Quantum Microservices Development and Deployment

TL;DR

This paper proposes a pipeline for deploying quantum microservices, leveraging modifications of OpenAPI, GitHub Actions, and AWS to enable quantum service-oriented computing.

Contribution

It introduces a technological infrastructure and deployment pipeline specifically designed for quantum microservices, bridging a gap in current quantum software engineering.

Findings

Validated the deployment pipeline using OpenAPI, GitHub Actions, and AWS.

Demonstrated feasibility of continuous deployment for quantum services.

Provided a framework for integrating quantum and classical software components.

Abstract

Early advances in the field of quantum computing have provided new opportunities to tackle intricate problems in areas as diverse as mathematics, physics, or healthcare. However, the technology required to construct such systems where different pieces of quantum and classical software collaborate is currently lacking. For this reason, significant advancements in quantum service-oriented computing are necessary to enable developers to create and operate quantum services and microservices comparable to their classical counterparts. Therefore, the core objective of this work is to establish the necessary technological infrastructure that enables the application of the benefits and lessons learned from service-oriented computing to the domain of quantum software engineering. To this end, we propose a pipeline for the continuous deployment of services. Additionally, we have validated the proposal by making use of a modification of the OpenAPI specification, the GitHub Actions, and AWS.