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+# Universal Image Dockerfile
+#
+# FIPS-friendly Features:
+# - uv is used only in build stage (not shipped in runtime image)
+# - Build tools are isolated in intermediate stages
+# - Final image contains only runtime dependencies
+# - OpenSSL FIPS mode supported via base image
+
+################################################################################
+# Build Arguments
+################################################################################
+ARG BASE_IMAGE=quay.io/opendatahub/workbench-images:cuda-jupyter-minimal-ubi9-python-3.12-2025a_20250903
+# CUDA_VERSION: Used for environment variables and documentation purposes
+# - Sets CUDA_VERSION env var (helps with debugging and tooling)
+# - Not used for package installation (specific versions hardcoded below)
+ARG CUDA_VERSION=12.8
+# PYTHON_VERSION: Critical for path resolution in multi-stage build
+# - Used to locate site-packages directory (e.g., /opt/app-root/lib/python3.12/site-packages)
+# - Must match base image Python version
+ARG PYTHON_VERSION=3.12
+
+################################################################################
+# Builder Stage - Install uv for dependency resolution
+################################################################################
+FROM ${BASE_IMAGE} AS builder
+
+USER 0
+WORKDIR /tmp/builder
+
+# Install latest version of uv in builder stage
+# Why: Even if base image has uv, we want the latest version for:
+#      - Latest bug fixes and performance improvements
+#      - Consistent behavior across builds
+#      - Specific version control independent of base image
+# Note: This uv is isolated in builder stage and copied selectively to other stages
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir uv
+
+################################################################################
+# Base Stage
+################################################################################
+FROM ${BASE_IMAGE} AS base
+
+LABEL name="universal:py312-cuda128-torch280" \
+      summary="Universal CUDA 12.8 Python 3.12 image with PyTorch 2.8.0" \
+      description="Universal image combining minimal Jupyter workbench and runtime ML stack (CUDA 12.8, PyTorch 2.8.0, FlashAttention 2.8.3) on UBI9" \
+      io.k8s.display-name="Universal CUDA 12.8 Python 3.12 (Workbench + Runtime)" \
+      maintainer="['managed-open-data-hub@redhat.com']" \
+      io.openshift.expose-services="" \
+      com.redhat.component="odh-th03-cuda128-torch280-py312" \
+      com.redhat.license_terms="https://www.redhat.com/licenses/Red_Hat_Standard_EULA_20191108.pdf" \
+      io.k8s.description="Universal image: Jupyter workbench by default; runtime when command provided."
+
+# Copy license file
+COPY LICENSE.md /licenses/cuda-license.md
+
+USER 0
+WORKDIR /opt/app-root/bin
+
+# Environment variables for NVIDIA and CUDA
+ENV NVIDIA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=all \
+    NVIDIA_DRIVER_CAPABILITIES=compute,utility \
+    CUDA_VERSION=${CUDA_VERSION} \
+    CUDA_HOME=/usr/local/cuda \
+    PATH=/usr/local/cuda/bin:$PATH \
+    LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/cuda/lib64:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH \
+    TORCH_CUDA_ARCH_LIST="8.0;8.6;8.9;9.0" \
+    XLA_FLAGS=--xla_gpu_cuda_data_dir=/usr/local/cuda
+
+################################################################################
+# System Dependencies Stage
+################################################################################
+FROM base AS system-deps
+
+USER 0
+WORKDIR /opt/app-root/bin
+
+# Copy repository configuration files
+COPY cuda.repo mellanox.repo /etc/yum.repos.d/
+
+# Install system packages (RDMA, CUDA tools, build toolchain)
+# Package list defined in rpms.in.yaml for documentation
+#
+# RDMA/InfiniBand packages (from mellanox.repo):
+# - libibverbs-utils, infiniband-diags: RDMA diagnostics and utilities
+# - libibumad: User-space MAD (Management Datagram) library for InfiniBand
+# - librdmacm, librdmacm-utils: RDMA connection management
+# - rdma-core: Core RDMA user-space libraries
+#
+# NOTE: mlnx-tools is intentionally NOT included
+# - mlnx-tools provides Mellanox-specific diagnostics (mlxlink, mlxconfig, etc.)
