Disable security for unit tests with spring boot

Question

I\'m trying to create a simple spring boot web project with security. I can launch the application fine and the security is working fine. However, I have some components t

Answer 1

Another way can be using @ActiveProfile. Create a separate yml file like application-nosecurity.yml, with below content:

security:
  ignored: /**

Now, annotate the Test class with @ActiveProfile("nosecurity") in which you don't want to use security like below:

@RunWith(SpringRunner.class)
@SpringBootTest(classes = Application.class)
@ActiveProfile("nosecurity")
public class BlaBlaTest {

   ## Your Test Code 

}

Answer 2

If your application wasn't web base but you need spring-security jar as dependency and you don't want spring-boot's auto configurations for spring-security while testing, you can add

@SpringBootTest(webEnvironment = WebEnvironment.NONE)

in your test class.