SSL connection error, but was working fine with nothing changed recently

[Gene Chuah]

Hi there,
Please help. This error has been happening for 2 straight nights in a row now. Nobody has touched anything or changed anything on the server. It's been running for many months. What could it be? I got the notification email :

Whoops! Important: An error occurred while backing up Laravel Exception message: The dump process failed with exitcode 2 : Misuse of shell builtins : mysqldump: Got error: 2026: SSL connection error: unknown error number when trying to connect Exception trace: #0 /app/vendor/spatie/db-dumper/src/DbDumper.php(263): Spatie\DbDumper\Exceptions\DumpFailed::processDidNotEndSuccessfully() #1 /app/vendor/spatie/db-dumper/src/Databases/MySql.php(203): Spatie\DbDumper\DbDumper->checkIfDumpWasSuccessFul() #2 /app/vendor/spatie/laravel-backup/src/Tasks/Backup/BackupJob.php(260): Spatie\DbDumper\Databases\MySql->dumpToFile() #3 [internal function]: Spatie\Backup\Tasks\Backup\BackupJob->Spatie\Backup\Tasks\Backup{closure}() #4 /app/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Collections/Collection.php(695): array_map() #5 /app/vendor/spatie/laravel-backup/src/Tasks/Backup/BackupJob.php(263): Illuminate\Support\Collection->map() #6 /app/vendor/spatie/laravel-backup/src/Tasks/Backup/BackupJob.php(171): Spatie\Backup\Tasks\Backup\BackupJob->dumpDatabases() #7 /app/vendor/spatie/laravel-backup/src/Tasks/Backup/BackupJob.php(147): Spatie\Backup\Tasks\Backup\BackupJob->createBackupManifest() #8 /app/vendor/spatie/laravel-backup/src/Commands/BackupCommand.php(56): Spatie\Backup\Tasks\Backup\BackupJob->run() #9 /app/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Container/BoundMethod.php(36): Spatie\Backup\Commands\BackupCommand->handle() #10 /app/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Container/Util.php(40): Illuminate\Container\BoundMethod::Illuminate\Container{closure}() #11 /app/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Container/BoundMethod.php(93): Illuminate\Container\Util::unwrapIfClosure() #12 /app/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Container/BoundMethod.php(37): Illuminate\Container\BoundMethod::callBoundMethod() #13 /app/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Container/Container.php(653): Illuminate\Container\BoundMethod::call() #14 /app/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Console/Command.php(136): Illuminate\Container\Container->call() #15 /app/vendor/symfony/console/Command/Command.php(298): Illuminate\Console\Command->execute() #16 /app/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Console/Command.php(121): Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command->run() #17 /app/vendor/spatie/laravel-backup/src/Commands/BaseCommand.php(16): Illuminate\Console\Command->run() #18 /app/vendor/symfony/console/Application.php(1015): Spatie\Backup\Commands\BaseCommand->run() #19 /app/vendor/symfony/console/Application.php(299): Symfony\Component\Console\Application->doRunCommand() #20 /app/vendor/symfony/console/Application.php(171): Symfony\Component\Console\Application->doRun() #21 /app/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Console/Application.php(94): Symfony\Component\Console\Application->run() #22 /app/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Console/Kernel.php(129): Illuminate\Console\Application->run() #23 /app/artisan(37): Illuminate\Foundation\Console\Kernel->handle() #24 {main} Regards,
Laravel

Thanks!