Can't connect using SSL

[Akhetopnu]

I am unable to connect to MariaDB. Here are some info:

app@ubuntu:~$ node -v
v7.8.0

MariaDB [mydb]> status;
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mysql  Ver 15.1 Distrib 10.1.22-MariaDB, for debian-linux-gnu (x86_64) using readline 5.2

Connection id:		4
Current database:	mydb
Current user:		app@localhost
SSL:			Cipher in use is DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384
Current pager:		stdout
Using outfile:		''
Using delimiter:	;
Server:			MariaDB
Server version:		10.1.22-MariaDB-1~xenial mariadb.org binary distribution
Protocol version:	10
Connection:		Localhost via UNIX socket
Server characterset:	latin1
Db     characterset:	latin1
Client characterset:	utf8
Conn.  characterset:	utf8
UNIX socket:		/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
Uptime:			4 min 6 sec

Threads: 1  Questions: 6  Slow queries: 0  Opens: 17  Flush tables: 1  Open tables: 11  Queries per second avg: 0.024
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MariaDB [mydb]> SHOW VARIABLES LIKE '%ssl%';
+---------------------+--------------------------------+
| Variable_name       | Value                          |
+---------------------+--------------------------------+
| have_openssl        | YES                            |
| have_ssl            | YES                            |
| ssl_ca              | /etc/mysql/ssl/ca-cert.pem     |
| ssl_capath          |                                |
| ssl_cert            | /etc/mysql/ssl/server-cert.pem |
| ssl_cipher          |                                |
| ssl_crl             |                                |
| ssl_crlpath         |                                |
| ssl_key             | /etc/mysql/ssl/server-key.pem  |
| version_ssl_library | OpenSSL 1.0.2g  1 Mar 2016     |
+---------------------+--------------------------------+

Javascript console output:

20:31:13 0|server   | PRODUCTION
20:31:13 0|server   | config: { db: 'mydb',
20:31:13 0|server   |   protocol: 'tcp',
20:31:13 0|server   |   ssl: 
20:31:13 0|server   |    { ca: '/etc/mysql/ssl/ca-cert.pem',
20:31:13 0|server   |      key: '/etc/mysql/ssl/client-key.pem',
20:31:13 0|server   |      cert: '/etc/mysql/ssl/client-cert.pem',
20:31:13 0|server   |      cipher: 'DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384',
20:31:13 0|server   |      rejectUnauthorized: true } }
20:31:13 0|server   | MYSQL encountered an error
20:31:13 0|server   | error: { Error: Access denied for user 'app'@'localhost' (using password: NO) code: 1045 }

Here is the command that I use to log in with all the same parameters as from javascript:

app@ubuntu:~$ mysql --ssl-ca=/etc/mysql/ssl/ca-cert.pem --ssl-key=/etc/mysql/ssl/client-key.pem --ssl-cert=/etc/mysql/ssl/client-cert.pem mydb -h localhost --ssl-cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 --protocol=tcp
Welcome to the MariaDB monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MariaDB connection id is 7
Server version: 10.1.22-MariaDB-1~xenial mariadb.org binary distribution

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MariaDB [mydb]> 

Am I missing something here? I've searched on the internet what's up with both have_openssl=true and have_ssl but nobody seems to have any problem with that. Any help would be appreciated.

[ghost]

I think you need to set a password for the key, when you create it, the password you specify