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SAM build fails because Maven install fails with "The packaging for this project did not assign a file to the build artifact"

I have an issue where I am trying to get mvn install to work so that my sam build works with local invocation using Docker, but it keeps failing due to the following error:
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-install-plugin:2.4:install (default-install) on project my-project: The packaging for this project did not assign a file to the build artifact -> [Help 1]
There are many different iterations of problems and solutions regarding "The packaging for this project did not assign a file to the build artifact" on StackOverflow, but none of them seem to resolve my issue.
For example, I can do a mvn jar:jar install:install and that works correctly, but I can't specify goals like that in the SAM build, so that isn't a proper solution -- I need mvn install to work. I have tried many variations of deleting the .m2 folder, which does nothing. I can also change the version of the maven-install-plugin to no avail. I can specify the file in the maven-install-plugin and if the path is correct, it doesn't see it, but if it is incorrect, it says it doesn't exist.
Nothing seems to solve the issue, so I need to find a real solution.
Here is my pom.xml:
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>my.groupId</groupId>
<artifactId>my-artifact</artifactId>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<packaging>jar</packaging>
<properties>
<maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
<maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
<jersey.version>2.30.1</jersey.version>
<jackson.version>2.10.2</jackson.version>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.amazonaws.serverless</groupId>
<artifactId>aws-serverless-java-container-jersey</artifactId>
<version>1.4</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.media</groupId>
<artifactId>jersey-media-json-jackson</artifactId>
<version>${jersey.version}</version>
<exclusions>
<exclusion>
<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
<artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
</exclusion>
<exclusion>
<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
<artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
</exclusion>
<exclusion>
<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
<artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
<artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
<version>${jackson.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.inject</groupId>
<artifactId>jersey-hk2</artifactId>
<version>${jersey.version}</version>
<!-- excluding redundant javax.inject dependency -->
<exclusions>
<exclusion>
<groupId>javax.inject</groupId>
<artifactId>javax.inject</artifactId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
<artifactId>aws-java-sdk-dynamodb</artifactId>
<version>1.11.925</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
<artifactId>aws-lambda-java-core</artifactId>
<version>1.2.1</version>
</dependency>
<!--START LOGGING DEPENDENCIES-->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
<artifactId>aws-lambda-java-log4j2</artifactId>
<version>1.2.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
<artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
<version>2.13.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
<artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
<version>2.13.2</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
<artifactId>log4j-slf4j18-impl</artifactId>
<version>2.13.3</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
<version>2.0.0-alpha1</version>
</dependency>
<!--END LOGGING DEPENDENCIES-->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
<artifactId>gson</artifactId>
<version>2.8.6</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
<artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
<version>42.2.18</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
<artifactId>aws-java-sdk-cloudfront</artifactId>
<version>1.11.927</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>4.12</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<profiles>
<profile>
<id>shaded-jar</id>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.2.2</version>
<configuration>
<createDependencyReducedPom>false</createDependencyReducedPom>
</configuration>
<executions>
<execution>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>shade</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<transformers>
<transformer implementation="com.github.edwgiz.maven_shade_plugin.log4j2_cache_transformer.PluginsCacheFileTransformer" />
</transformers>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.github.edwgiz</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-shade-plugin.log4j2-cachefile-transformer</artifactId>
<version>2.13.0</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</profile>
<profile>
<id>assembly-zip</id>
<activation>
<activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
</activation>
<build>
<plugins>
<!-- don't build a jar, we'll use the classes dir -->
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.2.0</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>default-jar</id>
<phase>none</phase>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<!-- select and copy only runtime dependencies to a temporary lib folder -->
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.1.1</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>copy-dependencies</id>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}${file.separator}lib</outputDirectory>
<includeScope>runtime</includeScope>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.1.1</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>zip-assembly</id>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>single</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<finalName>${project.artifactId}-${project.version}</finalName>
<descriptors>
<descriptor>src${file.separator}assembly${file.separator}bin.xml</descriptor>
</descriptors>
<attach>false</attach>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</profile>
</profiles>
</project>
And here is my bin.xml:
<assembly xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/ASSEMBLY/2.0.0"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/ASSEMBLY/2.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/assembly-2.0.0.xsd">
<id>lambda-package</id>
<formats>
<format>zip</format>
</formats>
<includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>
<fileSets>
<!-- copy runtime dependencies with some exclusions -->
<fileSet>
<directory>${project.build.directory}${file.separator}lib</directory>
<outputDirectory>lib</outputDirectory>
</fileSet>
<!-- copy all classes -->
<fileSet>
<directory>${project.build.directory}${file.separator}classes</directory>
<includes>
<include>**</include>
</includes>
<outputDirectory>${file.separator}</outputDirectory>
</fileSet>
</fileSets>
</assembly>

