Change form uploader max size

Modified on Thu, 11 Jul, 2024 at 10:44 AM

Problem

By default, the maximum size of a file in a form uploader is 500Mb.

If you try to upload a bigger file the system raise an error:

Solution

Edit the file ngnix.conf.

With classic RedHat setup:

http

/etc/nginx/sites-available/embrace-app-http-3.0.conf

https

/etc/nginx/sites-available/embrace-app-https-3.0.conf

With Docker compose setup:

http

<installer>/conf/embrace-app.conf.template

https

<installer>/conf/embrace-app-ssl.conf.template

Warning

On a Docker installation, you must mount the file on the container from compose-local.yml.

http

services:
  nginx:
    volumes:
    - ./conf/nginx/embrace-app.conf.template:/etc/nginx/templates/embrace-app.conf.template

https

services:
  nginx:
    volumes:
    - ./conf/nginx/embrace-app-ssl.conf.template:/etc/nginx/templates/embrace-app-ssl.conf.template

Inside nginx.conf

# https server
server {
    listen 443 ssl;

    ssl_certificate /etc/ssl/factory-cert.pem;
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/ssl/factory-key.pem;

    client_header_buffer_size 64k;
    large_client_header_buffers 4 64k;
    client_max_body_size 500M;

    location /static/  {
        root /opt;
    }

    access_log /var/log/nginx/nginx_ait_access.log;
    error_log  /var/log/nginx/nginx_ait_error.log;

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://app-server;
        proxy_http_version 1.1;
        proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
        proxy_read_timeout 300s;
        proxy_connect_timeout 75s;

        proxy_set_header   Host             $host;
        proxy_set_header   X-Real-IP        $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header   REMOTE_HOST      $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header   X-Forwarded-For  $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $server_name;
        proxy_set_header   X-FORWARDED-PROTOCOL $scheme;
    }
}

Change the value of

 client_max_body_size 500M;

to (as example)

 client_max_body_size 5G;

Restart the app

With classic RedHat setup:

sudo systemctl restart factory.target

with Docker compose setup:

cd <installer>
./embrace-app.sh --restart

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