Adding PostgreSQL to a Self-Contained Maven Build

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">

    ...
    <build>
        ...
        <plugins>
            ...
            <plugin>
                <groupId>com.github.adrianboimvaser</groupId>
                <artifactId>postgresql-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>0.2</version>
                <configuration>
                    <pgsqlHome>${project.build.directory}/pgsql</pgsqlHome>
                    <dataDir>${project.build.directory}/data</dataDir>
                    <skip>${skipITs}</skip>
                    <username>postgres</username>
                    <databaseName>foo</databaseName>
                    <encoding>UTF8</encoding>
                    <locale>en_US</locale>
                </configuration>
                <executions>
                    <execution>
                        <id>version-check</id>
                        <phase>pre-integration-test</phase>
                        <goals>
                            <goal>version</goal>
                        </goals>
                    </execution>
                    <execution>
                        <id>init-db</id>
                        <phase>pre-integration-test</phase>
                        <goals>
                            <goal>initdb</goal>
                        </goals>
                    </execution>
                    <execution>
                        <id>start-postgresql</id>
                        <phase>pre-integration-test</phase>
                        <goals>
                            <goal>start</goal>
                        </goals>
                    </execution>
                    <execution>
                        <id>create-db</id>
                        <phase>pre-integration-test</phase>
                        <goals>
                            <goal>createdb</goal>
                        </goals>
                    </execution>
                    <execution>
                        <id>drop-db</id>
                        <phase>post-integration-test</phase>
                        <goals>
                            <goal>dropdb</goal>
                        </goals>
                    </execution>
                    <execution>
                        <id>stop-postgresql</id>
                        <phase>post-integration-test</phase>
                        <goals>
                            <goal>stop</goal>
                        </goals>
                    </execution>
                </executions>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </build>
</project>