I just want to add this for anyone that is looking to use maven + tomcat7 + testng. Basically my scenario is that some of our IT test needs the running application so they can send some REST call, but some of the IT does not require the server, I split the test cases in two different suites one for the IT that requires the server in the ServerRequiredIT.xml
and others in NonServerRequiredIT.xml
, based on that I create two profiles as it follows.
<profiles>
<profile>
<id>run-its</id>
<properties>
<build.profile.id>integration-test</build.profile.id>
<skip.integration.tests>false</skip.integration.tests>
<skip.unit.tests>true</skip.unit.tests>
</properties>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.tomcat.maven</groupId>
<artifactId>tomcat7-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.0</version>
<configuration>
<path>/</path>
</configuration>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>start-tomcat</id>
<phase>pre-integration-test</phase>
<goals>
<goal>run</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<fork>true</fork>
</configuration>
</execution>
<execution>
<id>stop-tomcat</id>
<phase>post-integration-test</phase>
<goals>
<goal>shutdown</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.19.1</version>
<configuration>
<argLine>-Xmx2048m</argLine>
<printSummary>true</printSummary>
<redirectTestOutputToFile>true</redirectTestOutputToFile>
<systemProperties>
<property>
<name>log4j.configuration</name>
<value>file:${project.build.testOutputDirectory}/resources/log4j-surefire.properties</value>
</property>
</systemProperties>
<suiteXmlFiles>
<suiteXmlFile>src/test/scripts/ServerRequiredIT.xml</suiteXmlFile>
</suiteXmlFiles>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</profile>
<profile>
<id>testNG-tests</id>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.19.1</version>
<configuration>
<argLine>-Xmx2048m</argLine>
<printSummary>true</printSummary>
<redirectTestOutputToFile>true</redirectTestOutputToFile>
<systemProperties>
<property>
<name>log4j.configuration</name>
<value>file:${project.build.testOutputDirectory}/resources/log4j-surefire.properties</value>
</property>
</systemProperties>
<suiteXmlFiles>
<suiteXmlFile>src/test/scripts/NonServerRequiredIT.xml</suiteXmlFile>
</suiteXmlFiles>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</profile>
</profiles>
To run the profiles I use mvn test -P 'nameOfProfile'
. Important thing here is what the documentation said
The Failsafe Plugin is designed to run integration tests while the
Surefire Plugin is designed to run unit tests
Hope that helps.