Issues using Metro with WebLogic 12.2.1 on Linux

[geriatDelDOT]

We are successful using the application deployed to multiple versions of WebLogic in a windows environment but when moving to Linux, we get : java.net.ProtocolException: Unsupported protocol: https'. The WebLogic configurations are exactly the same (keystore/ssl, etc.) We have the appropriate jar file added to the jdk endorsed folder. And we are running the latest Java 8. At a loss right now. Anyone else run into this?