java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver from [Module "com.mysql.jdbc"

Issue

The following exception is thrown in when trying to instantiate JDBC connection:

Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver from [Module "com.mysql.jdbc" version 5.1.34 from local module loader @69c79f09 (finder: local module finder @1ca25c47 (roots: /usr/local/www/jboss-eap74/modules,/usr/local/www/jboss-eap74/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.base/java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
at java.base/java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:398)
at org.jboss.ironjacamar.jdbcadapters@1.4.30.Final-redhat-00001//org.jboss.jca.adapters.jdbc.local.LocalManagedConnectionFactory.getDriver(LocalManagedConnectionFactory.java:614)
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