Containerization of legacy applications using quantum computing

A method comprising:

• receiving an application code of a legacy application;
• containerizing the legacy application to generate a containerized application code of a containerized application, wherein containerizing the legacy application comprises:
• analyzing the application code to generate a plurality of container configurations for the containerized application, wherein each container configuration comprises a plurality of container images and a plurality of application programming interfaces (APIs), and wherein generating said each container configuration comprises:
• determining a plurality of logical units of the legacy application;
• clustering the plurality of logical units into a plurality of clusters;
• determining a plurality of interaction flows between the plurality of clusters;
• generating a respective container image for each cluster;
• and
• mapping the plurality of interaction flows to the plurality of APIs;
• generating an initial quantum state from the plurality of container configurations;
• simulating said each container configuration;
• generating a final quantum state from the initial quantum state, wherein the final quantum state comprises performance scores for said each container configuration represented using a format of quantum bits;
• determining a total performance score for said each container configuration based on the performance scores and a rule;
• determining a highest total performance score;
• determining an improved container configuration from the plurality of container configurations based on the highest total performance score;
• and
• deploying the containerized application code having the improved container configuration to a cloud computing system.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by at least one classical processor and at least one quantum processor, cause the at least one classical processor and the at least one quantum processor to:

• receive an application code of a legacy application;
• containerize the legacy application to generate a containerized application code of a containerized application, wherein containerizing the legacy application comprises:
• analyzing the application code to generate a plurality of container configurations for the containerized application, wherein each container configuration comprises a plurality of container images and a plurality of application programming interfaces (APIs), and wherein generating said each container configuration comprises:
• determining a plurality of logical units of the legacy application;
• clustering the plurality of logical units into a plurality of clusters;
• determining a plurality of interaction flows between the plurality of clusters;
• generating a respective container image for each cluster;
• and
• mapping the plurality of interaction flows to the plurality of APIs;
• generate an initial quantum state from the plurality of container configurations;
• simulate said each container configuration;
• generate a final quantum state from the initial quantum state, wherein the final quantum state comprises performance scores for said each container configuration represented using a format of quantum bits;
• determine a total performance score for said each container configuration based on the performance scores and a rule;
• determine a highest total performance score;
• determine an improved container configuration from the plurality of container configurations based on the highest total performance score;
• and
• deploy the containerized application code having the improved container configuration to a cloud computing system.