Run testng tests from maven cmd

1. How to run testng tests from maven cmd


Prerequisite for Java

1. Java should be installed on your system.
2. Eclipse should be available.
3. Maven Java project should be created.

Prerequisite for TestNG
1. TestNG plugin should be added in eclipse IDE.
2. TestNG dependency should be added in pom.xml
3. TestNG tests should be created in your project.
4. testng.xml file should be created.

Prerequisite for Maven
1. Maven should be installed on your system.
2. Download maven https://maven.apache.org/download.cgi
3. Add maven to environment variables in your system.
4. Run the below command to check maven version

Command : mvn -version

How to run testng from maven command line

Step 1. Add maven surefire plugin in pom.xml
https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.maven.plugins/maven-surefire-plugin/2.19.1

Step 2. Provide location of your testng.xml file
/ProjectName/testng.xml

Also you can provide complete path
C:\Users\Username\eclipse-workspace_API\projectName\testng.xml

Step 3. Open cmd and go to location of project

Step 4. Run commands

mvn clean

mvn install

mvn test

 or you can only run command 

mvn clean test

Step 4: It will start executing the maven command

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