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

If you are using Tomcat 7:

1. Change your configuration in pom.xml to use the Tomcat 7 version of the plugin

   
       org.apache.tomcat.maven
       tomcat7-maven-plugin
       2.1
       
           http://127.0.0.1:8080/manager/html
           TomcatServer
           /your_context
           some_user_name
           some_password
       
   
   

Notice the and values - they are DIFFERENT from the ones for Tomcat 6.

1. Don't forget to change the "tomcat:deploy" to "tomcat7:deploy" in your scripts, or External Tools Configurations launchers in Eclipse.
2. Add a server configuration to your settings.xml, usually located under .m2 folder

    TomcatServer
    some_user_name
    some_password

1. If you need additional options, like deploying a WAR file located in a non-standard folder, visit: Tomcat 7 Maven Plugin