    def _connect(self):
        """Try to connect to the database.

        Raises:
            :exc:`~ConnectionError`: If the connection to the database
                fails.
            :exc:`~AuthenticationError`: If there is a OperationFailure due to
                Authentication failure after connecting to the database.
            :exc:`~ConfigurationError`: If there is a ConfigurationError while
                connecting to the database.
        """

        try:
            # FYI: the connection process might raise a
            # `ServerSelectionTimeoutError`, that is a subclass of
            # `ConnectionFailure`.
            # The presence of ca_cert, certfile, keyfile, crlfile implies the
            # use of certificates for TLS connectivity.
            if self.ca_cert is None or self.certfile is None or \
                    self.keyfile is None or self.crlfile is None:
                client = pymongo.MongoClient(self.host,
                                             self.port,
                                             replicaset=self.replicaset,
                                             serverselectiontimeoutms=self.connection_timeout,
                                             ssl=self.ssl,
                                             **MONGO_OPTS)
                if self.login is not None and self.password is not None:
                    client[self.dbname].authenticate(self.login, self.password)
            else:
                logger.info('Connecting to MongoDB over TLS/SSL...')
                client = pymongo.MongoClient(self.host,
                                             self.port,
                                             replicaset=self.replicaset,
                                             serverselectiontimeoutms=self.connection_timeout,
                                             ssl=self.ssl,
                                             ssl_ca_certs=self.ca_cert,
                                             ssl_certfile=self.certfile,
                                             ssl_keyfile=self.keyfile,
                                             ssl_pem_passphrase=self.keyfile_passphrase,
                                             ssl_crlfile=self.crlfile,
                                             ssl_cert_reqs=CERT_REQUIRED,
                                             **MONGO_OPTS)
                if self.login is not None:
                    client[self.dbname].authenticate(self.login,
                                                     mechanism='MONGODB-X509')

            return client

        except (pymongo.errors.ConnectionFailure,
                pymongo.errors.OperationFailure) as exc:
            logger.info('Exception in _connect(): {}'.format(exc))
            raise ConnectionError(str(exc)) from exc
        except pymongo.errors.ConfigurationError as exc:
            raise ConfigurationError from exc
Try to connect to the database.

Raises:
:exc:`~ConnectionError`: If the connection to the database
fails.
:exc:`~AuthenticationError`: If there is a OperationFailure due to
Authentication failure after connecting to the database.
:exc:`~ConfigurationError`: If there is a ConfigurationError while
connecting to the database.
bigchaindb/backend/localmongodb/connection.py