tomcat-maven-plugin 403 error

Question

When I use mvn tomcat:deploy of tomcat-maven-plugin there is a 403 error:

Failed to execute goal org.codehaus.mojo:tomcat-maven-plugin:1.0:deploy (default-cli) on pr

Answer 1

The /manager application is by default secured by username/password. If you enter http://localhost:8080/manager you will be asked to provide security credentials as well. First create/enable user in Tomcat: after canceling or few unsuccessful attempts Tomcat will provide help on error screen. Then use these credentials in tomcat-maven-plugin as explained here:

Add a plugin configuration block to your pom.xml:

    org.codehaus.mojo
    tomcat-maven-plugin
    
            myserver
    

Add a corresponding server block to your settings.xml:

    myserver
    myusername
    mypassword