413 Request Entity Too Large - File Upload Issue

I am trying to upload 30MB file on my server and its not working.

1. When I upload 30MB file, the page loads "Page Not Found"

2. 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

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

-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

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

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 

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

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

I got the same error and fixed it with the below steps.

1. 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;
}

2. Finally restarted Nginx with the below command.

systemctl restart nginx

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.

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

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

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.