# DeepSpeed config file not found

**URL:** <https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/deepspeed-config-file-not-found/39773>\
**Category:** DeepSpeed\
**Created:** [May 13, 2023, 9:09pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/deepspeed-config-file-not-found/39773 "2023-05-13T21:09:28Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 13, 2023, 9:09pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/deepspeed-config-file-not-found/39773/1 "2023-05-13T21:09:28Z")

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When running my DeepSpeed training script with the command `deepspeed --num_gpus=0 client_entry.py --model_id google/flan-t5-xxl --dataset_path data --epochs 3 --per_device_train_batch_size 8 --per_device_eval_batch_size 8 --generation_max_length 129 --lr 1e-4 --deepspeed dsconfig.json` , I encountered an `assertion error` with the message `assert config != None, "DeepSpeed requires --deepspeed_config to specify configuration file"` . What does this error message mean? the configuration path is correct