New Project: Qiskit/qiskit

[jakelishman]

(Note that this is related to #82.)

Please describe the project

An SDK for quantum programming, compilation and execution.

URL for the project

https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit

Describe current CI/CD setup

We use GitHub Actions, and do not test on ppc64le or s390x. We do however deploy Python wheels (with compiled Rust components) for these platforms using QEMU, but without running tests because of the excessive runtime cost of the emulation.

Describe the primary use case for the Github Action Runner

We would like to be able to test the wheels before deployment, at least at as part of the deployment procedure (typically around once per month).

Paste a link to the existing actions workflow file(s) or directory

Current wheel builds under emulation are here: https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit/blob/0b7d00062472dd6dfb544ff5e55b1cb7b8bb63da/.github/workflows/wheels-build.yml#L141-L185

How often do you plan on executing the runner?

At a minimum, every release (approximately once per month, but not necessarily evenly spaced). If usage time is more frequently, potentially daily on a cron job.

What is the primary programming language for the project?

Rust, with Python and C components.

Please select desired hardware

• Power 9 (ppc64le)
• IBM Z / LinuxONE (s390x)

Account names of the GitHub repo admins that will need access to setting up the runner

• jakelishman
• mtreinish

[mtarsel]

Thank you for submitting this issue - we are ready to onboard this project now.

Every release is preferred to run these workflows considering we provide this service at no-charge and our resources are limited at this time, but I am curious how long the daily cron jobs take to execute.

Despite the cadence of the workflows, please install the GitHub App from the following link and select your repository:
🔗 Power Z GHA Runner App

For more details on the onboarding process, please refer to our documentation:
📄 Onboarding Guide

Please let me know in this issue once you have installed the github app on your repo. For security reasons, I will double check it is the correct repo and then approve the repo to use our images. You will not be able to use our images until I approve the repo.

After the repo has been approved, you will be able to use the ubuntu-24.04-ppc64le and ubuntu-24.04-s390x images in the workflow file and all good to go :) The onboarding doc linked above will be helpful.

Please note: forks will not be able to use this service since those repos will not be in our allow list.

If there is any questions or concerns, we can discuss those here.

[mtarsel]

closing this and tracking discussion for Qiskit org here: #82 (comment)