Run UI Automation Testing

Question

The flow that I am thinking is that

* Check out source code
* Install dependencies  - bower
* Run the server in the agent (mvn tomcut:run)
* Run the Selenium test
* Turn off the server

But looking at the mvn tomcut:run, the CI will not stop as it feels like it runs the server on it self and we cannot proceed with the step 4.

What's the best practice here?

ernestm · Answer

I think setting maven.tomcat.fork to true lets you keep executing in maven after starting the tomcat - see https://tomcat.apache.org/maven-plugin-trunk/tomcat7-maven-plugin/run-mojo.html

Fernando Nacpil · Answer

So based in this code, Does this mean it will just execute the mvn tomcat:run in the background and execute next the exit?

mvn tomcat:run
exit /b 0

VikasB · Answer

I think mvn tomcat:run will wait for return code in order to pass or fail the build. You can try creating  a .bat and return some code. Even I faced this issue but couldn't work on it.