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1 point by akkartik 4372 days ago | link | parent

That's really useful, thanks. A quick google for 'nginx post length limit' brings up this link: http://www.rockia.com/2011/01/how-to-change-nginx-file-uploa... which suggests changing client_max_body_size. Does that help?

1 point by lark 4371 days ago | link

Thanks for the link.

I tried setting the following in /etc/nginx/sites-available/somewebsite.com:

  server {
  # ... various vars as in http://arclanguage.org/item?id=16317 plus the following:
  client_max_body_size 10m;
  }

I also tried with client_max_body_size 10000000;

In both cases uploading the bzip2 file hangs.

I also tried setting client_max_body_size in /etc/nginx/nginx.conf but there get a different error:

  Restarting nginx: [emerg]: unknown directive "client_max_body_size" in /etc/nginx/nginx.conf:31

So it doesn't work for me. The documentation at http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_core_module.html#clie... suggests that the default value is 1m. This means that bzip2, which is under 1m, should be uploaded without a problem.

Update: Tried setting "client_max_body_size 32m;" under the "http" section in /etc/nginx/nginx.conf but posting still hangs.

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1 point by akkartik 4363 days ago | link

Ok I finally got around to trying to replicate this, and you're right, that setting doesn't seem to make a difference.

Sorry this took so long.

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1 point by akkartik 4371 days ago | link

I assume you restarted the nginx service?

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1 point by lark 4371 days ago | link

Yes. Does upload in Anarki behind nginx work for you?

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