Unable to remote connect to JMX Console

Issue

• We are trying to connect to JMX port from JMC for monitoring purposes. The remote+https port is secured using elytron which connects to LDAP. We are getting the following error when connecting to the port from the client:

  [org.jboss.remoting.remote.server] (default task-2) Server sending authentication rejected: javax.security.sasl.SaslException: ELY05012: Authentication mechanism server-side authentication failed [Caused by org.wildfly.security.auth.server.RealmUnavailableException: ELY01153: Direct LDAP verification failed with DN [uid=userId,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com] and absolute DN [null]]
  at org.wildfly.security.sasl.plain.PlainSaslServer.evaluateResponse(PlainSaslServer.java:121)
  at org.wildfly.security.sasl.util.AuthenticationCompleteCallbackSaslServerFactory$1.evaluateResponse(AuthenticationCompleteCallbackSaslServerFactory.java:58)
  at org.wildfly.security.sasl.util.AuthenticationTimeoutSaslServerFactory$DelegatingTimeoutSaslServer.evaluateResponse(AuthenticationTimeoutSaslServerFactory.java:106)
  at org.wildfly.security.sasl.util.SecurityIdentitySaslServerFactory$1.evaluateResponse(SecurityIdentitySaslServerFactory.java:59)
  at org.xnio.sasl.SaslUtils.evaluateResponse(SaslUtils.java:245)
  at org.xnio.sasl.SaslUtils.evaluateResponse(SaslUtils.java:217)
  at org.jboss.remoting3.remote.ServerConnectionOpenListener$AuthStepRunnable.run(ServerConnectionOpenListener.java:486)
  ...
  at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
  Caused by: org.wildfly.security.auth.server.RealmUnavailableException: ELY01153: Direct LDAP verification failed with DN [uid=userId,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com] and absolute DN [null]
  at org.wildfly.security.auth.realm.ldap.DirectEvidenceVerifier$1.verifyEvidence(DirectEvidenceVerifier.java:104)
  at org.wildfly.security.auth.realm.ldap.LdapSecurityRealm$LdapRealmIdentity.verifyEvidence(LdapSecurityRealm.java:609)
  at org.wildfly.security.auth.server.ServerAuthenticationContext$NameAssignedState.verifyEvidence(ServerAuthenticationContext.java:1977)
  at org.wildfly.security.auth.server.ServerAuthenticationContext.verifyEvidence(ServerAuthenticationContext.java:759)
  at org.wildfly.security.auth.server.ServerAuthenticationContext$1.handleOne(ServerAuthenticationContext.java:992)
  ...
  at org.wildfly.security.sasl.plain.PlainSaslServer.evaluateResponse(PlainSaslServer.java:117)
  ... 12 more
  Caused by: javax.naming.CommunicationException: ldap.example.com:636 [Root exception is java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.wildfly.security.auth.realm.ldap.ThreadLocalSSLSocketFactory from [Module "org.wildfly.extension.io" version 6.0.11.Final-redhat-00001 from local module loader @7f560810 (finder: local module finder @69d9c55 (roots: /opt/appserver/EAP/jboss-eap-7.2/modules,/opt/appserver/EAP/jboss-eap-7.2/modules/system/layers/base))]]
  at com.sun.jndi.ldap.Connection.<init>(Connection.java:238)
   at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapClient.<init>(LdapClient.java:137)
  at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapClient.getInstance(LdapClient.java:1609)
  at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtx.connect(LdapCtx.java:2749)
  at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtx.ensureOpen(LdapCtx.java:2699)
  ...
  ... 21 more
  Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.wildfly.security.auth.realm.ldap.ThreadLocalSSLSocketFactory from [Module "org.wildfly.extension.io" version 6.0.11.Final-redhat-00001 from local module loader @7f560810 (finder: local module finder @69d9c55 (roots: /opt/appserver/EAP/jboss-eap-7.2/modules,/opt/appserver/EAP/jboss-eap-7.2/modules/system/layers/base))]
  at org.jboss.modules.ModuleClassLoader.findClass(ModuleClassLoader.java:255)
  at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.performLoadClassUnchecked(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:410)
  at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.performLoadClass(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:398)
  at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.loadClass(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:116)
  at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
  ...
  ... 29 more
  

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