiGroups:
+  - apiextensions.k8s.io
+  resources:
+  - customresourcedefinitions
+  verbs:
+  - "*"
+- apiGroups:
+  - storage.k8s.io
+  resources:
+  - storageclasses
+  verbs:
+  - "*"
+- apiGroups:
+  - batch
+  resources:
+  - jobs
+  verbs:
+  - "*"
+- apiGroups:
+  - ""
+  resources:
+  - configmaps
+  - pods
+  - services
+  - endpoints
+  - persistentvolumeclaims
+  - events
+  verbs:
+  - "*"
+- apiGroups:
+  - apps
+  - extensions
+  resources:
+  - deployments
+  verbs:
+  - "*"
+---
+kind: ClusterRoleBinding
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1beta1
+metadata:
+  name: tf-job-operator
+  labels:
+    app: tf-job-operator
+subjects:
+- kind: ServiceAccount
+  name: tf-job-operator
+  namespace: default
+roleRef:
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+  kind: ClusterRole
+  name: tf-job-operator
+
+
+---
+# Source: tf-job-operator-chart/templates/deployment.yaml
+apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: tf-job-operator
+spec:
+  replicas: 1
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        name: tf-job-operator
+    spec:
+      serviceAccountName: tf-job-operator
+      containers:
+      - name: tf-job-operator
+        image: gcr.io/tf-on-k8s-dogfood/tf_operator:v20171129-f8ec762
+        command:
+          - /opt/mlkube/tf_operator
+          - --controller_config_file=/etc/config/controller_config_file.yaml
+          - -alsologtostderr
+          - -v=1
+        env:
+        - name: MY_POD_NAMESPACE
+          valueFrom:
+            fieldRef:
+              fieldPath: metadata.namespace
+        - name: MY_POD_NAME
+          valueFrom:
+            fieldRef:
+              fieldPath: metadata.name
+
+        volumeMounts:
+          - name: config-volume
+            mountPath: /etc/config
+      volumes:
+        - name: config-volume
+          configMap:
+            name: tf-job-operator-config
+