JBoss deployment randomly fails because of a "Cannot configure an authenticator for method" ERROR

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • JBoss randomly fails to deploy one of our applications due to the error below. We deploy multiple applications using JBossWeb provided authenticators (FORM, BASIC, DIGEST...)
ERROR [org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig] (MSC service thread 1-1) Cannot configure an authenticator for method FORM

Environment

  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) 6.1.0 and earlier

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