Required license is missing: Runtime Sitecore

Question

I am getting this error

Required license is missing: Runtime

I have checked datafolder path

 <sc.variable name="dataFolder" value="C:\Path\Data" />

and license file settings

  <setting name="LicenseFile" value="$(dataFolder)/license.xml" />

also checked permission all is correct but still it is giving error.

Answer 1

Below are the possibilities for the error.

1. Verify if the license file is present - You can check this in the default data directory of the Sitecore installation path. If the file is not there add it here and restart the IIS.
2. The path of the License file is wrong - The default path of the Sitecore license file will be specified in the “web.config,” and if you are using the Sitecore 8+ version, then verify Sitecore.config file(App_config/Sitecore.config) where LicenseFile settings are provided
3. Overriding the License file path - If you are using any Patch files or thrid-party libraries like brainjocks then make sure the patch file is not overriding the default path.
4. License expired - Don't forget the check if you provided license is been still active or expired. You can do this by opening the license.xml in editor and verifying the field "expiry" and the date.

Config File settings

<sc.variable name="dataFolder" value="/data" />
<setting name="LicenseFile" value="$(dataFolder)/license.xml" />

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