private String dumpEnvironent() {
    StringBuilder sb = TempletonUtils.dumpPropMap("========WebHCat System.getenv()========", System.getenv());
    sb.append("START========WebHCat AppConfig.iterator()========: \n");
    HiveConfUtil.dumpConfig(this, sb);
    sb.append("END========WebHCat AppConfig.iterator()========: \n");

    sb.append(TempletonUtils.dumpPropMap("========WebHCat System.getProperties()========", System.getProperties()));

    sb.append(HiveConfUtil.dumpConfig(new HiveConf()));
    return sb.toString();
  }
Dumps all env and config state.  Should be called once on WebHCat start up to facilitate 
support/debugging.  Later it may be worth adding a REST call which will return this data.
hcatalog/webhcat/svr/src/main/java/org/apache/hive/hcatalog/templeton/AppConfig.java