Nginx file upload error - too big file - php

Question

i have nginx on centOS distro. Everything is configured to upload files fine for me..
in etc/php.ini (dont know why on centos this file is in root of etc but its working) i have upload_max_filesize 60M, client_max_body_size 80M and post_max_size 80M.
Other files like nginx server configuration have these upload directives too.
But when I'm uploading a 1mb file nginx is erroring 413 Request Entity Too Large.
My web app is showing that server have 60mb file limit like info.php file.
I did a reboot, nginx reload, restart, php reload.
I have checked everything on stackoverflow and net to fix this but nothing helped.
Nginx logs: Nginx is showing that user is trying to upload bigger file than limit.
There is a pdf of my info.php file: http://docdro.id/YAylJcO

Answer 1

Have you edited your nginx.conf.
Add client_max_body_size xxM inside the server section, where xx is the size (in megabytes) that you want to allow.

Answer 2

By default, nginx is configured to allow a client maximum body size of 1MB. The files you are uploading (~8MB) are larger than 1MB, which is why the 413 (Request Entity Too Large) error is being returned.
To fix this issue, simply edit nginx.conf and add a client_max_body_size configuration like so:
######################
# HTTP server
######################
server {
...
listen 80;
server_name xxxx.com;
client_max_body_size 20M;
...
}
If you have HTTPS configured as well, be sure to add client_max_body_size there as well:
######################
# HTTPS server
######################
server {
...
listen 443 default_server ssl;
server_name xxxx.com;
client_max_body_size 20M;
...
}
reload your server and you should be good!
[server]$ sudo service nginx reload
More info on client_max_body_size here: http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_core_module.html#client_max_body_size
Syntax: client_max_body_size size;
Default: client_max_body_size 1m;
Context: http, server, location
Sets the maximum allowed size of the client request body, specified in
the “Content-Length” request header field. If the size in a request
exceeds the configured value, the 413 (Request Entity Too Large) error
is returned to the client. Please be aware that browsers cannot
correctly display this error. Setting size to 0 disables checking of
client request body size.