After much searching and many trial and errors, I finally figured out how to resolve this and figured I would share for those that are suffering through this like I was. There are two methods:
You can remove the following plugin:
<!-- don't build a jar, we'll use the classes dir -->
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.2.0</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>default-jar</id>
<phase>none</phase>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
While this makes it function correctly, it also produces a jar file, which may not be desirable, especially in the case of a Lambda (unnecessarily increases its size).
(Preferred solution) Add the maven-install-plugin with a skip configuration:
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.0.0-M1</version>
<configuration>
<skip>true</skip>
</configuration>
</plugin>
This solution both solves the problem and prevents you needing to create a jar file. This allowed my SAM build to work as a result of Maven functioning correctly.

failsafe plugin does not pick the test classes even though I have the correct naming convention *IT.java

I have searched on the internet as well, but I could not find the exact problem that I am having.
TO explain what I am doing, I am writing selenium UI tests. I am trying to execute the test using the failsafe plugin. I am executing the maven command mvn clean verify but it does not execute any of my test classes.
However, my test classes are getting executed when I change my test class to *Test.java
I suspect that my project does not use failsafe instead uses surefire. I am posting my pom file, project structure and the build output.
POM File
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>webproject</groupId>
<artifactId>webproject</artifactId>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<name>webproject</name>
<!-- FIXME change it to the project's website -->
<url>http://www.example.com</url>
<properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source>
<maven.compiler.target>1.7</maven.compiler.target>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>4.11</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.seleniumhq.selenium/selenium-java -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
<artifactId>selenium-java</artifactId>
<version>3.13.0</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.testng/testng -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.testng</groupId>
<artifactId>testng</artifactId>
<version>6.14.3</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<pluginManagement><!-- lock down plugins versions to avoid using Maven defaults (may be moved to parent pom) -->
<plugins>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.0.0</version>
</plugin>
<!--see http://maven.apache.org/ref/current/maven-core/default-bindings.html#Plugin_bindings_for_jar_packaging-->
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.0.2</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.7.0</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.20.1</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.0.2</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.5.2</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.8.2</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.20.0</version>
<configuration>
<suiteXmlFiles>
<suiteXmlFile>src/test/resources/testng/SampleSuiteIT.xml</suiteXmlFile>
</suiteXmlFiles>
</configuration>
<executions>
<execution>
<goals>
<goal>integration-test</goal>
<goal>verify</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</pluginManagement>
</build>
</project>

You have to move the maven-failsafe-plugin configuration out of <pluginManagement>..</pluginManagement>

