I edited discourse.conf inside the app container to set 512m max upload size. I set 512m in the Admin panel also. But I cannot upload a PDF 30 MB in size as Discourse says ‘512m maximum allowed’. Which does not seem right. What to do? Have I edited the wrong nginx configuration file? Urk - after a…

Ah - I just found out about using ‘outlets’ to make permanent nginx changes. I feel confident with enough trying I can get that going.

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Maxmum upload size

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merefield (Robert) March 17, 2026, 8:21am 3

It’s as simple as an app.yml change:

(In addition to the setting)

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Maxmum upload size

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