IntelliJ IDEA 14: How to skip tests while deploying project into Tomcat

Question

I have a Spring MVC project using IntelliJ IDEA 14 as my IDE (I'm new to IntelliJ IDEA; I used Eclipse).

My main Java code is in folder src/main, and the unit test code is in src/test. While deploying the project, I found that all the unit tests are executed.

How can I skip all the unit tests while deploying the project into Tomcat?

Saratov

are you using maven? – Yenyenisei

yes, i'm using maven. @albert – Saratov

could that help? maven.apache.org/surefire/maven-surefire-plugin/examples/… – Yenyenisei

what i have guessed too, but then its not a specific intellij question. maven.apache.org/general.html#skip-test – Novelistic

Answer 1

In case you are using Maven, on the View > Tool Windows > Maven Projects click on the button shown below ( called Skip Tests Mode). Essentially it is taking the test phase out of the lifecycle when you say run package.

Jackhammer

Does an option exist to do this on a per project basis? If you click Skip Tests Mode, test runs are disabled for all maven projects. – Gyrostabilizer

This didn't work me (or at least the way I want it to). Even after disabling tests like this, when I run a Run or Debug configuration, the build attempts to compile the tests. Can we skip compile as well? Because in the codebase I'm working there are hell lot of tests with compile errors. – Position

How to skip even building the tests/test packages? – Cocker

Still works in IntelliJ IDEA 2023.3.2 (Community Edition), the icon has changed though. – Allanite

Answer 2

When creating a maven configuration for the project. On the Runner tab you can click on skip test checkbox as below :

It helped me a lot!

Silicify

Answer 3

Even I faced this same issue as I have newly started using IntelliJ starting today. So I have trouble to find that logo in the screenshot shared in the post shared by dimitrisli and also accepted answer. Let me share my solution to this issue with latest IntelliJ version.

Open IntelliJ IDE, press Ctrl + Alt + S, this will open settings window, now look at the screenshot I shared and do the same settings and you are done. Make sure you click the check box for Skip Tests.

My IntelliJ IDE version:
IntelliJ IDEA 2022.2.4 (Community Edition)

Vigen

Answer 4

Toggle 'Skip Tests' Mode.

This button will help you

Baronetcy

Answer 5

In the Tomcat Run/Debug configurations you can specify in the Before launch section a maven task with this parameter:

-Dmaven.test.skip=true

Maffa

Answer 6

Edit Run configuration > Java Options and Modify > Select "Skip tests" and Save

Sweatbox

Answer 7

mvn -DskipTests=true clean install (or other command)

Pegues