GWT with hot-swap agent and SDM

I am building a sample GWT project in Intellij. The problem is the code change in my services module is not reflected in the webapp.
Following is the structure of my project:
Parent POM:
<modules>
<module>gwt-widgets</module>
<module>gwt-core</module>
<module>gwt-services</module>
<module>gwt-rpc</module>
</modules>
<packaging>pom</packaging>
<dependencyManagement>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.gwt</groupId>
<artifactId>gwt-user</artifactId>
<version>${gwt.version}</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</dependencyManagement>
<build>
<pluginManagement>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.3.2</version>
<configuration>
<source>1.6</source>
<target>1.6</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>attach-sources</id>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>jar</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</pluginManagement>
</build>
gwt-core: which is a web app:
<packaging>war</packaging>
<artifactId>gwt-core</artifactId>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.tuannguyen.gwt</groupId>
<artifactId>gwt-widgets</artifactId>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.tuannguyen.gwt</groupId>
<artifactId>gwt-widgets</artifactId>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<classifier>sources</classifier>
<scope>provided</scope><!-- use for compilation only -->
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.gwt</groupId>
<artifactId>gwt-user</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.tuannguyen.gwt</groupId>
<artifactId>gwt-services</artifactId>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.tuannguyen.gwt</groupId>
<artifactId>gwt-rpc</artifactId>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.tuannguyen.gwt</groupId>
<artifactId>gwt-rpc</artifactId>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<classifier>sources</classifier>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>gwt-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.6.0</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<goals>
<goal>compile</goal>
<goal>generateAsync</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
<configuration>
<modules>
<module>com.tuannguyen.widgets.Widgets</module>
<module>com.tuannguyen.example.Examples</module>
<module>com.tuannguyen.example.Services</module>
</modules>
<runTarget>gwtia-ch04-widgets.html</runTarget>
<compileSourcesArtifacts>
<compileSourcesArtifact>com.tuannguyen.gwt:gwt-widgets</compileSourcesArtifact>
<compileSourcesArtifact>com.tuannguyen.gwt:gwt-services</compileSourcesArtifact>
<compileSourcesArtifact>com.tuannguyen.gwt:gwt-rpc</compileSourcesArtifact>
</compileSourcesArtifacts>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.6</version>
<configuration>
<archiveClasses>true</archiveClasses>
<warSourceExcludes>WEB-INF/classes/**</warSourceExcludes>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
<artifactId>jetty-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>9.3.8.RC0</version>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
Examples.gwt.xml: Module in gwt-core
<module rename-to="Examples">
<!-- inherit the standard User module as all GWT applications must -->
<inherits name='com.google.gwt.user.User'/>
<inherits name='com.tuannguyen.widgets.Widgets'/>
<inherits name='com.tuannguyen.example.Services'/>
<!-- Use the standard theme for widgets -->
<inherits name='com.google.gwt.user.theme.standard.Standard'/>
<!-- note the entry point for the application -->
<entry-point class='com.tuannguyen.example.client.Examples'/>
<!-- Indicate where the code that should be translated to Javascript can be found.
By default this is in the client package, but we indicate that explicitly in
this example, just to introduce the tag. -->
<source path='client'/>
<add-linker name="xsiframe"/>
<set-configuration-property name="devModeRedirectEnabled" value="true" />
gwt-services:
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.gwt</groupId>
<artifactId>gwt-user</artifactId>
<scope>compile</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.tuannguyen.gwt</groupId>
<artifactId>gwt-rpc</artifactId>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
gwt-widgets which is a gwt module used in gwt-core:
dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.gwt</groupId>
<artifactId>gwt-user</artifactId>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
Some problems:
I run the super dev mode in gwt-core using mvn clean install, mvn gwt:run-codeserver and mvn jetty:run-exploded and the web app was built successfully. However, changes in gwt-widgets are not reflected when I recompile the gwt-core with 'Dev Mode On' bookmarklet. If I run the web app using Intellij Run Configuration then it works correctly.
I created the following hotswap-agent.properties file in the folder src/main/resources of gwt-core. However, changes in gwt-services are not picked up by the web app when I recompile the class fileg. The content of my properties file is: extraClasspath=gwt-services/target/classes
Is there any solution to these problems?

Maven pom.xml set encoding for plugin does not work

I have pom.xml like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>com.my</groupId>
<artifactId>automation</artifactId>
<packaging>jar</packaging>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<build>
<directory>target</directory>
<sourceDirectory>src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
<outputDirectory>target/classes</outputDirectory>
<finalName>AUTOMATION-01</finalName>
<testSourceDirectory>src/test/java/com/my/tests</testSourceDirectory>
<testOutputDirectory>target/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
<resources>
<resource>
<directory>src/main/resources</directory>
</resource>
</resources>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<inherited>true</inherited>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>attach-sources</id>
<goals>
<goal>jar</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.3</version>
<configuration>
<source>1.7</source>
<target>1.7</target>
<encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<inherited>true</inherited>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<updateReleaseInfo>true</updateReleaseInfo>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.18.1</version>
<configuration>
<parallel>methods</parallel>
<threadCount>10</threadCount>
<groups>com.my.testgroups.AutoTestsGroup</groups>
<argLine>-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8</argLine>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
<reporting>
<outputDirectory>target/site</outputDirectory>
</reporting>
<profiles>
<profile>
<id>release-profile</id>
<activation>
<property>
<name>performRelease</name>
</property>
</activation>
</profile>
</profiles>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.xml.ws</groupId>
<artifactId>jaxws-api</artifactId>
<version>2.2.11</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>commons-io</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
<version>2.4</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
<version>2.6</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>log4j</groupId>
<artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
<version>1.2.17</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.sun.xml.bind</groupId>
<artifactId>jaxb-impl</artifactId>
<version>2.2.11</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.glassfish.jaxb</groupId>
<artifactId>jaxb-runtime</artifactId>
<version>2.2.11</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.xml.bind</groupId>
<artifactId>jaxb-api</artifactId>
<version>2.2.12</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>4.12</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</project>
I use maven-surefire-plugin to generate reports by have reports like
Получаем имя файла с тесткейсом и имя самого тесткейса
2015-10-12 11:30:57 INFO - Выполняется файл тесткейс : case1_125_multidrive, с именем кейса: Собственник_равно_Страхователь_Москва-возраст_больше_18-125лс_мультидрайв
2015-10-12 11:30:57 INFO - ########## Создаем владельца ТС #########
2015-10-12 11:30:57 INFO - Фамилия Витряк
2015-10-12 11:30:57 INFO - �мя Агап
2015-10-12 11:30:57 INFO - Отчество Алексеевич
2015-10-12 11:30:57 INFO - Генерируем дату рождения в соответствии с условием: возраст_больше_18
2015-10-12 11:30:57 INFO - Дата рождения: 1967-01-16
2015-10-12 11:30:57 INFO - Водительский стаж не будет сгенерирован, мультидрайв
2015-10-12 11:30:57 INFO - ######### Starting create user request on UAT env. ########
2015-10-12 11:30:57 INFO - Создан владелец ТС с publicID: su:2086
2015-10-12 11:30:59 INFO - Каско квота стоимость null
2015-10-12 11:30:59 INFO - Осаго квота стоимость null
I did set encoding for this plugin but it doesnot work at all.
I try to run maven on Jenkins and use JUnit Jenkins plugin for reports
Please help to understand what is the problem

