"GSSException: No valid credentials provided ... (63) - No service creds" when attempting Kerberos authentication using a SQL Server driver installed as a module in JBoss EAP

Issue

• Kerberos authentication fails for the SQL Server driver with the error below

  ... javax.resource.ResourceException: IJ000453: Unable to get managed connection for java:jboss/datasources/mssql-kerberos
      at org.jboss.jca.core.connectionmanager.AbstractConnectionManager.getManagedConnection(AbstractConnectionManager.java:690)
      ...
  Caused by: javax.resource.ResourceException: IJ031084: Unable to create connection
      at org.jboss.jca.adapters.jdbc.local.LocalManagedConnectionFactory.createLocalManagedConnection(LocalManagedConnectionFactory.java:345)
      ...
  Caused by: com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerException: Integrated authentication failed. ClientConnectionId:...
      at com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerConnection.terminate(SQLServerConnection.java:2924)
      at com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.KerbAuthentication.intAuthHandShake(KerbAuthentication.java:178)
      at com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.KerbAuthentication.generateClientContext(KerbAuthentication.java:209)
      at com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerConnection.sendLogon(SQLServerConnection.java:4820)
      at com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerConnection.logon(SQLServerConnection.java:3731)
      at com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerConnection.access$000(SQLServerConnection.java:94)
      at com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerConnection$LogonCommand.doExecute(SQLServerConnection.java:3675)
      at com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.TDSCommand.execute(IOBuffer.java:7194)
      at com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerConnection.executeCommand(SQLServerConnection.java:2979)
      at com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerConnection.connectHelper(SQLServerConnection.java:2488)
      at com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerConnection.login(SQLServerConnection.java:2142)
      at com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerConnection.connectInternal(SQLServerConnection.java:1993)
      at com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerConnection.connect(SQLServerConnection.java:1164)
      at com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver.connect(SQLServerDriver.java:760)
      at org.jboss.jca.adapters.jdbc.local.LocalManagedConnectionFactory.createLocalManagedConnection(LocalManagedConnectionFactory.java:321)
      ...
  Caused by: GSSException: No valid credentials provided (Mechanism level: Fail to create credential. (63) - No service creds)
      at sun.security.jgss.krb5.Krb5Context.initSecContext(Krb5Context.java:772)
      at sun.security.jgss.GSSContextImpl.initSecContext(GSSContextImpl.java:248)
      at sun.security.jgss.GSSContextImpl.initSecContext(GSSContextImpl.java:179)
      at com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.KerbAuthentication.intAuthHandShake(KerbAuthentication.java:158)
      ...
  Caused by: KrbException: Fail to create credential. (63) - No service creds
      at sun.security.krb5.internal.CredentialsUtil.serviceCredsSingle(CredentialsUtil.java:463)
      at sun.security.krb5.internal.CredentialsUtil.serviceCreds(CredentialsUtil.java:340)
      at sun.security.krb5.internal.CredentialsUtil.serviceCreds(CredentialsUtil.java:314)
      at sun.security.krb5.internal.CredentialsUtil.acquireServiceCreds(CredentialsUtil.java:169)
      at sun.security.krb5.Credentials.acquireServiceCreds(Credentials.java:490)
      at sun.security.jgss.krb5.Krb5Context.initSecContext(Krb5Context.java:695)
      ...
  

• The SQL Server driver is deployed as a module with dependencies only on javax.api and javax.transaction.api