This might not be related to your issue, but since you are doing encryption, you should use encrypted passwords. In;
<authenticationUser username="system" password="manager" .. change the password to its defined property name in credentials-enc.properties like; ${system.password} -- View this message in context: http://activemq.2283324.n4.nabble.com/Problem-when-trying-to-start-activemq-after-configuring-password-encryption-tp4667504p4668424.html Sent from the ActiveMQ - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.