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@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ kubectl apply -f kube-manifests/01-MySQL-externalName-Service.yml
 ```
 ## Step-04:  Connect to RDS Database using kubectl and create usermgmt schema/db
 ```
-kubectl run -it --rm --image=mysql:5.7.22 --restart=Never mysql-client -- mysql -h usermgmtdb.c7hldelt9xfp.us-east-1.rds.amazonaws.com -u dbadmin -pdbpassword11
+kubectl run -it --rm --image=mysql:5.7.22 --restart=Never mysql-client -- mysql -h usermgmtdb.c7hldelt9xfp.us-east-1.rds.amazonaws.com -u dbadmin -pdbpassword11 --ssl-mode=DISABLED
 
 mysql> show schemas;
 mysql> create database usermgmt;