Go to application/config/database.php . Create another database config like default database. //Default database configuration $db [ 'default' ] = array( 'dsn' => '' , 'hostname' => 'localhost' , 'username' => 'db_username' , 'password' => 'db_password' , 'database' => 'db_name' , 'dbdriver' => 'mysqli' , 'dbprefix' => '' , 'pconnect' => FALSE , 'db_debug' => ( ENVIRONMENT !== 'production' ), 'cache_on' => FALSE , 'cachedir' => '' , 'char_set' => 'utf8' , 'dbcollat' => 'utf8_general_ci' , 'swap_pre' => '' , 'encrypt' => FALSE , 'compress' => FALSE , 'stricton' => FA