surefire, failsafe are maven plugin tools.
surefire focus on unit test: mvn surefire:test
failsafe focus on integration-test: mvn failsafe:integration-test
Also need build-helper-maven-plugin to specify the integration test folder
<plugin> <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId> <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId> <version>${mojo.build-helper-maven-plugin.version}</version> <executions> <execution> <id>add-test-source</id> <phase>generate-test-sources</phase> <goals> <goal>add-test-source</goal> </goals> <configuration> <sources> <source>src/it/java</source> </sources> </configuration> </execution> <execution> <id>add-test-resource</id> <phase>generate-test-resources</phase> <goals> <goal>add-test-resource</goal> </goals> <configuration> <resources> <resource> <directory>src/it/resources</directory> </resource> </resources> </configuration> </execution> </executions> </plugin> <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId> <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version> <configuration> <reuseForks>true</reuseForks> <excludes> <exclude>**/*IT.java</exclude> </excludes> </configuration> </plugin> <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId> <version>${maven-failsafe-plugin.version}</version> <executions> <execution> <id>integration-test</id> <goals> <goal>integration-test</goal> <goal>verify</goal> </goals> </execution> </executions> </plugin>