remote mysql server -> how to prepare ssl client?

Hey everyone,

actually i'm preparing another system where i will need to connect to a remote percona xtraDB cluster with ProxySQL as middleware. This clusters uses "SSL only" and i just want to ask how/where i can configure the mysql client to use a client certificate.

In a generic debian 12 i'm placing the client cert most of the time within /etc/mysql and doing the configuration in /etc/mysql/conf.d/ssl.cnf with.

[client]
ssl-ca=/etc/mysql/ca.pem
ssl-cert=/etc/mysql/client-cert.pem
ssl-key=/etc/mysql/client-key.pem

How/Where can i place and configure it before running the setup where i will define the connection details for the remote connection?

Best regards