How to add VM args using pom.xml plugin

Question

I have tried below ways but nothing work... i am trying to access jmx remotely from server.

         <jvmArgs>
         <jvmArg>-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port=9999</jvmArg>
        <jvmArg>-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false</jvmArg>
          <jvmArg>-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false</jvmArg>
        </jvmArgs>

        <!-- <systemPropertyVariables> 
                                   <com.sun.management.jmxremote.port>9999</com.sun.management.jmxremote.port> 
                       <com.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate>false</com.sun.management.jmxremote.a uthenticate> 
                     <com.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl>false</com.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl> 
                 </systemPropertyVariables> -->

                 <!-- <jvmArguments> 
                 <jvmArgument>- Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port=9999</jvmArgument> 
                 <jvmArgument>- Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false</jvmArgument> 
                 <jvmArgument>- Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false</jvmArgument> 
                </jvmArguments> -->

I also tried

 <options>
            <option>-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port=9999</option> 
            <option>-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false</option> 
            <option>-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false</option> 
            </options>

Answer 1

You can set Java options for Maven in different points and level (globally or via plugins configuration):

Plugin configuration: just for Compilation
Using the Maven Compiler Plugin configuration for compiling application code and test code, you can set the required Xmx, Xms, Xss options via the compileArgs configuration entry, available for both compile and testCompile goals. An official example is available here and on other SO answers like this one. An example is also shown below.

Plugin configuration: just for Tests execution
Using the Maven Surefire Plugin configuration for tests executions, you can set the required Java options to be used at runtime via the argLine configuration entry of the test goal. An official example is available here. An example is also shown below on the third point.

Plugin configuration: via Properties (and profiles)
You can combine the two options above (in case of common Java options) as a property value to pass to both compileArgs and argLine configuration entry or have different properties per configuration (according to your needs).

<property>
      <jvm.options>-Xmx256M</jvm.options>
</property>

[...]
<build>
  [...]
  <plugins>
    <plugin>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
       <version>3.3</version>
       <configuration>
         <compilerArgs>
              <arg>${jvm.options}</arg>
         </compilerArgs>
      </configuration>
    </plugin>

    <plugin>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
       <version>2.19.1</version>
       <configuration>
            <argLine>${jvm.options}</argLine>
       </configuration>
     </plugin>
   </plugins>
   [...]
</build>
[...]

Using properties gives you also an two extra advantages (on top of centralization): you can use profiles then to personalize it based on different desired behaviours (and example in this SO answer) and you can override them via command line as well, like:

mvn clean install -Djvm.options=-Xmx512