mysql_ssl_set

Syntax

my_bool mysql_ssl_set(MYSQL *mysql, const char *key, const char *cert,
  const char *ca, const char *capath, const char *cipher)

• mysql - a mysql handle, which was previously allocated by mysql_init() or mysql_real_connect().
• key - path to the key file.
• cert - path to the certificate file.
• ca - path to the certificate authority file.
• capath - path to the directory containing the trusted TLS CA certificates in PEM format.
• cipher list of permitted ciphers to use for TLS encryption.

Description

Used for establishing a secure TLS connection. It must be called before attempting to use mysql_real_connect(). TLS support must be enabled in the client library in order for the function to have any effect.

NULL can be used for an unused parameter. Always returns zero.

See also

• mysql_get_ssl_cipher()