Add the JAASLoginService to ${AMQ_HOME/conf/jetty.xml ... <bean id= "ldapLoginService" class= "org.eclipse.jetty.jaas.JAASLoginService" > <property name= "name" value= "LdapRealm" /> <property name= "LoginModuleName" value= "LDAPLogin" /> <property name= "identityService" ref= "identityService" /> <property name= "roleClassNames" value= "org.eclipse.jetty.jaas.JAASRole" /> </bean> <bean id= "identityService" class= "org.eclipse.jetty.security.DefaultIdentityService" /> ... The following can be used to resolve the issue: cp ${AMQ_HOME}/system/org/eclipse/jetty/jetty-jaas/9.2.19.v20160908/jetty-jaas-9.2.19.v20160908.jar ${AMQ_HOME}/extras/apache-activemq-5.11.0.redhat-630187/lib/web/