[BEAM-10844] Add a way to prebuild python sdk container with dependencies

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: P2
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 2.25.0
• Component/s: runner-dataflow
• Labels: stale-assigned
• Assignee: Yichi Zhang
• Reporter: Yichi Zhang
• Created: 01/Sep/20 00:27
• Updated: 20/Oct/21 19:23
• Resolved: 30/Jan/21 05:21

Description

We should add a way to prebuild python sdk container on top of latest public sdk image, and have all the dependencies installed, so that the setup steps won't need to be executed again every time a new worker vm is launched, on dataflow.

Issue Links

• is related to: BEAM-13086 Failing to prebuild python sdk container using cloud build
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #12727