+# - For containerized ML workloads, standard InfiniBand tools (infiniband-diags) are sufficient
+# - Reduces image size and dependency complexity
+# - If needed, can be added: mlnx-tools \
+#
+# CUDA packages (from cuda.repo):
+# - cuda-command-line-tools-12-8: CUDA CLI utilities
+# - cuda-cudart-devel-12-8: CUDA runtime development headers
+# - cuda-nvcc-12-8-12.8.93-1: CUDA compiler (specific version for reproducibility)
+#
+# Build toolchain (from UBI repos):
+# - gcc, gcc-c++, make: C/C++ compilation tools
+# - python3-devel: Python headers for building native extensions
+# - cmake: Build system (required by some Python packages)
+# - git: Version control (some pip installs need it)
+#
+# --setopt=install_weak_deps=False: Don't install recommended packages (minimizes image size)
+RUN dnf install -y --setopt=install_weak_deps=False \
+    libibverbs-utils \
+    infiniband-diags \
+    libibumad \
+    librdmacm \
+    librdmacm-utils \
+    rdma-core \
+    cuda-command-line-tools-12-8 \
+    cuda-cudart-devel-12-8 \
+    cuda-nvcc-12-8-12.8.93-1 \
+    gcc \
+    gcc-c++ \
+    make \
+    python3-devel \
+    cmake \
+    git && dnf clean all && rm -rf /var/cache/dnf/*
+
+# Verify CUDA toolkit
+RUN /usr/local/cuda/bin/nvcc -V
+RUN ldconfig -p | grep -E 'libcudart|libcublas|libcudnn' || \
+    (echo "[fail-fast] CUDA libs not found" >&2; exit 1)
+
+# Bundle RDMA runtime libs to a staging dir
+RUN mkdir -p /opt/rdma-runtime \
+ && cp -a /usr/lib64/libibverbs* /opt/rdma-runtime/ || true \
+ && cp -a /usr/lib64/librdmacm* /opt/rdma-runtime/ || true \
+ && cp -a /usr/lib64/libibumad* /opt/rdma-runtime/ || true \
+ && cp -a /usr/lib64/libmlx* /opt/rdma-runtime/ || true \
+ && cp -a /usr/lib64/libibnetdisc* /opt/rdma-runtime/ || true
+
+################################################################################
+# Python Dependencies Stage
+################################################################################
+FROM system-deps AS python-deps
+
+USER 0
+WORKDIR /tmp/deps
+
+# Copy uv from builder stage (FIPS: uv only used during build, not in runtime)
+COPY --from=builder /opt/app-root/bin/uv /usr/local/bin/uv
+
+# Copy pyproject.toml, pylock.toml, and requirements-special.txt
+# pylock.toml contains most dependencies
+# requirements-special.txt contains packages needing --no-build-isolation
+COPY --chown=1001:0 pyproject.toml pylock.toml requirements-special.txt ./
+
+# Switch to user 1001 for pip installations
+USER 1001
+WORKDIR /opt/app-root/src
+
+# Install main dependencies from pylock.toml using uv pip sync
+# This syncs the environment to match exactly what's in the lockfile
+#
+# UV_NO_CACHE explained:
+# What: Sets UV_NO_CACHE=1 temporarily, then unsets it (empty string)
+# Why: Running as user 1001 causes uv to try writing to cache directory
+#      which may have permission issues. Disabling cache avoids this.
+# Why unset: ENV changes persist across layers. Unsetting prevents
+#            the variable from affecting subsequent operations or runtime.
+#            Empty value effectively unsets the environment variable.
+ENV UV_NO_CACHE=1
+RUN uv pip sync --python-platform=linux --python-version=3.12 /tmp/deps/pylock.toml
+ENV UV_NO_CACHE=
+
+# Install kubeflow-sdk from Git (not in pylock.toml or requirements-special.txt)
+# TODO: use aipcc index
+RUN pip install --retries 5 --timeout 300 --no-cache-dir \
+    "git+https://github.com/opendatahub-io/kubeflow-sdk@main"
+
+# Install special packages with proper flags
+# These packages require --no-build-isolation to use pre-installed CUDA tools
+# and must be installed in a specific order
+
+# Copy requirements-special.txt for installation
+COPY --chown=1001:0 requirements-special.txt /tmp/deps/
+
+# 1. Flash Attention (standalone, needs --no-build-isolation --no-deps)
+RUN pip install --no-build-isolation --no-cache-dir --no-deps \
+    $(grep "^flash-attn" /tmp/deps/requirements-special.txt)
+
+# 2. Mamba SSM dependencies (order matters!)
