[CI/Build] Moves to cuda-base runtime image while retaining minimal JIT dependencies (vllm-project#29270)

Signed-off-by: bbartels <benjamin@bartels.dev>
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Bartels <benjamin@bartels.dev>

Author: bbartels

docker/Dockerfile

@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ ARG PYTHON_VERSION=3.12
 # glibc version is baked into the distro, and binaries built with one glibc
 # version are not backwards compatible with OSes that use an earlier version.
 ARG BUILD_BASE_IMAGE=nvidia/cuda:${CUDA_VERSION}-devel-ubuntu20.04
-# TODO: Restore to base image after FlashInfer AOT wheel fixed
-ARG FINAL_BASE_IMAGE=nvidia/cuda:${CUDA_VERSION}-devel-ubuntu22.04
+# Using cuda base image with minimal dependencies necessary for JIT compilation (FlashInfer, DeepGEMM, EP kernels)
+ARG FINAL_BASE_IMAGE=nvidia/cuda:${CUDA_VERSION}-base-ubuntu22.04
 
 # By parameterizing the Deadsnakes repository URL, we allow third-party to use
 # their own mirror. When doing so, we don't benefit from the transparent
@@ -328,6 +328,18 @@ RUN echo 'tzdata tzdata/Areas select America' | debconf-set-selections \
     && curl -sS ${GET_PIP_URL} | python${PYTHON_VERSION} \
     && python3 --version && python3 -m pip --version
 
+# Install CUDA development tools and build essentials for runtime JIT compilation
+# (FlashInfer, DeepGEMM, EP kernels all require compilation at runtime)
+RUN CUDA_VERSION_DASH=$(echo $CUDA_VERSION | cut -d. -f1,2 | tr '.' '-') && \
+    apt-get update -y && \
+    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+    cuda-nvcc-${CUDA_VERSION_DASH} \
+    cuda-cudart-${CUDA_VERSION_DASH} \
+    cuda-nvrtc-${CUDA_VERSION_DASH} \
+    cuda-cuobjdump-${CUDA_VERSION_DASH} \
+    libcublas-${CUDA_VERSION_DASH} && \
+    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
 ARG PIP_INDEX_URL UV_INDEX_URL
 ARG PIP_EXTRA_INDEX_URL UV_EXTRA_INDEX_URL
 ARG PYTORCH_CUDA_INDEX_BASE_URL