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If you have Spring Security on the classpath, `@WebMvcTest` will also scan `WebSecurityConfigurer` beans.
Instead of disabling security completely for such tests, you can use Spring Security's test support.
More details on how to use Spring Security's `MockMvc` support can be found in this _<<howto#howto.testing-with-spring-security>>_ how-to section.
More details on how to use Spring Security's `MockMvc` support can be found in this _<<howto#howto.testing.with-spring-security>>_ how-to section.
TIP: Sometimes writing Spring MVC tests is not enough; Spring Boot can help you run <<features#features.testing.spring-boot-applications.with-running-server, full end-to-end tests with an actual server>>.
Spring Security provides comprehensive integration with Spring MVC Test and this can also be used when testing controllers using the `@WebMvcTest` slice and `MockMvc`.
For additional details on Spring Security's testing support, refer to Spring Security's {spring-security-docs}#test[reference documentation]).
Spring Security provides comprehensive integration with Spring MVC Test and this can also be used when testing controllers using the `@WebMvcTest` slice and `MockMvc`.
For additional details on Spring Security's testing support, refer to Spring Security's {spring-security-docs}#test[reference documentation]).
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=== Use Testcontainers for Integration Testing
The https://www.testcontainers.org/[Testcontainers] library provides a way to manage services running inside Docker containers.
It integrates with JUnit, allowing you to write a test class that can start up a container before any of the tests run.
Testcontainers is especially useful for writing integration tests that talk to a real backend service such as MySQL, MongoDB, Cassandra etc.
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The above configuration allows Neo4j-related beans in the application to communicate with Neo4j running inside the Testcontainers-managed Docker container.