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my $port = 12345; # whatever is should be
my $dsn = "DBI:mysql:database=$db;host=$server;port=$port;
mysql_ssl=1; 
mysql_ssl_client_key=/var/lib/ssl/client-key.pem; 
mysql_ssl_client_cert=/var/lib/ssl/client-cert.pem; 
mysql_ssl_ca_file=/var/lib/ssl/cacert.pem"; # Your paths may vary...
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