diff --git a/cloudformation-telemetry/deploy.sh b/cloudformation-telemetry/deploy.sh
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--- a/cloudformation-telemetry/deploy.sh
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-#!/bin/bash
-
-rm src/external/*.pyc
-rm src/*.pyc
-rm telemetry.zip
-
-if [ ! -f telemetry.zip ]; then
-    echo "creating zip file"
-    mkdir python
-    cd python
-    pip3 install  crhelper -t .
-    pip3 install sumologic-appclient-sdk -t .
-    pip3 install future_fstrings -t .
-    pip3 install setuptools -t .
-    cp -v ../* .
-    zip -r ../telemetry.zip .
-    cd ..
-    rm -r python
-fi
diff --git a/cloudformation-telemetry/install_python_dependencies.sh b/cloudformation-telemetry/install_python_dependencies.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Pull the Amazon Linux image from Docker Hub
+docker pull amazonlinux
+
+# Run the Amazon Linux container in detached mode
+docker run -d --name telemetry amazonlinux tail -f /dev/null
+
+# Install Python, pip, and other dependencies inside the container
+docker exec -it telemetry /bin/bash -c "yum update -y && yum install -y python3-pip zip && python3 -m pip install virtualenv"
+
+# Create a virtual environment and install dependencies
+docker exec -it telemetry /bin/bash -c "python3 -m venv temp-venv && source temp-venv/bin/activate && mkdir telemetry && cd telemetry && pip install crhelper sumologic-appclient-sdk future_fstrings setuptools -t ."
+
+# Copy python file from host to container
+docker cp ./lambda_function.py telemetry:/telemetry
+
+# Zip the contents of the telemetry directory
+docker exec -it telemetry /bin/bash -c "cd telemetry && ls -l && zip -r ../telemetry.zip ."
+
+# Copy the telemetry.zip file from the container to the host
+docker cp telemetry:/telemetry.zip ./telemetry.zip
+
+# Stop and remove the container
+docker stop telemetry
+docker rm telemetry
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