The Surefire Report Plugin parses the generated TEST-*.xml files under ${basedir}/target/surefire-reports and renders them to DOXIA which creates the web interface version of the test results.
Surefire Report Plugin only has one goal (the other is a workaround):
Instructions on how to use the Surefire Report Plugin can be found on the usage page.
The following examples show how to use the Surefire Report Plugin in more advanced usecases: