docs: def _request_host(self):
          """Request host info from the server."""
          urlstr = 'https://%s/xmldata?item=all' % (self.host)
          kwargs = {}
          if self.cacert is not None:
              kwargs['verify'] = self.cacert
          else:
              kwargs['verify'] = False
          try:
              response = requests.get(urlstr, **kwargs)
              response.raise_for_status()
          except Exception as e:
              raise IloConnectionError(e)
  
          return response.text