docs: def _Connect(host=None,
               port=None,
               user=None,
               password=None,
               database=None,
               client_key_path=None,
               client_cert_path=None,
               ca_cert_path=None):
    """Connect to MySQL and check if server fulfills requirements."""
    connection_args = _GetConnectionArgs(
        host=host,
        port=port,
        user=user,
        password=password,
        database=database,
        client_key_path=client_key_path,
        client_cert_path=client_cert_path,
        ca_cert_path=ca_cert_path)
  
    conn = MySQLdb.Connect(**connection_args)
    with contextlib.closing(conn.cursor()) as cursor:
      _CheckForSSL(cursor)
      _SetMariaDBMode(cursor)
      _SetSqlMode(cursor)
      _SetBinlogFormat(cursor)
      _SetPacketSizeForFollowingConnections(cursor)
      _SetEncoding(cursor)
      _CheckConnectionEncoding(cursor)
      _CheckLogFileSize(cursor)
  
    return conn