I am using moodle 2.7.1. new to moodle , I uploaded all my file and directories. i open my moodle site URL but it show me "Fatal error: $CFG->dataroot is not configured properly, directory does not exist or is not accessible! Exiting.". I don't know in where at server side i should upload 'moodledata' directory and what $CFG->dataroot i should write.
anyone help me out.. thanks
$CFG->dataroot is defined in your config.php file in the Moodle root directory. Your localhost installation probably contains a value similar to my config (I run Moodle off XAMPP locally):
$CFG->dataroot = 'C:\\xampp\\moodledata';
The error message is telling you, rightly, that such a directory does not exist on the server. You need to edit config.php to change the dataroot value to the path of your Moodle directory on the server. You need to ask your hosting service what the path is.
I haven't had to move a Moodle installation from localhost to server, so I can't advise from experience. However, the following I found via Google and may be helpful:
Installing Moodle (Moodle Docs)
Moodle migration (Moodle Docs)
move from localhost to hosting (StackOverflow)
I doubt that there is an automated way to move from localhost to server, and expect that it has to be done manually, including script editing and database export/import.
Fred
Thanks fred.
I got solution by creating moodledata directory at server and use php function to get right path of modledata directory at server. set it in config.php according to it. now its working.
Hi mano,
I'm about to do the same thing as you by switching from localhost to a live server, so I just wanted to ask if you could write out the exact steps you did to get it working. Thanks!!
Am not clear about those steps , please anybody help me to migrate my moodle site from localhost to live server....... PLEASE
What have you already tried?
Are you migrating the site PLUS courses and user data, or are you creating a new empty site?
Where are you getting stuck?
