Adding System Properties
You can add system properties when running Tomcat (mvn tomcat:run). The syntax has the following format:
<project> ... <build> ... <plugins> ... <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.tomcat.maven</groupId> <artifactId>tomcat6-maven-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.0-beta-1</version> <configuration> <systemProperties> <example.value.1>alpha</example.value.1> <example.value.2>beta</example.value.2> </systemProperties> </configuration> </plugin> ... </plugins> ... </build> ... </project>