tomcat7: Configure in tomcat-users.xml:
<role rolename="admin-gui"/>
<role rolename="admin-script"/>
<role rolename="manager-gui"/>
<role rolename="manager-script"/>
<role rolename="manager-jmx"/>
<role rolename="manager-status"/>
<user username="tomcat" password="tomcat" roles="manager-gui,manager-script,manager-jmx,manager-status,admin-script,admin-gui"/>
tomcat6:
<role name="manager" />
<user name="manager" password="123456" roles="manager" />