def METHOD_NAME(self):
    exahost = "%s:%s" % (
        self.configuration.get("host", None),
        self.configuration.get("port", 8563),
    )
    return pyexasol.connect(
        dsn=exahost,
        user=self.configuration.get("user", None),
        password=self.configuration.get("password", None),
        encryption=self.configuration.get("encrypted", True),
        compression=True,
        json_lib="rapidjson",
        fetch_mapper=_exasol_type_mapper,
    )