Failed web service unit tests behind a proxy in Eclipse

Question

I have a problem executing unit tests in Eclipse behind a proxy, as the classes used by the unit tests call some web services, which are behind a proxy. In Tomcat I can of course specify a proxy to be used, but when I run unit tests directly from Eclipse, the proxy configuration of Eclipse seems to be ignored. How can I configure my unit tests or Eclipse to use a proxy in this case?

Answer 1

I found the solution: apparently one can configure the proxy in run/debug settings in Eclipse. To do this:

1. right click on the unit test class
2. debug as - debug configurations
3. go to tab "Arguments"

4. add proxy configuration to "VM arguments":

   • -Dhttp.proxyHost=proxy.host.com
   • -Dhttp.proxyPort=8080
   • -Dhttp.nonProxyHosts=[list of hosts separated with pipe character]

If you are behind a password protected proxy, you have to add:

• -Dhttp.proxyUser=someUserName
• -Dhttp.proxyPassword=somePassword