Architecture / Installation

I've got MySQL SSL configured and I was able - from the console - to successfully log in with SSL. However, when I add the client certificates and the CA certificates to /db/certs, it drops the connection to the database. No mater what I try, I cannot successfully get the site to connect to the database again until I remove the certs from the folder. I'd really like to make this happen if anyone could provide some insight, I'd greatly appreciate it.