Attaching a File Results in Request Entity Too Large

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Symptoms

Attempting to attach a file results in:

HTTP logs contain:

HTTP/1.1 413 Request Entity Too Large

 

Diagnosis

System is behind some sort of proxy, firewall or network security

Cause

The network security/proxy has a limitation on request size 

NGINX USERS: If you have not specified a size limitation, NGINX will set client_max_body_size to a default of 1MB. See http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_core_module.html#client_max_body_size.

Resolution

Increase the allowed request body limit for the proxy. For example:

 


Last modified on Feb 29, 2016

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