Defect#81561 Problem: Serving JSP file content when type in "xxx.JSP" instead of "xxx.jsp". Special Instructions: In addition to applying the fixed SimpleFIleServlet, the user needs to be advised to avoid putting JSP files anywhere else than an established webapp directory. Reason: WebSphere has a list of file types to process. If a file type requested is not in the list, http server will pick it up and serve the content as plain text. however, WebSphere will process the file if it's in a webapp, and have a registered "file" servlet. Install: First copy the jar file under any directory (ie. create a "fixes" directory under /websphere/appserver, then edit /websphere/appserver/bin/admin.config . Find the line says "com.ibm.ejs.sm.adminserver.classpath=C:/WebSphere/AppServer/....." and add your jar file path immediate after "com.ibm.ejs.sm.adminserver.classpath=", so that it look like "com.ibm.ejs.sm.adminserver.classpath=C:/WebSphere/AppServer/fixes/fix81561_1.jar;C:/WebSphere/AppServer/.....", restart server and that is it. CLASSPATH=$WAS_HOME/lib/efix.jar:$CLASSPATH using admin console, click "Topology" tag, expand the tree like following: - * Websphere Administrative Domain - (Node name) | - (server instance name) default server + Default Container -ServletEngine - default_app - (some other webapp) - (Some other webapp) right click "ServletEngine" and select Create->Web Application to create a webapp, add any number of servlets you want, but make sure 2 servets are in there and correctly configured: "file" -> simpleFileServlet "jsp" -> PageCompileServlet and note 2 paths down: "servlet web path" -> this is what you type in browser to access your servlet unfortunately you have to add EVERY subdrectory down stream into the list in order to access files in there. "Classpath" -> this is where your actual file should be Refer to some example webapps in your servletEngine. One more important note: access jsp pages using the webapp path ONLY, disable any other possible ways to access jsp files(check there is no alias for that directory in httpd.conf).