guidewire-ci-integration
DevOps & SecurityConfigure CI/CD pipelines for Guidewire InsuranceSuite development. Use when setting up automated builds, tests, and deployments for Guidewire projects. Trigger with phrases like "guidewire ci", "guidewire pipeline", "automated testing guidewire", "jenkins guidewire", "github actions guidewire".
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Guidewire CI Integration
Overview
Configure continuous integration and continuous deployment pipelines for Guidewire InsuranceSuite projects using GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or Azure DevOps.
Prerequisites
- Git repository with Guidewire project
- CI/CD platform access (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or Azure DevOps)
- Guidewire Cloud Console access for deployment credentials
- JDK 17 and Gradle available in CI environment
Instructions
Step 1: GitHub Actions Workflow
# .github/workflows/guidewire-ci.yml
name: Guidewire CI/CD
on:
push:
branches: [main, develop]
pull_request:
branches: [main]
env:
JAVA_VERSION: '17'
GRADLE_VERSION: '8.5'
GW_TENANT_ID: ${{ secrets.GW_TENANT_ID }}
jobs:
build:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Checkout code
uses: actions/checkout@v4
- name: Set up JDK
uses: actions/setup-java@v4
with:
java-version: ${{ env.JAVA_VERSION }}
distribution: 'temurin'
cache: 'gradle'
- name: Grant Gradle execute permission
run: chmod +x gradlew
- name: Build
run: ./gradlew build --no-daemon
- name: Run Gosu checks
run: ./gradlew gosucheck --no-daemon
- name: Upload build artifacts
uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
with:
name: build-artifacts
path: build/libs/
test:
needs: build
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
services:
postgres:
image: postgres:15
env:
POSTGRES_DB: pc_test
POSTGRES_USER: postgres
POSTGRES_PASSWORD: postgres
ports:
- 5432:5432
options: >-
--health-cmd pg_isready
--health-interval 10s
--health-timeout 5s
--health-retries 5
steps:
- name: Checkout code
uses: actions/checkout@v4
- name: Set up JDK
uses: actions/setup-java@v4
with:
java-version: ${{ env.JAVA_VERSION }}
distribution: 'temurin'
cache: 'gradle'
- name: Download build artifacts
uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
with:
name: build-artifacts
path: build/libs/
- name: Set up test database
run: |
./gradlew dbupgrade -PdbHost=localhost -PdbName=pc_test \
-PdbUser=postgres -PdbPassword=postgres --no-daemon
- name: Run unit tests
run: ./gradlew test --no-daemon
- name: Run integration tests
run: ./gradlew integrationTest --no-daemon
env:
DB_HOST: localhost
DB_NAME: pc_test
DB_USER: postgres
DB_PASSWORD: postgres
- name: Upload test results
if: always()
uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
with:
name: test-results
path: build/reports/tests/
- name: Upload coverage report
uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
with:
name: coverage-report
path: build/reports/jacoco/
security-scan:
needs: build
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Checkout code
uses: actions/checkout@v4
- name: Run SAST scan
uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v2
with:
languages: java
- name: Dependency vulnerability check
run: ./gradlew dependencyCheckAnalyze --no-daemon
- name: Upload security report
uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
with:
name: security-report
path: build/reports/dependency-check/
deploy-sandbox:
needs: [test, security-scan]
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/develop'
environment: sandbox
steps:
- name: Checkout code
uses: actions/checkout@v4
- name: Download build artifacts
uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
with:
name: build-artifacts
path: build/libs/
- name: Deploy to Guidewire Cloud Sandbox
env:
