How to fix Tomcat HTTP Status 403: Access to the requested resource has been denied?

Question

I am trying to setup Tomcat with my current source code. I downloaded the zip from tomcat site (6.0.32).

I then put in the config file for my project in tomcat

Answer 1

You should choose manager roles which are defined by tomcat instead of admin or manager.

manager-gui - Allows access to the html interface
manager-script - Allows access to the plain text interface
manager-jmx - Allows access to the JMX proxy interface
manager-status - Allows access to the read-only status pages

link to Configuring Manager Application access in tomcat