build: fixes to enable vLLM slim runtime image

container/Dockerfile.vllm

@@ -154,11 +154,16 @@ ENV PATH="${VIRTUAL_ENV}/bin:${PATH}"
 # Install NIXL Python module
 # TODO: Move gds_path selection based on arch into NIXL build
 RUN if [ "$ARCH" = "arm64" ]; then \
-        cd /opt/nixl && uv pip install . --config-settings=setup-args="-Dgds_path=/usr/local/cuda/targets/sbsa-linux"; \
+        cd /opt/nixl && uv build . --out-dir /workspace/wheels/nixl \
+        --config-settings=setup-args="-Dgds_path=/usr/local/cuda/targets/sbsa-linux"; \
     else \
-        cd /opt/nixl && uv pip install . ; \
+        cd /opt/nixl && uv build . --out-dir /workspace/wheels/nixl; \
     fi
 
+# Install the wheel
+# TODO: Move NIXL wheel install to the wheel_builder stage
+RUN uv pip install /workspace/wheels/nixl/*.whl
+
 # Install patched vllm - keep this early in Dockerfile to avoid
 # rebuilds from unrelated source code changes
 ARG VLLM_REF="0.8.4"
@@ -462,18 +467,45 @@ ENV DYNAMO_HOME=/workspace
 ENV VIRTUAL_ENV=/opt/dynamo/venv
 ENV PATH="${VIRTUAL_ENV}/bin:${PATH}"
 
+# Install build-essential and python3-dev as apt dependencies
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+        build-essential \
+        python3-dev && \
+    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+### COPY BINDINGS ###
+# Copy all bindings (wheels, lib, include) from ci_minimum
+COPY --from=ci_minimum /opt/dynamo/bindings /opt/dynamo/bindings
+### COPY NATS & ETCD ###
+# Copy nats and etcd from base image
+COPY --from=base /usr/bin/nats-server /usr/bin/nats-server
+COPY --from=base /usr/local/bin/etcd/ /usr/local/bin/etcd/
+
+# Copy UCX from base image as plugin for NIXL
+# Copy NIXL source from base image (required for NIXL plugins)
+COPY --from=base /usr/local/ucx /usr/local/ucx
+COPY --from=base /usr/local/nixl /usr/local/nixl
+ARG ARCH_ALT
+ENV NIXL_PLUGIN_DIR=/usr/local/nixl/lib/${ARCH_ALT}-linux-gnu/plugins
+ENV LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/nixl/lib/${ARCH_ALT}-linux-gnu:/usr/local/nixl/lib/${ARCH_ALT}-linux-gnu/plugins:/usr/local/ucx/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+
 # Setup the python environment
 COPY --from=ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:latest /uv /uvx /bin/
-RUN apt-get update && \
-    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends python3-dev && \
-    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* && \
-    uv venv $VIRTUAL_ENV --python 3.12 && \
+RUN uv venv $VIRTUAL_ENV --python 3.12 && \
     echo "source $VIRTUAL_ENV/bin/activate" >> ~/.bashrc
 
+# Common dependencies
+RUN --mount=type=bind,source=./container/deps/requirements.txt,target=/tmp/requirements.txt \
+    uv pip install --requirement /tmp/requirements.txt
+
 # Install the wheels and symlink executables to /usr/local/bin so dynamo components can use them
 # Dynamo components currently do not have the VIRTUAL_ENV in their PATH, so we need to symlink the executables
+#Copy NIXL and Dynamo wheels into wheelhouse
+COPY --from=base /workspace/wheels/nixl/*.whl wheelhouse/
 COPY --from=wheel_builder /workspace/dist/*.whl wheelhouse/
 RUN uv pip install ai-dynamo[vllm] --find-links wheelhouse && \
+    uv pip install nixl --find-links wheelhouse && \
     ln -sf $VIRTUAL_ENV/bin/* /usr/local/bin/ && \
     rm -r wheelhouse