GW_CLIENT_ID: ${{ secrets.GW_SANDBOX_CLIENT_ID }}
GW_CLIENT_SECRET: ${{ secrets.GW_SANDBOX_CLIENT_SECRET }}
run: |
./scripts/deploy-to-cloud.sh sandbox
- name: Run smoke tests
run: ./gradlew smokeTest -Penv=sandbox --no-daemon
deploy-production:
needs: deploy-sandbox
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
environment:
name: production
url: https://your-tenant.cloud.guidewire.com
steps:
- name: Checkout code
uses: actions/checkout@v4
- name: Download build artifacts
uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
with:
name: build-artifacts
path: build/libs/
- name: Deploy to Guidewire Cloud Production
env:
GW_CLIENT_ID: ${{ secrets.GW_PROD_CLIENT_ID }}
GW_CLIENT_SECRET: ${{ secrets.GW_PROD_CLIENT_SECRET }}
run: |
./scripts/deploy-to-cloud.sh production
- name: Run production verification
run: ./gradlew productionVerify -Penv=production --no-daemon
Step 2: Jenkins Pipeline
// Jenkinsfile
pipeline {
agent {
docker {
image 'eclipse-temurin:17-jdk'
args '-v gradle-cache:/root/.gradle'
}
}
environment {
GRADLE_OPTS = '-Dorg.gradle.daemon=false'
GW_TENANT_ID = credentials('gw-tenant-id')
}
options {
timeout(time: 1, unit: 'HOURS')
disableConcurrentBuilds()
buildDiscarder(logRotator(numToKeepStr: '10'))
}
stages {
stage('Checkout') {
steps {
checkout scm
}
}
stage('Build') {
steps {
sh 'chmod +x gradlew'
sh './gradlew clean build'
}
post {
success {
archiveArtifacts artifacts: 'build/libs/*.jar', fingerprint: true
}
}
}
stage('Code Quality') {
parallel {
stage('Gosu Check') {
steps {
sh './gradlew gosucheck'
}
}
stage('Static Analysis') {
steps {
sh './gradlew spotbugsMain'
}
post {
always {
recordIssues(tools: [spotBugs(pattern: '**/build/reports/spotbugs/*.xml')])
}
}
}
}
}
stage('Test') {
steps {
sh './gradlew test integrationTest'
}
post {
always {
junit '**/build/test-results/**/*.xml'
publishHTML([
reportDir: 'build/reports/tests/test',
reportFiles: 'index.html',
reportName: 'Test Report'
])
}
}
}
stage('Security Scan') {
steps {
sh './gradlew dependencyCheckAnalyze'
}
post {
always {
dependencyCheckPublisher pattern: '**/dependency-check-report.xml'
}
}
}
stage('Deploy Sandbox') {
when {
branch 'develop'
}
environment {
GW_CLIENT_ID = credentials('gw-sandbox-client-id')
GW_CLIENT_SECRET = credentials('gw-sandbox-client-secret')
}
steps {
sh './scripts/deploy-to-cloud.sh sandbox'
sh './gradlew smokeTest -Penv=sandbox'
}
}
stage('Deploy Production') {
when {
branch 'main'
}
environment {
GW_CLIENT_ID = credentials('gw-prod-client-id')
GW_CLIENT_SECRET = credentials('gw-prod-client-secret')
}
steps {
input message: 'Deploy to production?', ok: 'Deploy'
sh './scripts/deploy-to-cloud.sh production'
}
}
}
post {
always {
cleanWs()
}
failure {
emailext(
subject: "Build Failed: ${env.JOB_NAME} [${env.BUILD_NUMBER}]",
body: "Check console output at ${env.BUILD_URL}",
recipientProviders: [developers()]
)
}
}
}
Step 3: Gradle Build Configuration
// build.gradle - CI-optimized configuration
plugins {
id 'com.guidewire.gradle' version '10.12.0'
id 'org.owasp.dependencycheck' version '9.0.0'
id 'com.github.spotbugs' version '6.0.0'
id 'jacoco'
}
java {
toolchain {
languageVersion = JavaLanguageVersion.of(17)
}
}
// Gosu compilation checks
tasks.named('gosucheck') {
reports {
xml.required = true
html.required = true
}
}
// Test configuration
test {
useJUnitPlatform()
maxParallelForks = Runtime.runtime.availableProcessors().intdiv(2) ?: 1
testLogging {
events 'passed', 'skipped', 'failed'
showStandardStreams = false
exceptionFormat = 'full'
}
finalizedBy jacocoTestReport
}
// Integration tests
tasks.register('integrationTest', Test) {
description = 'Runs integration tests'
group = 'verification'
testClassesDirs = sourceSets.integrationTest.output.classesDirs
