Payara Micro Managed Arquillian Container

The Payara Micro Managed Arquillian container provides a managed Payara Micro instance for integration testing.

Usage

The Payara Micro Managed Arquillian container can be found on Maven Central, and can be included in your project using the following Maven coordinates:

<dependency>
  <groupId>fish.payara.arquillian</groupId>
  <artifactId>arquillian-payara-micro-managed</artifactId>
  <version>${version}</version>
</dependency>

You can find the latest artifact version from here.

Configuring the Container

The container can be configured via the arquillian.xml using the standard Arquillian Container Configuration mechanism, via system properties, or via environment variables.

The following configuration options are available:

Table 1. Configuration Options
Container Option	Description	System Property	Environment Variable	Default
`microJar`	Provides the location of the Payara Micro Enterprise Jar.	`payara.microJar`	`MICRO_JAR`
`startupTimeoutInSeconds`	Specifies the amount of time in seconds that the container will wait for Payara Micro Enterprise to start.	`payara.startupTimeoutInSeconds`	`MICRO_STARTUP_TIMEOUT_IN_SECONDS`	`180`
`randomHttpPort`	Randomises the initial HTTP port of Payara Micro Enterprise. This saves time by avoiding collisions with the default port.	`payara.randomHttpPort`	`MICRO_RANDOM_HTTP_PORT`	`true`
`autoBindHttp`	Enables the `--autoBindHttp` option for the Micro instance.	`payara.autoBindHttp`	`MICRO_AUTOBIND_HTTP`	`true`
`clusterEnabled`	Enables clustering on the Micro instance.	`payara.clusterEnabled`	`MICRO_CLUSTER_ENABLED`	`false`
`consoleOutput`	Enables/disables console output on the Micro instance.	`payara.consoleOutput`	`MICRO_CONSOLE_OUTPUT`	`true`
`debug`	Enables debugging on the Micro instance. By default Payara Micro Enterprise will wait for the debugger on port `5005` before starting. Disables the startup timeout. To change this, provide java debug options to `cmdOptions`.	`payara.debug`	`MICRO_DEBUG`	`false`
`cmdOptions`	Provides additional options to the Java process running the Micro instance (I.e. between `java` and `-jar`.).	`payara.cmdOptions`	`MICRO_CMD_OPTIONS`
`extraMicroOptions`	Provides additional options to the Micro instance (I.e. at the end of the command.).	`payara.extraMicroOptions`	`EXTRA_MICRO_OPTIONS`

Examples

To configure Container options using Arquillian container properties, you need to use an arquillian.xml file placed on the test classpath. Here’s an example arquillian.xml file. It configures randomHttpPort and autoBindHttp options.

Example arquillian.xml file

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<arquillian xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
            xmlns="http://jboss.org/schema/arquillian"
            xsi:schemaLocation="http://jboss.org/schema/arquillian
                http://jboss.org/schema/arquillian/arquillian_1_0.xsd">

    <container qualifier="payara-micro-managed" default="true">
        <configuration>
            <property name="randomHttpPort">false</property>
            <property name="autoBindHttp">false</property>
        </configuration>
    </container>
</arquillian>

You can configure the options also using system properties. Here’s an example configuration if you run your tests using the maven surefire plugin:

Example Surefire plugin configuration in a pom.xml file

<plugin>
    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
    <configuration>
        <systemPropertyVariables>
            <arquillian.launch>payara-micro-managed</arquillian.launch>
            <payara.randomHttpPort>false</payara.randomHttpPort>
            <payara.autoBindHttp>false</payara.autoBindHttp>
        </systemPropertyVariables>
    </configuration>
</plugin>

You can also configure the options using environment variables, for example when running the maven mvn test command:

export MICRO_RANDOM_HTTP_PORT=false
export MICRO_AUTOBIND_HTTP=false
mvn test