Use Jenkins Maven Build enter as goal: mvn clean package
Use Jenkins M2 Release Plugin to create a new release of your library. This will deploy the create jar(s) to you central Maven repository, like Nexus or Artifactory.
For the report encoding use by surefire encoding set the property project.reporting.outputEncoding:
<properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
</properties>
There are several things in the pom.xml that can be removed, as these are pom.xml defaults. Like:
Remove the entry packaging with value jar, as it is default.
Remove sourceDirectory with value src/main/java as it is the default
Remove outputDirectory wit value target/classes as it is the default
Remove testOutputDirectory with value target/test-classes as it is the default
Remove resources/resource/directory with the value src/main/resources as it is the default
Question: Is the testSourceDirectory value really src/test/java/com/my/tests ? Looks like it includes a part of the package name. It should just contain the path to the directory, where the pacakge name starts. Exact the same as for the sourceDirectory, with the value src/main/java. A more logical value would be src/test/java, which is the default, so would not need to set it.
Remove the reporting entries, all are default. And in case you like to change the output location set the property project.reporting.outputDirectory (See Site Output Directory)
Remove the finalName, as makes it more unclear then clearer. The default will be the artifact id, so here automation.
<reporting>
<outputDirectory>target/site</outputDirectory>
</reporting>
The pom.xml would probably look like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>com.my</groupId>
<artifactId>automation</artifactId>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<build>
<testSourceDirectory>src/test/java/com/my/tests</testSourceDirectory>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>attach-sources</id>
<goals>
<goal>jar</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.3</version>
<configuration>
<source>1.7</source>
<target>1.7</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<inherited>true</inherited>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<updateReleaseInfo>true</updateReleaseInfo>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.18.1</version>
<configuration>
<parallel>methods</parallel>
<threadCount>10</threadCount>
<groups>com.my.testgroups.AutoTestsGroup</groups>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
<profiles>
<profile>
<id>release-profile</id>
<activation>
<property>
<name>performRelease</name>
</property>
</activation>
</profile>
</profiles>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.xml.ws</groupId>
<artifactId>jaxws-api</artifactId>
<version>2.2.11</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>commons-io</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
<version>2.4</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
<version>2.6</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>log4j</groupId>
<artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
<version>1.2.17</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.sun.xml.bind</groupId>
<artifactId>jaxb-impl</artifactId>
<version>2.2.11</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.glassfish.jaxb</groupId>
<artifactId>jaxb-runtime</artifactId>
<version>2.2.11</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.xml.bind</groupId>
<artifactId>jaxb-api</artifactId>
<version>2.2.12</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>4.12</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</project>

Try:
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.2</version>
<configuration>
<outputEncoding>UTF-8</outputEncoding>
</configuration>
</plugin>
And:
<properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
</properties>

How to get Maven report in html format?

i have a maven project with eclipse with some selenium tests.
I can run them in command line and i got the report in my target folder in txt and xml format.
But i want the report in html format.
Whatt should i add in my POM file.
Thank you very much.
Here is my POM.xml
....
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>4.11</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
<artifactId>selenium-java</artifactId>
<version>2.44.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.itextpdf</groupId>
<artifactId>itextpdf</artifactId>
<version>5.5.3</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.oracle</groupId>
<artifactId>ojdbc6</artifactId>
<version>11.2.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.mail</groupId>
<artifactId>mail</artifactId>
<version>1.4.3</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.3.2</version>
<configuration>
<source>1.6</source>
<target>1.6</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.4</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>copy</id>
<phase>package</phase>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
<properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
</properties>
</project>

See this question, as the 2nd answer points out, you should be able to use the Maven Surefire Report plugin.
"The Surefire Report Plugin parses the generated TEST-*.xml files under ${basedir}/target/surefire-reports and renders them using DOXIA, which creates the web interface version of the test results."
Here is the XML to configure it:
<reporting>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-surefire-report-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.18</version>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</reporting>
Either of the following commands will invoke it:
mvn site
mvn surefire-report:report