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| author | Avahe Kellenberger <avahe@protonmail.ch> | 2021-07-09 20:16:07 -0400 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2021-07-10 02:16:07 +0200 |
| commit | 8cbb38f546be78cedf101dfe2d00210738eb56f0 (patch) | |
| tree | dff54d527ee9ef3e84c5a5ea07c2ac7269cfdaf6 | |
| parent | 615444dcbd0d78b89ea631a48401c486629280ea (diff) | |
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Added documentation about 413 errors with an nginx solution (#15313)
* Added documentation about 413 errors with an nginx solution.
Co-authored-by: silverwind <me@silverwind.io>
Co-authored-by: Norwin <noerw@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: techknowlogick <techknowlogick@gitea.io>
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/content/doc/help/faq.en-us.md | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/content/doc/usage/reverse-proxies.en-us.md | 8 |
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diff --git a/docs/content/doc/help/faq.en-us.md b/docs/content/doc/help/faq.en-us.md index ff233d31e3..953aa9f012 100644 --- a/docs/content/doc/help/faq.en-us.md +++ b/docs/content/doc/help/faq.en-us.md @@ -85,6 +85,12 @@ If certain clone options aren't showing up (HTTP/S or SSH), the following option `DISABLE_SSH`: if set to true, there will be no SSH link `SSH_EXPOSE_ANONYMOUS`: if set to false, SSH links will be hidden for anonymous users +## File upload fails with: 413 Request Entity Too Large + +This error occurs when the reverse proxy limits the file upload size. + +See the [reverse proxy guide]({{< relref "doc/usage/reverse-proxies.en-us.md" >}}) for a solution with nginx. + ## Custom Templates not loading or working incorrectly Gitea's custom templates must be added to the correct location or Gitea will not find and use them. diff --git a/docs/content/doc/usage/reverse-proxies.en-us.md b/docs/content/doc/usage/reverse-proxies.en-us.md index b339048d68..5f1e6685ec 100644 --- a/docs/content/doc/usage/reverse-proxies.en-us.md +++ b/docs/content/doc/usage/reverse-proxies.en-us.md @@ -120,6 +120,14 @@ server { } ``` +## Resolving Error: 413 Request Entity Too Large + +This error indicates nginx is configured to restrict the file upload size. + +In your nginx config file containing your Gitea proxy directive, find the `location { ... }` block for Gitea and add the line +`client_max_body_size 16M;` to set this limit to 16 megabytes or any other number of choice. + + ## Apache HTTPD If you want Apache HTTPD to serve your Gitea instance, you can add the following to your Apache HTTPD configuration (usually located at `/etc/apache2/httpd.conf` in Ubuntu): |