Answers.Body: <p>This seems to be a bug, but I'm not going to file one for you :-)</p>
  <p>You need to create or fix the reference in civicrm.settings.php manually and edit it according to your server settings.</p>
  <pre><code>&lt;?php
  define('CIVICRM_SETTINGS_PATH', '&lt;your server webroot joomla directory&gt;/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm.settings.php');
  $error = @include_once( '&lt;your server webroot joomla directory&gt;/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm.settings.php' );
  if ( $error == false ) {
      echo &quot;Could not load the settings file at: /usr/www/users/helenmdfpt/joomla/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm.settings.php
  &quot;;
      exit( );
  }
  
  // Load class loader
  require_once $civicrm_root . '&lt;your server webroot joomla directory&gt;/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/CRM/Core/ClassLoader.php';
  CRM_Core_ClassLoader::singleton()-&gt;register();
  </code></pre>
  
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Body: <p>Afternoon everyone,</p>
  <p>I'm testing out Civicrm using backdrop and am getting the &quot;You need to define CIVICRM_DSN in civicrm.settings.php&quot; error. I decided to dig around in /modules/civicrm and noticed the file doesn't seem to exist. There is a template in /templates/crm/common. But it doesn't seem there is a working copy. Just to check I dug around the zipped file and it seems to have the same resultes. Any idea what's going on? Did the install fail or did backdrop not generate civicrm.settings.php during install?</p>
  
Comments.ContentLicense: CC BY-SA 4.0
Comments.CreationDate: 2023-03-08T22:28:07.547Z
Comments.Text: The file is created by the civi installer - it sounds like it didn't run or failed. Were you following these docs? https://docs.civicrm.org/installation/en/latest/backdrop/#installer
Comments.UserDisplayName: Demerit
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Comments.CreationDate: 2023-03-13T19:35:36.427Z
Comments.Text: Yes I've tried that but clicking on the Civipanel just brings me to the CiviCRM  Installed screen. I can't seem to proceed and eventually I'll run into the DSN issue.
Comments.UserDisplayName: Ryan Shoemaker
Tags: <backdrop>
Title: Getting You need to define CIVICRM_DSN in civicrm.settings.php on backdrop
ThreadText: # Getting You need to define CIVICRM_DSN in civicrm.settings.php on backdrop
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2023-03-08)
  
  Afternoon everyone,
  
  I'm testing out Civicrm using backdrop and am getting the "You need to define CIVICRM\_DSN in civicrm.settings.php" error. I decided to dig around in /modules/civicrm and noticed the file doesn't seem to exist. There is a template in /templates/crm/common. But it doesn't seem there is a working copy. Just to check I dug around the zipped file and it seems to have the same resultes. Any idea what's going on? Did the install fail or did backdrop not generate civicrm.settings.php during install?
  
  **Tags:** backdrop
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: The file is created by the civi installer - it sounds like it didn't run or failed. Were you following these docs? https://docs.civicrm.org/installation/en/latest/backdrop/#installer  
  > **username_0**: Yes I've tried that but clicking on the Civipanel just brings me to the CiviCRM  Installed screen. I can't seem to proceed and eventually I'll run into the DSN issue.  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_2 on 2023-04-18. Score: 0
  
  This seems to be a bug, but I'm not going to file one for you :-)
  You need to create or fix the reference in civicrm.settings.php manually and edit it according to your server settings.
  /administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm.settings.php');
  $error = @include_once( '/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm.settings.php' );
  if ( $error == false ) {
      echo "Could not load the settings file at: /usr/www/users/helenmdfpt/joomla/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm.settings.php
  ";
      exit( );
  }
  
  // Load class loader
  require_once $civicrm_root . '/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/CRM/Core/ClassLoader.php';
  CRM_Core_ClassLoader::singleton()->register();
  
  
  ---
  
  