Verify Instllation - Snoop servlet

WebSphere Application Server provides a default configuration that administrators can use to easily verify that the Application installed is installed properly and running. When the product is installed, it includes an application server called server1 and enterprise aplication called Default Application. The Default application has snoop servlet, that retrieves information about a servlet request. The servlet returns following information

• Servlet initialization parameters


• Servlet context initialization parameters


• URL invocation request parameters


• Preferred client locale


• Context path


• User principal


• Request headers and their values


• Request parameter names and their values


• HTTPS protocol information


• Servlet request attributes and their values


• HTTP session information


• Session attributes and their values

The Snoop servlet includes security configuration so that when WebSphere Security is enabled, clients must supply a user ID and password to initiate the servlet.

You can access the snoop servlet at http://localhost:9080/snoop. This screen shot is from the response that i get on my machine