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Maven plugin wrapper for the flapdoodle.de embedded MongoDB API.

This plugin lets you start and stop an instance of MongoDB during a Maven build, e.g. for integration testing. The Mongo instance isn't strictly embedded (it's not running within the JVM of your application), but it is a managed instance that exists only for the lifetime of your build.

Usage

<plugin>
    <groupId>com.syncleus.maven.plugins</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven-mongodb-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>1.0.0</version>
    <executions>
        <execution>
            <id>start</id>
            <goals>
                <goal>start</goal>
            </goals>
            <configuration>
                <port>37017</port>
                <!-- optional, default 27017 -->

                <randomPort>true</randomPort>
                <!-- optional, default is false, if true allocates a random port and overrides embedmongo.port -->

                <version>2.0.4</version>
                <!-- optional, defaults to latest production release -->

                <databaseDirectory>/tmp/mongotest</databaseDirectory>
                <!-- optional, default is a new dir in java.io.tmpdir -->
                
                <artifactDirectory>/tmp/mongoartifact</artifactDirectory>
                <!-- optional, set directory where MongoDB artifacts are stores, default is ~/.embedmongo -->

                <logging>file</logging>
                <!-- optional (file|console|none), default is console -->

                <logFile>${project.build.directory}/myfile.log</logFile>
                <!-- optional, can be used when logging=file, default is ./mongod.log -->

                <logFileEncoding>utf-8</logFileEncoding>
                <!-- optional, can be used when logging=file, default is utf-8 -->

                <proxyHost>myproxy.company.com</proxyHost>
                <!-- optional, default is none -->

                <proxyPort>8080</proxyPort>
                <!-- optional, default is 80 -->

                <proxyUser>joebloggs</proxyUser>
                <!-- optional, default is none -->

                <proxyPassword>pa55w0rd</proxyPassword>
                <!-- optional, default is none -->

                <bindIp>127.0.0.1</bindIp>
                <!-- optional, default is to listen on all interfaces -->

                <downloadPath>http://internal-mongo-repo/</downloadPath>
                <!-- optional, default is http://fastdl.mongodb.org/ -->
                
                <replSet>rs0</replSet>
                <!-- optional, configures replication set, default is none -->
                
                <oplogSize>1073741824</oplogSize>
                <!-- optional, configures oplog size, default is automatically determined -->
                
                <executableNaming>user</executableNaming>
                <!-- optional (user|uuid), sets the executable naming style, default is uuid -->
                
                <syncDelay>0</syncDelay>
                <!-- optional, Sets the sync delay, 0 prevents all writing to disk, default lets MongoDB automatically determine value -->

                <skip>false</skip>
                <!-- optional, skips this plugin entirely, use on the command line like -Dembedmongo.skip -->
                
                <features>
                    <feature>sync_delay</feature>
                    <feature>text_search</feature>
                </features>
                <!-- optional, a list of MongoDB features to enable, default is none -->
            </configuration>
        </execution>
        <execution>
            <id>stop</id>
            <goals>
                <goal>stop</goal>
            </goals>
        </execution>
    </executions>
</plugin>

Notes

  • By default, the start goal is bound to pre-integration-test, the stop goal is bound to post-integration-test. You can of course bind to different phases if required.
  • If you omit/forget the stop goal, any Mongo process spawned by the start goal will be stopped when the JVM terminates.
  • If you want to run Maven builds in parallel you can use randomPort to avoid port conflicts, the value allocated will be available to other plugins in the project as a property embedmongo.port. If you're using Jenkins, you can also try the Port Allocator Plugin.
  • If you need to use a proxy to download MongoDB then you can either use -Dhttp.proxyHost and -Dhttp.proxyPort as additional Maven arguments (this will affect the entire build) or instruct the plugin to use a proxy when downloading Mongo by adding the proxyHost and proxyPort configuration properties.
  • If you're having trouble with Windows firewall rules, try setting the bindIp config property to 127.0.0.1.
  • If you'd like the start goal to start mongodb and wait, you can add -Dembedmongo.wait to your Maven command line arguments