tomcat:deploy: “Cannot invoke Tomcat manager: Connection refused”
When using the tomcat 7 plugin, do the following: pom.xml <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.tomcat.maven</groupId> <artifactId>tomcat7-maven-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.2</version> <configuration> <url>http://localhost:8080/manager/text</url> <server>tomcatserver</server> <path>/mycontext</path> <username>admin</username> <password>admin</password> </configuration> </plugin> settings.xml <server> <id>tomcatserver</id> <username>admin</username> <password>admin</password> </server> tomcat-users.xml <user username=”admin” password=”admin” roles=”manager-script”/> run mvn tomcat7:deploy