def METHOD_NAME(self):
    """
    Read the configuration file.
    """
    try:
        self._config.read(self._config_file, encoding="utf-8")
    except (OSError, configparser.Error, UnicodeEncodeError, UnicodeDecodeError) as e:
        log.error("Could not read the local server configuration {}: {}".format(self._config_file, e))