I configured SSL for MySQL using the following script.

#!/bin/bash
#
mkdir -p /root/abc/ssl_certs
cd /root/abc/ssl_certs
#
echo "--> 1. Create CA cert, private key"
openssl genrsa 2048 > ca-key.pem

echo "--> 2. Create CA cert, certificate"
openssl req -new -x509 -nodes -days 1000 -key ca-key.pem > ca-cert.pem

echo "--> 3. Create Server certificate, key"
openssl req -newkey rsa:2048 -days 1000 -nodes -keyout server-key.pem > server-req.pem

echo "--> 4. Create Server certificate, cert"
openssl x509 -req -in server-req.pem -days 1000 -CA ca-cert.pem -CAkey ca-key.pem -set_serial 01 > server-cert.pem
echo ""
echo 
echo ""

echo "--> 5. Create client certificate, key. Use DIFFERENT common name then server!!!!"
echo ""
openssl req -newkey rsa:2048 -days 1000 -nodes -keyout client-key.pem > client-req.pem
echo "6. Create client certificate, cert"
openssl x509 -req -in client-req.pem -days 1000 -CA ca-cert.pem -CAkey ca-key.pem -set_serial 01 > client-cert.pem
exit 0

The following files were created:

ca-key.pem             ca-cert.pem
server-req.pem         server-key.pem       server-cert.pem
client-req.pem         client-key.pem       client-cert.pem

Then I combined server-cert.pem and client-cert.pem into ca.pem (I read in a post to do so..)

I created a ssl user in MySQL:

GRANT ALL ON  *.* to sslsuer@hostname IDENTIFIED BY 'pwd' REQUIRE SSL;

Next I added the following in my.cnf

[mysqld]
ssl-ca          = /root/abc/ssl_certs/ca.pem
ssl-cert        = /root/abc/ssl_certs/server-cert.pem
ssl-key         = /root/abc/ssl_certs/server-key.pem

After restarting the server,I connected to mysql but SSL was still not in use :(

mysql -u ssluser -p

SSL:                    Not in use

Even the have_ssl parameter was still showing disabled.. :(

mysql> show variables like '%ssl%';
+---------------+---------------------------------------------+
| Variable_name | Value                                       |
+---------------+---------------------------------------------+
| have_openssl  | DISABLED                                    |
| have_ssl      | DISABLED                                    |
| ssl_ca        | /root/abc/ssl_certs/ca.pem          |
| ssl_capath    |                                             |
| ssl_cert      | /root/abc/ssl_certs/server-cert.pem |
| ssl_cipher    |                                             |
| ssl_key       | /root/abc/ssl_certs/server-key.pem  |
+---------------+---------------------------------------------+

Have I missed any step, or whats wrong..

Answers with missed steps in detail will be highly appreciated..