use DBI; my $kwy_path = "client-key.pem"; my $cert_path = "client-cert.pem"; my $cafile_path = "ca.pem"; my $dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:mysql:host=; port=3306; mysql_ssl=1; mysql_ssl_client_key=$kwy_path; mysql_ssl_client_cert=$cert_path; mysql_ssl_ca_file=$cafile_path", "user", "password") || die DBI->errstr; print $dbh;