# Moodle Fatal error: $CFG-\>dataroot is not configured properly

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**Category:** Hosting Support\
**Created:** [May 29, 2017, 12:39pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/moodle-fatal-error-cfg-dataroot-is-not-configured-properly/6783 "2017-05-29T12:39:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![VFA378](https://forum.infinityfree.com/letter_avatar/vfa378/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@VFA378](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/VFA378)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 12:39pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/moodle-fatal-error-cfg-dataroot-is-not-configured-properly/6783/1 "2017-05-29T12:39:27Z")

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After several attempts, the moodle presents error:  
Fatal error: $ CFG-\> dataroot is not configured properly  
Does anyone know how to fix it? Grateful for the attention

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**Author:** ![VFA378](https://forum.infinityfree.com/letter_avatar/vfa378/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@VFA378](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/VFA378)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 12:43pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/moodle-fatal-error-cfg-dataroot-is-not-configured-properly/6783/2 "2017-05-29T12:43:19Z")

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My config php

\<?php // Moodle configuration file unset($CFG); global $CFG; $CFG = new stdClass(); $CFG-\>dbtype = 'mysqli'; $CFG-\>dblibrary = 'native'; $CFG-\>dbhost = 'sql306.byetcluster.com'; $CFG-\>dbname = 'epiz\_20157656\_00'; $CFG-\>dbuser = '20157656\_2'; $CFG-\>dbpass = 'XXXXXXXXXXXXX'; $CFG-\>prefix = 'mdlpr\_'; $CFG-\>dboptions = array ( 'dbpersist' =\> 0, 'dbport' =\> '', 'dbsocket' =\> '', ); $CFG-\>wwwroot = 'http://404cursos.epizy.com/moodle28'; $CFG-\>dataroot = '/home/vol12\_8/epizy.com/epiz\_20157656/moodledata'; $CFG-\>admin = 'admin'; $CFG-\>directorypermissions = 0777; require\_once(dirname(\_\_FILE\_\_) . '/lib/setup.php'); // There is no php closing tag in this file, // it is intentional because it prevents trailing whitespace problems!

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**Author:** ![system](https://infinityfree-forum-uploads.s3.dualstack.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/original/3X/b/0/b024fd3fa88bae093c9576e55c2c94e33f890206.svg) [@system](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2019, 7:27pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/moodle-fatal-error-cfg-dataroot-is-not-configured-properly/6783/3 "2019-01-17T19:27:53Z")

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