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+###############################################################################
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+#  or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+#  distributed with this work for additional information
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+#  to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+#  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
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+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
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+#  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+###############################################################################
+
+# Dockerfile for container with dev prerequisites 
+
+
+FROM ubuntu:20.04
+
+ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+
+# Update and install common packages
+RUN apt -q update \
+   && apt install -y software-properties-common apt-utils apt-transport-https ca-certificates \
+   && add-apt-repository -y ppa:deadsnakes/ppa \
+   && apt-get -q install -y --no-install-recommends \
+      curl \
+      gnupg-agent \
+      rsync \
+      git \
+      vim \
+      locales \
+      wget \
+      time \
+      openjdk-8-jdk \
+      python3-setuptools \
+      python3-pip \
+      python3.5 \
+      python3.6 \
+      python3.7 \
+      python2.7 \
+      virtualenv \
+      tox  
+
+# Setup to install docker
+RUN curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | apt-key add -
+RUN apt-key fingerprint 0EBFCD88
+RUN  add-apt-repository \
+   "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \
+   $(lsb_release -cs) \
+   stable"
+RUN  apt-get install -y docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io
+
+# Set the locale
+RUN sed -i '/en_US.UTF-8/s/^# //g' /etc/locale.gen && \
+    locale-gen
+ENV LANG en_US.UTF-8  
+ENV LANGUAGE en_US:en  
+ENV LC_ALL en_US.UTF-8     
+
+#Set Python3.6 as default
+RUN alias python=python3.6
+
+# Install Go
+RUN wget https://golang.org/dl/go1.15.5.linux-amd64.tar.gz && tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.15.5.linux-amd64.tar.gz
+# ENV PATH $PATH:/usr/local/go/bin
+ENV GOROOT /usr/local/go
+ENV PATH $PATH:$GOROOT/bin
+
+# Set work directory
+WORKDIR /workspaces/beam
+ENV GOPATH /workspaces/beam/sdks/go/examples/.gogradle/project_gopath
+RUN go get github.com/linkedin/goavro
+
+# Install grpcio-tools mypy-protobuf for `python3 sdks/python/setup.py sdist` to work
+RUN pip3 install grpcio-tools mypy-protobuf
diff --git a/website/www/site/content/en/contribute/_index.md b/website/www/site/content/en/contribute/_index.md
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--- a/website/www/site/content/en/contribute/_index.md
+++ b/website/www/site/content/en/contribute/_index.md
@@ -94,6 +94,11 @@ $ go get github.com/linkedin/goavro
 
 gLinux users should configure their machines for sudoless Docker.
 
+Alternatively, you can use the [Dockerfile](https://github.com/apache/beam/blob/master/Dockerfile) to setup a container meeting the requirements above, and mount your clone of the Beam repo to the container. e.g.:
+```shell script
+docker run -it --network=host -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock  --mount type=bind,source="$PWD",target=/workspaces/beam <CONTAINER_ID> bash
+```
+
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