Developing with Guidewire Cloud

Platform as a Service

PaaS abbreviation stands for

Guidewire Cloud Platform

A cloud-native Platform-as-a-Service that provides the tools necessary to develop, deploy, and monitor Guidewire applications.

Configuration

The developer (you) own this layer in the Guidewire Cloud architecture

Usage

The multi-tenant side of the cloud tenancy model scale independently to optimize resource _________

Tenant

The side of the hybrid cloud tenancy model which hosts your specific stars and planets

Platform

The multi-tenant side of the hybrid cloud tenancy model that hosts shared microservices separated from the core applications, such as rating, rules, and observability tools

False

(True/False) Developing in GWCP has the same technical requirements as any legacy environment.

Centralized Logging

The technical requirement in GWCP where all logs should be stored in a single, accessible location like Datadog

Read-Only

A file system in which you can’t write data to a local server disk

True

(True/False) The cloud utilizes a read-only file system.

Externalized

All environment-specific settings must be ________ in GWCP

Tenant

In the astronomy metaphor, my company

Star

In the astronomy metaphor, my project or line of business

Orbit

In the astronomy metaphor, a development environment, such as Dev/QA/PreProd/Prod

Planet

In the astronomy metaphor, the specific runtime environment for an application

Asteroid

In the astronomy metaphor, a specialized environment for more containerized workloads

Isolation Zone

In the astronomy metaphor, the high-level geographic and regulatory fence that keeps data and services in a specific region (ex. North America East)

Galaxy

In the astronomy metaphor, a specific cloud region within an isolation zone where GWCP runs infrastructure (Ex. AWS region us-east-1)

False

(True/False) Other insurers can freely access your tenant in GWCP

True

(True/False) Tenants are completely isolated from one another

False

(True/False) Tenants share data, configurations, and workloads with each other

Star

In the astronomy metaphor, a logical business unit or system (ex. personal lines)

Orbit

In the astronomy metaphor, this defines the role and promotion stage of planets throughout the software development lifecycle

True

(True/False) Orbits define how an environment is meant to be used

Planet

In the astronomy metaphor, this is your execution target that you open and see in a browser

True

(True/False) Every star has a unique TeamCity project

True

(True/False) Every star has a unique Bitbucket repository

Star System

In the astronomy metaphor, a group of planets that share Cloud Platform services

Planets

Every star system contains _______ on particular orbits

True

(True/False) Each star system keeps its data entirely separate from others.

True

(True/False) Each star system relies on its own dedicated database.

True

(True/False) On the Guidewire Home landing page, you can pin frequently accessed applications in the CI/CD activity section.

False

(True/False) On the Guidewire Home landing page, you can visualize application logs and metrics.

True

(True/False) On the Guidewire Home landing page, you can access documentation and pin it to Recently viewed docs in the Documentation section.

False

(True/False) On the Guidewire Home landing page, you can build, deploy, and promote applications.

True

(True/False) On the Guidewire Home landing page, you can view the deployment status for planets by selecting the “i” icon from the CI/CD activity section.

True

(True/False) On the Guidewire Home landing page, you can view the status of applications in the CI/CD Activity section.

Orbit

In the astronomy metaphor, this represents code promotion paths or stages within the software development lifecycle.

Software Development Lifecycle

SDLC abbreviation stands for

Planet

In the astronomy metaphor, this is the deployment environment in which a Guidewire InsuranceSuite application or service runs.

False

(True/False) A star system can have at most 1 planet.

Planets

In the astronomy metaphor, a Star System is a group of _______ that share Cloud Platform services.

Development Lifecycle

The end-to-end process of designing, building, and delivering configuration changes to your InsuranceSuite applications.

Technical Configuration

The iterative process of creating and testing code on your local workstation

Technical Configuration

Phase 1 of the Software Development Lifecycle

CI/CD Pipeline

An automated workflow that builds, dockerizes, and deploys changes to the cloud

CI/CD Pipeline

Phase 2 of the Software Development Lifecycle

Promotion Path

The sequence that moves validated builds through the Development, Testing, and Production star systems

Promotion Path

Phase 3 of the Software Development Lifecycle

True

(True/False) Bitbucket repos, TeamCity, and planets in the Dev orbits are all pre-linked by Guidewire

Bitbucket

Where InsuranceSuite source doe is stored and managed

TeamCity

The software that automates the process of compiling source code, running automated tests, and packaging applications into deployable artifacts.

