diff --git a/.gcloudignore b/.gcloudignore
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+++ b/.gcloudignore
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+# This file specifies files that are *not* uploaded to Google Cloud Platform
+# using gcloud. It follows the same syntax as .gitignore, with the addition of
+# "#!include" directives (which insert the entries of the given .gitignore-style
+# file at that point).
+#
+# For more information, run:
+#   $ gcloud topic gcloudignore
+#
+.gcloudignore
+#!include:.gitignore
+
+# Don't bother uploading files not needed to generate a database.
+experiments
+minitests
+vagrant
diff --git a/cloudbuild.yaml b/cloudbuild.yaml
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+steps:
+- name: 'gcr.io/cloud-builders/docker'
+  args:
+    - 'build'
+    - '--build-arg'
+    - 'DEV_ENV_IMAGE=${_DEV_ENV_IMAGE}'
+    - '--build-arg'
+    - 'NUM_PARALLEL_JOBS=${_NUM_CPUS}'
+    - '-t'
+    - '${_GCR_ZONE}/$PROJECT_ID/${_IMAGE_NAME}:${TAG_NAME}'
+    - '.'
+options:
+  disk_size_gb: 1000
+  machine_type: N1_HIGHCPU_32
+timeout: '21600s'
+substitutions:
+  _GCR_ZONE: 'gcr.io'
+  _IMAGE_NAME: 'prjxray-db'
+  _NUM_CPUS: '16'
+images:
+  - '${_GCR_ZONE}/$PROJECT_ID/${_IMAGE_NAME}:${TAG_NAME}'