Using the maven-dependency-plugin to automatically download and unpack a JBoss distribution and then execute arquillian tests against deployments on the server.

JBoss zipped distribution pom download for arquillian tests

<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>	
	<artifactId>test</artifactId>

	<properties>
		<jboss.version>7.2.0.Alpha1-redhat-4</jboss.version>
	</properties>

	<repositories>
		<repository>
			<id>jboss-eap</id>
			<url>http://maven.repository.redhat.com/techpreview/eap6/6.1.0.Alpha1/maven-repository/</url>
			<releases>
				<enabled>true</enabled>
			</releases>
			<snapshots>
				<enabled>false</enabled>
			</snapshots>
		</repository>
	</repositories>

	<dependencies>
		<dependency>
			<groupId>org.jboss.arquillian.junit</groupId>
			<artifactId>arquillian-junit-container</artifactId>
			<version>1.1.1.Final</version>
			<scope>test</scope>
		</dependency>

		<dependency>
			<groupId>org.jboss.shrinkwrap.resolver</groupId>
			<artifactId>shrinkwrap-resolver-impl-maven</artifactId>
			<version>2.0.0</version>
		</dependency>

	</dependencies>
	<profiles>

		<profile>
			<id>jboss</id>
			<activation>
				<activeByDefault>false</activeByDefault>
			</activation>
			<properties>
				<jboss.home>target/jboss-as-dist-${jboss.version}</jboss.home>
			</properties>
			<!-- Profile dependencies -->

			<dependencies>
				<dependency>
					<groupId>org.jboss.as</groupId>
					<artifactId>jboss-as-arquillian-container-managed</artifactId>
					<version>7.1.3.Final</version>
					<scope>test</scope>
				</dependency>
				<dependency>
					<groupId>org.jboss.spec</groupId>
					<artifactId>jboss-javaee-6.0</artifactId>
					<version>1.0.0.Final</version>
					<type>pom</type>
					<scope>provided</scope>
				</dependency>
				<dependency>
					<groupId>org.jboss.arquillian.protocol</groupId>
					<artifactId>arquillian-protocol-servlet</artifactId>
					<version>1.1.1.Final</version>
					<scope>test</scope>
				</dependency>
			</dependencies>
			<build>
				<plugins>
					<plugin>
						<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
						<artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
						<executions>
							<execution>
								<id>unpack</id>
								<phase>generate-sources</phase>
								<goals>
									<goal>unpack</goal>
								</goals>
							</execution>
						</executions>
						<configuration>
							<ignoreDirect>false</ignoreDirect>
							<artifactItems>
								<artifactItem>
									<groupId>org.jboss.as</groupId>
									<artifactId>jboss-as-dist</artifactId>
									<version>${jboss.version}</version>
									<type>zip</type>
									<overWrite>false</overWrite>
									<outputDirectory>target/</outputDirectory>
								</artifactItem>
							</artifactItems>
						</configuration>
					</plugin>					
				</plugins>
			</build>
		</profile>

	</profiles>

</project>