Single Sign On

SSO abbreviation stands for

Personal Access Token

PAT abbreviation stands for

True

(True/False) You can generate your personal access token for local development within Bitbucket’s user settings

Single Sign On (SSO)

The authentication method used for web access to Guidewire products

Personal Access Token (PAT)

The authentication method used for local development and pushing code

1

The number of Bitbucket projects for each star

Merge Check

The repository setting that prevents pull requests from merging until they satisfy some specific criteria, like a minimum number of successful builds or a required approval

Default Reviewers

A standard Bitbucket configuration option that automatically assigns specific team members to review pull requests based on the source and target branches

Branch Restrictions

Security controls that limit who can push code directly or delete critical branches like develop and master

Default Tasks

A set of mandatory tasks that must be resolved within a pull request before it is eligible for merging, as defined by administrators

True

(True/False) You can use a different hosting service than Bitbucket, but your repository needs to conform to a specific set of Guidewire criteria

Quality Gates

The primary mechanism for enforcing standards before code is merged in Bitbucket

Bitbucket

Quality gates are located here

Merge Checks

Out-of-the-box checks managed via the Repository settings application that enforce standard Bitbucket requirements

Custom Quality Gates

Advanced checks used to integrate external CI/CD testing results into the workflow. Configured specifically in Guidewire Home.

Creation Trigger Enforcement Resolution

The 4 stages of the lifecycle of a Bring-Your-Own-Testing Quality Gate

Personal Access Token (PAT)

Which authentication method is required for local Git operations?

Merge Checks

Which section of the Bitbucket Pull Request interface gives real-time feedback for quality gates?

Build Management

The module that ensures every code change is consistently validated and containerized before deployment to the GWCP

Build Management

The process of packaging InsuranceSuite code and configurations into deployable artifacts

True

(True/False) Every change is validated against technical standards before it reaches a planet.

Defining Controlling Inspecting Ensuring

The 4 pillars of Build Management

Star Project

This TeamCity root project contains global settings and shared resource for your entire environment

True

(True/False) In TeamCity, each star project contains child projects dedicated to specific applications

Build Configuration

The specific blueprints used to compile, test, and dockerize individual components

Elastic Container Registry

Amazon ECR abbreviation stands for

True

(True/False) TeamCity stores build metadata, diagnostic logs, and temporary binary files

False

(True/False) The build’s Docker image is stored in TeamCity.

True

(True/False) The build’s Docker image is stored in Amazon ECR.

Build steps Triggers Parameters Settings

The 4 primary components of Build Configuration

True

(True/False) All builds in a build chain use the same Git commit of the source code.

Automated Cloud Assurance

ACA abbreviation stands for

Automated Cloud Assurance (ACA)

The project configuration that verifies code against Guidewire Cloud Standards to identify potential performance or security issues

Verify Blue/Green Compatible

The project configuration that evaluates whether changes enable zero-downtime deployments

Smoke Test

The project configuration that enables targeted validation of critical business logic before code enters the main pipeline

False

(True/False) The development guardrail configurations (ACA, Blue/Green, and Smoke Tests) need to be run in a fixed order.

True

(True/False) TeamCity initiates a build chain automatically when it detects a commit on a monitored branch.

Suitable

To minimize execution time with build chains, TeamCity checks for a _______ build.

20

The maximum number of active build/event schedules available per star system.

True

(True/False) Scheduled builds require temporal logic and branch targeting.

Build Management

This API enables developers to retrieve build metadata, access artifact lists, and download specific artifacts like manifest.json

CI/CD Manager

This API enables the management of pipeline configurations, including setting up build schedules and configuring code coverage for GUnit tests

Build Promoter

This API facilitates the promotion of validated builds through the different stages of the CI/CD pipeline

CiBuildSuccessfulEvent

This event signals that a build is ready for downstream testing or deployment

CiBuildFailedEvent

This even triggers immediate alerts in communication tools like Slack or Microsoft Teams

Trigger Execute Report

The 3 steps of the Bring Your Own Testing workflow

True

(True/False) TeamCity will trigger the entire build chain automatically for a release/ branch, as long as there are no code problems.

Quality Gate Framework

This framework ensures that code meets established standards before it progresses through the CI/CD pipeline