I am able to connect to the server with the same ssl credentials in MySQL Workbench connect without ssl credentials (through user name / password) in DBeaver. Are there any settings that I might have ...

Its also made worse by MySQL client v5.7, changed its default to prefer using SSL. And we are using v5.7.

Did you know more than 70% of websites use an SSL certificate? That is a massive rise since just several ...

</pre><BR><BR>2048 is the defined constant for CLIENT_SSL. If it connects without error, you're using SSL on the connection. MySQL shouldn't need much in the way of configuration. ••• Quote ...

Fix common SSL Connection errors in your Chrome, Firefox, Edge, etc, browser. Some of them can be fixed at your end while others need changes on the server.