supervisor-tomcat.conf

[program:tomcat6]
command=/opt/tomcat6-instance/bin/supervisor-wrapper.sh

supervisor-wrapper.sh

#!/bin/bash
# Source: http://serverfault.com/questions/425132/controlling-tomcat-with-supervisor
function shutdown()
{
    date
    echo "Shutting down Tomcat"
    unset CATALINA_PID # Necessary in some cases
    $CATALINA_HOME/bin/catalina.sh stop
}

date
echo "Starting Tomcat"
export JAVA_HOME="/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-oracle"
export CATALINA_HOME="/usr/share/tomcat6"
export CATALINA_BASE="/opt/tomcat6-instance"
export CATALINA_PID=/tmp/$$

. $CATALINA_HOME/bin/catalina.sh start

# Allow any signal which would kill a process to stop Tomcat
trap shutdown HUP INT QUIT ABRT KILL ALRM TERM TSTP

echo "Waiting for `cat $CATALINA_PID`"
wait `cat $CATALINA_PID`

supervisord.conf

[inet_http_server]
port = 127.0.0.1:9001
username = user
password = 123