How do you enable and disable SSL in MySQL?

2 years ago
Isabella Edwards
2 minutes

To disable SSL for MySQL, you can use any of the following methods:

  1. Edit the MySQL configuration file (my.cnf or my.ini), locate the [mysqld] section, and add or modify the following lines:
ssl=0

Then restart the MySQL service.

  1. Execute the following statement in the MySQL command line client:
SET GLOBAL ssl=0;

To enable SSL for MySQL, you can use one of the following methods:

  1. Edit the MySQL configuration file (my.cnf or my.ini), locate the [mysqld] section, and add or modify the following lines:
ssl=1

Then restart the MySQL service.

  1. Execute the following statement in the MySQL command line client:
SET GLOBAL ssl=1;

After enabling SSL, you will also need to configure the path for the SSL certificate and key files. You can use one of the following configuration options:

  1. ssl_ca: Specifies the path to the CA certificate.
  2. ssl_cert: Specifies the path to the server certificate.
  3. ssl_key: Specifies the path to the server’s private key.

“For example:”

ssl_ca=/path/to/ca.pem
ssl_cert=/path/to/server-cert.pem
ssl_key=/path/to/server-key.pem

Make sure to add these configuration options to the [mysqld] section and modify them based on the actual location of your certificate and key. After restarting the MySQL service, SSL will be properly configured and enabled.

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