I had the same issue and couldn’t solve it.
I updated to the lastest v.032.8 and got this
05-17 08:50:53 INFO driver.mysql :: You may need to add trustServerCertificate=true to the additional connection options to connect with SSL.
metabase_1 | 05-17 08:50:53 DEBUG middleware.log :: PUT /api/database/2 400 6 ms (1 DB calls)
metabase_1 | {:valid false,
metabase_1 | :dbname “java.sql.SQLException: Trying to connect with ssl, but ssl not enabled in the server”,
metabase_1 | :message “java.sql.SQLException: Trying to connect with ssl, but ssl not enabled in the server”}
After downgrade to v031.2 everything is working fine again. I read in several forums that the driver for MariaDB has changed in the newer Metabase Versions and that the driver has now the option useSSL=true as default.
I tried to disable this option in the database settings (additional jdbc string options) but it didn’t work.
Does anyone has more information about this topic?