Comments on: How to Limit File Upload Size in Nginx

By: Ravi Saive

Ravi Saive — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 04:04:34 +0000

In reply to Sunny. @Sunny, It looks like your Nginx configuration change isn't being applied correctly. Here are a few things to check: 1. Ensure that you added client_max_body_size 200M; in the correct Nginx configuration file, typically inside the server or http block. 2. If you're running PHP, make sure your php.ini file has the correct settings:

upload_max_filesize = 200M
post_max_size = 200M

3. After making changes, restart Nginx to apply them:

sudo systemctl restart nginx

4. Check the Nginx error log for any relevant messages:

sudo tail -f /var/log/nginx/error.log

By: Sunny

Sunny — Wed, 05 Mar 2025 19:34:28 +0000

I added client_max_body_size 200M and after that it only uploads file upto 30MB any thing over would send a null file to my controller.

By: musgan

musgan — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 09:19:53 +0000

Thanks, brother, worked for my docker.

By: Dilanga

Dilanga — Sat, 12 Mar 2022 06:56:24 +0000

In reply to DIMM_V2.

htaccess is not even a part of Nginx. It’s an Apache config file.

By: DIMM_V2

DIMM_V2 — Sun, 05 Jul 2020 19:14:33 +0000

In reply to Aaron Kili. Hi, I finally got the working solution! Php File Limit upload in TerraMaster webserver Problem by default it was limited to 2 MB; None of these settings can’t help:

upload_max_filesize 10M
value post_max_size 10M
php_value memory_limit 32M 
client_max_body_size

The Solution Is: Create file “.htaccess“ on your root webserver , not at the root but at the root of your webserver ex : “/mnt/md2/HD1/Web”. Create these settings inside.

php_value upload_max_filesize 102M
php_value post_max_size 102M
php_value memory_limit 64M