+# - causal-conv1d first (needs --no-build-isolation)
+# - mamba-ssm second (needs --no-build-isolation --no-deps)
+RUN pip install --no-build-isolation --no-cache-dir \
+    $(grep "^causal-conv1d" /tmp/deps/requirements-special.txt) \
+ && pip install --no-build-isolation --no-cache-dir --no-deps \
+    $(grep "^mamba-ssm" /tmp/deps/requirements-special.txt)
+
+# Fix permissions for OpenShift
+# What: Adjusts file permissions for OpenShift/Kubernetes compatibility
+# Why: OpenShift runs containers with arbitrary user IDs but fixed group ID (root group)
+#      - chmod g+w: Allows group write access to site-packages (for pip installs at runtime)
+#      - fix-permissions: UBI-provided script that ensures group ownership/permissions
+# When needed: Required for any container that may run in OpenShift with arbitrary UIDs
+ARG PYTHON_VERSION
+USER 0
+RUN chmod -R g+w /opt/app-root/lib/python${PYTHON_VERSION}/site-packages \
+ && fix-permissions /opt/app-root -P
+
+# Clean up uv and build artifacts (FIPS: remove build-only tools)
+RUN rm -f /usr/local/bin/uv \
+ && rm -rf /tmp/deps \
+ && dnf remove -y gcc gcc-c++ cmake python3-devel \
+ && dnf clean all \
+ && rm -rf /var/cache/dnf/*
+
+################################################################################
+# Final Stage - FIPS-friendly Runtime
+################################################################################
+FROM ${BASE_IMAGE} AS final
+
+USER 0
+WORKDIR /opt/app-root/src
+
+# Copy Python site-packages and CLI entry points from python-deps stage
+# This excludes build tools like gcc, cmake, uv (FIPS friendly)
+ARG PYTHON_VERSION
+COPY --from=python-deps /opt/app-root/lib/python${PYTHON_VERSION}/site-packages /opt/app-root/lib/python${PYTHON_VERSION}/site-packages
+COPY --from=python-deps /opt/app-root/bin /opt/app-root/bin
+
+# Copy CUDA runtime from system-deps (built Python packages need CUDA libs)
+# Contains all necessary CUDA libraries - no need to install via dnf
+COPY --from=system-deps /usr/local/cuda /usr/local/cuda
+
+# Copy RDMA runtime libraries from system-deps
+# These are needed for InfiniBand/RDMA support at runtime
+COPY --from=system-deps /opt/rdma-runtime/ /usr/lib64/
+
+# Update dynamic linker cache for CUDA libraries
+# What: ldconfig updates the runtime linker's cache of shared libraries
+# Why: After copying CUDA libraries to /usr/local/cuda, the system needs to know where to find them
+#      - Scans directories like /usr/local/cuda/lib64 (defined in /etc/ld.so.conf.d/)
+#      - Updates /etc/ld.so.cache so programs can locate libcudart.so, libcublas.so, etc.
+# When needed: Required after installing/copying shared libraries to non-standard locations
+# Test: Run "ldconfig -p | grep cuda" to see if CUDA libs are in the cache
+RUN ldconfig
+
+# FIPS-friendly: Remove uv from final image (inherited from base image)
+# uv is only needed during build, not at runtime
+RUN rm -f /opt/app-root/bin/uv
+
+# Environment variables for NVIDIA and CUDA
+ENV NVIDIA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=all \
+    NVIDIA_DRIVER_CAPABILITIES=compute,utility \
+    CUDA_VERSION=${CUDA_VERSION} \
+    CUDA_HOME=/usr/local/cuda \
+    PATH=/usr/local/cuda/bin:$PATH \
+    LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/cuda/lib64:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH \
+    TORCH_CUDA_ARCH_LIST="8.0;8.6;8.9;9.0" \
+    XLA_FLAGS=--xla_gpu_cuda_data_dir=/usr/local/cuda
+
+# Copy license file
+COPY LICENSE.md /licenses/cuda-license.md
+
+# Copy entrypoint
+COPY --chmod=0755 entrypoint-universal.sh /usr/local/bin/entrypoint-universal.sh
+
+# Fix permissions for OpenShift (final stage)
+# What: Ensures proper permissions for OpenShift/Kubernetes arbitrary UIDs
+# Why: After copying site-packages from python-deps stage, permissions need adjustment
+#      - OpenShift assigns random UID but fixed GID (usually 0, root group)
+#      - Group write permissions allow pip to install packages at runtime
+#      - fix-permissions ensures all files have correct group ownership
+# When: Required in final stage because COPY operations reset permissions
+# Context: This is the second time we do this - once after building packages,
+#          and again after copying them to the final stage
+RUN fix-permissions /opt/app-root -P \
+ && chmod -R g+w /opt/app-root/lib/python${PYTHON_VERSION}/site-packages
+
+USER 1001
+WORKDIR /opt/app-root/src
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/local/bin/entrypoint-universal.sh"]
+CMD ["start-notebook.sh"]
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