Starting Apache Tomcat Server Before Integration Test
I've searched for a solution in the past 4 days and asked this question as a bounty, but still don't get an answer.
Where I succeeded using the pf pom.xml file: - a) Starting the tomcat server manually using the ie mvn tomcat7: run command. This command also help me deploy my war file to tomcat server and start the server. b) Running my integration tests using testng.xml file configuration on eclipse.
Where I failed with the pf pom.xml file: -
a) Automatic start of tomcat server. b) Running all integration tests. c) Stopping the tomcat server.
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Please help where I am going wrong.
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It looks like you start tomcat and stop getting tied to the pre-integration and post-integration testing stages, but the TestNG stuff is triggered in the testing stage that precedes the integration testing stages. As another respondent said - you should be working:
mvn clean verify -X
... so you catch all the phases through the post-integration-test (and catch all the debug information for troubleshooting), but you should also bind your TestNG components to the integration-test phase.
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Minimum POM
Here is the minimal POM file I used to achieve what you want. If that doesn't work for you, please mvn -X clean verify
post the output to eg @BrennaFlood. Configs for tomcat7-maven-plugin and maven-failafe-plugin taken from http://tomcat.apache.org/maven-plugin-2.2/run-mojo-features.html#Use_it_with_selenium_mojo and http: //maven.apache. org / surefire / maven-failsafe-plugin / usage.html , respectively.
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0
http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>org.example</groupId>
<artifactId>tomcat-with-failsafe</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
<packaging>war</packaging>
<properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source>
<maven.compiler.target>1.7</maven.compiler.target>
</properties>
<prerequisites>
<maven>2.2.1</maven>
</prerequisites>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.testng</groupId>
<artifactId>testng</artifactId>
<version>6.8.8</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.tomcat.maven</groupId>
<artifactId>tomcat7-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.2</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>tomcat7-run</id>
<goals>
<goal>run-war-only</goal>
</goals>
<phase>pre-integration-test</phase>
<configuration>
<fork>true</fork>
</configuration>
</execution>
<execution>
<id>tomcat7-shutdown</id>
<goals>
<goal>shutdown</goal>
</goals>
<phase>post-integration-test</phase>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.17</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<goals>
<goal>integration-test</goal>
<goal>verify</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
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I just want to add this for anyone who wants to use maven + tomcat7 + testng. Basically my scenario is that some of our IT tests need a running application to be able to send any kind of REST call, but some of the IT servers do not require a server, I have split the test cases into two different suites for IT requiring server in ServerRequiredIT.xml
and others in NonServerRequiredIT.xml
, based on this I create two profiles as 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 profiles, I use mvn test -P 'nameOfProfile'
. The important thing here is what the documentation says
The Failsafe Plugin is for running integration tests, while the Surefire Plugin is for running unit tests
Hope it helps.
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