I have read most of the answers available for similar questions but none of those fit to answer my question.
My profile in pom file looks like this:
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
<artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>0.7.7.201606060606</version>
<executions>
<!-- Prepares the property pointing to the JaCoCo runtime agent which
is passed as VM argument when Maven the Surefire plugin is executed. -->
<execution>
<id>pre-unit-test</id>
<goals>
<goal>prepare-agent</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<!-- Sets the path to the file which contains the execution data. -->
<destFile>${project.build.directory}/coverage-reports/jacoco-ut.exec</destFile>
<!-- Sets the name of the property containing the settings for JaCoCo
runtime agent. -->
<propertyName>surefireArgLine</propertyName>
</configuration>
</execution>
<!-- Ensures that the code coverage report for unit tests is created
after unit tests have been run. -->
<execution>
<id>post-unit-test</id>
<phase>test</phase>
<goals>
<goal>report</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<!-- Sets the path to the file which contains the execution data. -->
<dataFile>${project.build.directory}/coverage-reports/jacoco-ut.exec</dataFile>
<!-- Sets the output directory for the code coverage report. -->
<outputDirectory>${project.reporting.outputDirectory}/jacoco-ut</outputDirectory>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.19.1</version>
<configuration>
<skip>true</skip>
</configuration>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>surefire-unit-tests</id>
<phase>test</phase>
<goals>
<goal>test</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<!-- Sets the VM argument line used when unit tests are run. -->
<argLine>${surefireArgLine}</argLine>
<!-- Skips unit tests if the value of skip.unit.tests property is
true -->
<skipTests>${skip.unit.tests}</skipTests>
<!-- Excludes integration tests when unit tests are run. -->
<skip>false</skip>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.19.1</version>
<executions>
<!-- Ensures that both integration-test and verify goals of the Failsafe
Maven plugin are executed. -->
<execution>
<id>integration-tests</id>
<goals>
<goal>integration-test</goal>
<goal>verify</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<!-- Sets the VM argument line used when integration tests are run. -->
<argLine>${failsafeArgLine}</argLine>
<!-- Skips integration tests if the value of skip.integration.tests
property is true -->
<skipTests>${skip.integration.tests}</skipTests>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
When I run my jenkins job with maven goal clean install -P test-coverage
I See this in my Jenkins log:
`[JaCoCo plugin] Collecting JaCoCo coverage data...
[JaCoCo plugin] **/target/coverage-reports/jacoco-ut.exec;**/target/classes;**/src/main/java; locations are configured
[JaCoCo plugin] Number of found exec files for pattern **/target/coverage-reports/jacoco-ut.exec: 0
[JaCoCo plugin] Saving matched execfiles:
[JaCoCo plugin] Saving matched class directories for class-pattern: **/target/classes:
[JaCoCo plugin] Saving matched source directories for source-pattern: **/src/main/java:
[JaCoCo plugin] Loading inclusions files..
[JaCoCo plugin] inclusions: []
[JaCoCo plugin] exclusions: []
[JaCoCo plugin] Thresholds: JacocoHealthReportThresholds [minClass=0, maxClass=0, minMethod=0, maxMethod=0, minLine=0, maxLine=0, minBranch=0, maxBranch=0, minInstruction=0, maxInstruction=0, minComplexity=0, maxComplexity=0]
[JaCoCo plugin] Publishing the results..
[JaCoCo plugin] Loading packages..
[JaCoCo plugin] Done.
[JaCoCo plugin] Overall coverage: class: 0, method: 0, line: 0, branch: 0, instruction: 0`
This is how my Jenkins configuration for Jacoco looks like: