The latest articles on DEV Community by Autoai Pal (@autoaipal). https://dev.to/autoaipal https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F1116116%2F3b914202-ac81-42ca-98c0-fadf4250eae4.png https://dev.to/autoaipal en Autoai Pal Sun, 09 Jul 2023 06:30:13 +0000 https://dev.to/autoaipal/how-to-resolve-error-413-request-entity-too-large-in-nginx-and-amazon-ec2-instance-341h https://dev.to/autoaipal/how-to-resolve-error-413-request-entity-too-large-in-nginx-and-amazon-ec2-instance-341h <p>while running on Amazon server instance with Nginx, at some point you might come across an HTTP 413 error that says </p> <p><code>request too large</code></p> <p>This means that the upload max size has been exceeded. To solve this error follow the steps below</p> <h2> How To solve NGNIX 413 Request Too Large Error </h2> <ol> <li><p>Login to your server via ssh</p></li> <li><p>open the Nginx config file via nano or your favorite text editor. we will use nano for this tutorial</p></li> <li><p><code>sudo /etc/nginx/nginx.conf</code></p></li> <li><p>Add this code to the HTTP block <br> <code>client_max_body_size 20M;</code><br> Increase the size as you want</p></li> <li><p>save the file and close the editor<br> Run this command to restart Nginx</p></li> </ol> <p><code>sudo systemctl restart nginx</code></p> <p>Now go back and retry the upload again, and it will work</p> <p>What we have done is increase the maximum allowed file upload size to <strong>20 megabytes</strong>. This way any file less than or equal to <strong>20M</strong> will be uploaded</p> <p>So feel free to adjust the value to your need</p> nginx aws webdev beginners