- URL:
 - https://<root>/orgs/<orgID>/federation/servers/<serverID>/validate
 - Methods:
 GET- Required Capability:
 - Access allowed with the "Servers" privilege
 - Version Introduced:
 - 10.9
 
Description
The validate operation performs a validation check against a federated server, returning its status and accessibility information. The response will also return failure messages for any failed validation checks.
Request parameters
| Parameter | Details | 
|---|---|
  | The response format. The default format is  Values:   | 
Example usage
The following is a sample request URL for the validate operation:
https://organization.domain.com/context/admin/orgs/0123456789ABCDEF/federation/servers/vlQpWOiz9oEooY64/validate?f=pjsonJSON Response examples
The following is a sample success response for validate:
{
  "messages": [
    "ArcGIS Server administration URL 'https://organization.domain.com:6443/context' is accessible.",
    "Successfully validated the ArcGIS Server license.",
    "ArcGIS Server 'https://organization.domain.com:6443/context' version is compatible with Portal for ArcGIS."
  ],
  "status": "success",
  "serverId": "kt3o60bzVzLRNugQ"
}The following example demonstrates a success with warnings response for validate. For this sample response, the message indicates that the federated server does not have ArcGIS Data Store registered as a managed database:
{
  "messages": [
    "ArcGIS Server administration URL 'https://organization.domain.com:6443/context' is accessible.",
    "Successfully validated the ArcGIS Server license.",
    "ArcGIS Server 'https://organization.domain.com:6443/context' version is compatible with Portal for ArcGIS.",
    "The federated server does not have an ArcGIS Data Store registered as a managed database and cannot be set as a hosting server."
  ],
  "status": "success with warnings",
  "serverId": "kt3o60bzVzLRNugQ"
}Responses may return other status types, such as failure and undetermined.