error information in websphere application server for 500 internal error
Chandra, the http 500 internal server error can be generated at one of the following components:
a) external web server due to misconfiguration
b) internal web server plugin due to misconfiguration or because
there is no application server available for the specified url handling
app
c) application server error (Java error)
On case a) you should be able to find the related error on the external web server error log
On case b) you should be able to find the related error on the plugin log
On case c) you should be able to find the related error on the application JVM log
In any case by changing the plugin log setting to debug, you can
validate that the POST request is being delivered to the AppServer and
that the 500 error is being returned by the application server.
If the external request does not reach the plugin then certainly you have an issue with the web servers configuration.
