413 Request Entity Too Large - File Upload Issue - php

Question

I am trying to upload 30MB file on my server and its not working.
When I upload 30MB file, the page loads "Page Not Found"
When I upload a 3MB file, I receive "413 Request Entity Too Large" with nginx/0.6.32
I am trying to find nginx so I can increase "client_max_body_size" but I am unable to find nginx installed on my server. I even tried running:
vi /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
or
vi /usr/local/nginx/conf/nginx.conf
to check if the config file exists, but I couldnt find it on my server.
Is there anyway to resolve this issue? Or do I have to installed nginx on my server.
EDIT:
I have made all necessary changes in my php.ini files,
post_max_size 128M
upload_max_filesize 100M
memory_limit 256M
Thanks,
Raju

Answer 1

Source:
http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-unix-bsd-nginx-413-request-entity-too-large/
Edit the conf file of nginx:
nano /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
Add a line in the http, server or location section:
client_max_body_size 100M;
Doen't use MB it will not work, only the M!
Also do not forget to restart nginx
systemctl restart nginx

Answer 2

-in php.ini (inside /etc/php.ini)
max_input_time = 24000
max_execution_time = 24000
upload_max_filesize = 12000M
post_max_size = 24000M
memory_limit = 12000M
-in nginx.conf(inside /opt/nginx/conf)
client_max_body_size 24000M
Its working for my case

Answer 3

First edit the Nginx configuration file (nginx.conf)
Location: sudo nano /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
Add following codes:
http {
client_max_body_size 100M;
}
Then Add the following lines in PHP configuration file(php.ini)
Location: sudo gedit /etc/php5/fpm/php.ini
Add following codes:
memory_limit = 128M
post_max_size = 20M
upload_max_filesize = 10M

Answer 4

sudo nano /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
Then add a line in the http section
http {
client_max_body_size 100M;
}
don't use MB only M.
systemctl restart nginx
then for php location
sudo gedit /etc/php5/fpm/php.ini
for nowdays maximum use php 7.0 or higher
sudo nano /etc/php/7.2/fpm/php.ini //7.3,7.2 or 7.1 which php you use
check those increasing by your desire .
memory_limit = 128M
post_max_size = 20M
upload_max_filesize = 10M
restart php-fpm
service php-fpm restart

Answer 5

I add the changes directly to my virtualhost instead the global config of nginx, like this:
server {
client_max_body_size 100M;
...
}
And then I change the params in php.ini, like the comments above:
max_input_time = 24000
max_execution_time = 24000
upload_max_filesize = 12000M
post_max_size = 24000M
memory_limit = 12000M
and what you can not forget is to restart nginx and php-fpm, in centos 7 is like this:
systemctl restart nginx
systemctl restart php-fpm

Answer 6

Please enter domain nginx file :
nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/domain.set
Add to file this code
client_max_body_size 24000M;
If you get error use this command
nginx -t

Answer 7

I got the same error and fixed it with the below steps.
At first, edit the nginx.conf file.
vi /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
At the HTTP section, added the below line.
http {
client_max_body_size 100M;
}
Finally restarted Nginx with the below command.
systemctl restart nginx

Answer 8

Assuming that you made the necessary changes in your php.ini files:
You can resolve the issue by adding the following line in your nginx.conf file found in the following path:
/etc/nginx/nginx.conf
then edit the file using vim text editor as follows:
vi /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
and add client_max_body_size with a large enough value, for example:
client_max_body_size 20MB;
After that make sure you save using :xi or :wq
And then restart your nginx.
That's it.
Worked for me, hope this helps.

Answer 9

I got the upload working with above changes. But when I made the changes I started getting 404 response in file upload which lead me to do further debugging and figured out its a permission issue by checking nginx error.log
Solution:
Check the current user and group ownership on /var/lib/nginx.
$ ls -ld /var/lib/nginx
drwx------. 3 nginx nginx 17 Oct 5 19:31 /var/lib/nginx
This tells that a possibly non-existent user and group named nginx owns this folder. This is preventing file uploading.
In my case, the username mentioned in "/etc/nginx/nginx.conf" was
user vagrant;
Change the folder ownership to the user defined in nginx.conf in this case vagrant.
$ sudo chown -Rf vagrant:vagrant /var/lib/nginx
Verify that it actually changed.
$ ls -ld /var/lib/nginx
drwx------. 3 vagrant vagrant 17 Oct 5 19:31 /var/lib/nginx
Reload nginx and php-fpm for safer sade.
$ sudo service nginx reload
$ sudo service php-fpm reload
The permission denied error should now go away. Check the error.log (based on nginx.conf error_log location).
$ sudo nano /path/to/nginx/error.log

Answer 10

Anyone looking for a solution for Apache2 (Ubuntu 18 for me), you can edit:
/etc/apache2/apache2.conf
And find/edit the line:
LimitRequestBody 7000000 #7mb

Answer 11

In my case, I was using nginx along with letsencrypt to put a ssl layer in front of my spring boot application.
Putting clint_max_body_size property in "/etc/nginx/nginx.conf" did not work for me.
Instead, I put this property inside the site specific conf file.
sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/mywebsite.com
server {
...
client_max_body_size 3M;
...
}
Post saving the above, restarted the nginx server and it worked !
sudo service nginx stop
sudo service nginx start

Answer 12

Open file/etc/nginx/nginx.conf
Add or change client_max_body_size 0;

Answer 13

Use:
php -i
command or add:
phpinfo();
to get the location of configuration file.
Update these variables according to your need and server
max_input_time = 24000
max_execution_time = 24000
upload_max_filesize = 12000M
post_max_size = 24000M
memory_limit = 12000M
On Linux you will need to restart nginx / apache and phpfpm service so the new ini settings are loaded. On xampp, ammps you can restart these from control panel that comes with such applications.

Answer 14

Just open this file and ---
sudo vim /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
Add a line in the http, server or location section:
client_max_body_size 100M;
Then check nginx is okey or not by the following command
sudo nginx -t
If everything looks fine then you will get
nginx: the configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf syntax is ok
nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test is successful
Then restart nginx
sudo systemctl restart nginx
I hope your purpose is served :)