Basic configuration for the tomcat7-maven plugin (http://tomcat.apache.org/maven-plugin-2.0)

tomcat7-maven-plugin-snippet.xml

<plugins>
  <plugin>
		<groupId>org.apache.tomcat.maven</groupId>
		<artifactId>tomcat7-maven-plugin</artifactId>
		<configuration>
			<!-- <path>/${project.artifactId}</path> -->
			<path>/</path>
			<port>8080</port>
		</configuration>
	</plugin>
</plugins>

<pluginManagement>
	<plugins>
		<plugin>
			<groupId>org.apache.tomcat.maven</groupId>
			<artifactId>tomcat7-maven-plugin</artifactId>
			<version>2.0</version>
		</plugin>
	</plugins>
</pluginManagement>