classpath = sourceSets.integrationTest.runtimeClasspath
shouldRunAfter test
}
// Code coverage
jacocoTestReport {
dependsOn test
reports {
xml.required = true
html.required = true
}
}
jacocoTestCoverageVerification {
violationRules {
rule {
limit {
minimum = 0.7 // 70% coverage minimum
}
}
}
}
// Security scanning
dependencyCheck {
formats = ['HTML', 'XML', 'JSON']
failBuildOnCVSS = 7.0
suppressionFile = 'config/dependency-check-suppressions.xml'
}
// SpotBugs configuration
spotbugs {
effort = 'max'
reportLevel = 'medium'
excludeFilter = file('config/spotbugs-exclude.xml')
}
// CI-specific tasks
tasks.register('ci') {
description = 'Runs all CI checks'
group = 'verification'
dependsOn 'build', 'gosucheck', 'test', 'integrationTest',
'jacocoTestCoverageVerification', 'dependencyCheckAnalyze'
}
Step 4: Test Utilities
// Test utilities for CI
package gw.test.ci
uses gw.testharness.v3.PLTestCase
uses gw.api.database.Query
class CITestBase extends PLTestCase {
// Skip slow tests in CI
static property get SkipSlowTests() : boolean {
return System.getenv("CI") == "true" &&
System.getenv("RUN_SLOW_TESTS") != "true"
}
// Database health check
static function verifyDatabaseConnection() : boolean {
try {
var count = Query.make(Account).select().Count
return true
} catch (e : Exception) {
return false
}
}
// Clean test data
override function beforeClass() {
super.beforeClass()
cleanupTestData()
}
protected function cleanupTestData() {
// Remove test accounts created by previous runs
Query.make(Account)
.compare(Account#AccountNumber, StartsWith, "TEST-")
.select()
.each(\account -> {
gw.transaction.Transaction.runWithNewBundle(\bundle -> {
bundle.delete(bundle.add(account))
})
})
}
}
Step 5: Deployment Script
#!/bin/bash
# scripts/deploy-to-cloud.sh
set -e
ENV=${1:-sandbox}
echo "=== Deploying to Guidewire Cloud ($ENV) ==="
# Validate environment
if [[ "$ENV" != "sandbox" && "$ENV" != "production" ]]; then
echo "Invalid environment: $ENV"
exit 1
fi
# Get access token
TOKEN=$(curl -s -X POST "${GW_HUB_URL}/oauth/token" \
-H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" \
-d "grant_type=client_credentials&client_id=${GW_CLIENT_ID}&client_secret=${GW_CLIENT_SECRET}" \
| jq -r '.access_token')
if [ -z "$TOKEN" ] || [ "$TOKEN" == "null" ]; then
echo "Failed to obtain access token"
exit 1
fi
# Deploy configuration package
echo "Deploying configuration package..."
DEPLOYMENT_RESPONSE=$(curl -s -X POST "${GW_API_URL}/deployment/v1/packages" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${TOKEN}" \
-H "Content-Type: application/zip" \
--data-binary @build/libs/configuration-package.zip)
DEPLOYMENT_ID=$(echo $DEPLOYMENT_RESPONSE | jq -r '.deploymentId')
echo "Deployment ID: $DEPLOYMENT_ID"
# Wait for deployment to complete
echo "Waiting for deployment to complete..."
while true; do
STATUS=$(curl -s "${GW_API_URL}/deployment/v1/packages/${DEPLOYMENT_ID}" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${TOKEN}" \
| jq -r '.status')
echo "Status: $STATUS"
if [ "$STATUS" == "COMPLETED" ]; then
echo "Deployment completed successfully"
break
elif [ "$STATUS" == "FAILED" ]; then
echo "Deployment failed"
exit 1
fi
sleep 30
done
echo "=== Deployment Complete ==="
Output
- GitHub Actions workflow file
- Jenkins pipeline configuration
- Gradle build with CI tasks
- Test utilities for CI environment
- Cloud deployment script
Error Handling
| Error | Cause | Solution |
|---|---|---|
| Build timeout | Long-running tests | Increase timeout or parallelize |
| Database connection failed | Service not ready | Add health check wait |
| Deployment failed | Invalid package | Check build artifacts |
| Test flakiness | Race conditions | Add proper test isolation |
Resources
Next Steps
For deployment strategies, see guidewire-deploy-integration.