# איך מצרפים קובץ PDF?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-attach-a-pdf-file/191943
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [28 במאי, 2021, 4:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-attach-a-pdf-file/191943 "2021-05-28T16:14:18Z")
**Posts on this page:** 17
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### Author:  [@Mpitily](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mpitily)
#### Post date: [28 במאי, 2021, 4:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-attach-a-pdf-file/191943/1 "2021-05-28T16:14:18Z")
Hello
We are using Discourse as a tool to exchange and share experiences.
I was going to publish PDF content but the file attachment only allows jpg, jpeg, png, gif, heic, heif, webp extensions.
Could someone give me a way to attach the PDF file in the platform please ?
Thanks
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### Author:  [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [28 במאי, 2021, 4:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-attach-a-pdf-file/191943/2 "2021-05-28T16:16:02Z")
It’s in your Files settings:
In this example, only staff are allowed to upload pdf files.
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### Author:  [@Mpitily](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mpitily)
#### Post date: [28 במאי, 2021, 4:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-attach-a-pdf-file/191943/3 "2021-05-28T16:39:04Z")
Thank you for your help.
I have changed the settings and now the PDF can be attached.
However, when I reach 50% of the download, it stops and gives this message:
“Sorry, there was an error sending the file. Please try again.”
I tried more than 5 times but it gives this again.
What would be the problem ? and how to fix it please ?
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### Author:  [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [28 במאי, 2021, 4:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-attach-a-pdf-file/191943/4 "2021-05-28T16:40:32Z")
You might need to update your `nginx` config too if the files are very large:
> [@Image Uploading Size Show Exceeding Though It's Less](https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-uploading-size-show-exceeding-though-its-less/134637/4):
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> I guess the new update added a hint about fixing this, so here is the full guide for those who face the same issue… it’s all about nginx: 1. Go to nginx folder: cd /etc/nginx 2. Add this line to your nginx.conf file: http { ... client\_max\_body\_size 4M; } This will allow nginx to accept files with a max size of 4 megabytes. 3. Restart nginx: If you’re paranoid like me use run systemctl restart nginx Or simply send the nginx restart signal by running nginx -s reload
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### Author:  [@Mpitily](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mpitily)
#### Post date: [28 במאי, 2021, 4:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-attach-a-pdf-file/191943/5 "2021-05-28T16:54:01Z")
Yes, after compressing the file, it worked !
Thanks a lot for your help !
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### Author:  [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [28 במאי, 2021, 5:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-attach-a-pdf-file/191943/6 "2021-05-28T17:37:38Z")
You can also try in first instance to increase this value:
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### Author:  [@sok777](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sok777)
#### Post date: [9 בינואר, 2022, 11:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-attach-a-pdf-file/191943/7 "2022-01-09T11:08:46Z")
@merefield Is there any way to enable PDF for all users but only for private messaging?
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [9 בינואר, 2022, 11:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-attach-a-pdf-file/191943/8 "2022-01-09T11:34:56Z")
No. At least not easily.
PMs are just topics. If you enable pdf uploads it’ll be for all topics.
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### Author:  [@sok777](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sok777)
#### Post date: [9 בינואר, 2022, 11:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-attach-a-pdf-file/191943/9 "2022-01-09T11:43:38Z")
Thanks @pfaffman ! How about uploading docs (not images) limitations by TL?
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### Author:  [@VVoPham](https://meta.discourse.org/u/VVoPham)
#### Post date: [14 במרץ, 2022, 9:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-attach-a-pdf-file/191943/10 "2022-03-14T21:15:17Z")
> [@merefield](#):
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> It’s in your Files settings:
Hi Robert! One of my community’s users is trying to attach a PDF in a comment (I see the error “Attachment Pena Network.pdf is missing”), and it’s not working. Where can I find the files settings in Discourse, so I can enable PDF uploads? I’m having a hard time locating it.
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [14 במרץ, 2022, 10:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-attach-a-pdf-file/191943/11 "2022-03-14T22:17:53Z")
There is a separate setting for staff, but not tl.
@VVoPham is you search the site settings for upload and maybe extension you should find it. You could also search jpg to find the settings that have that as a value.
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### Author:  [@VVoPham](https://meta.discourse.org/u/VVoPham)
#### Post date: [16 במרץ, 2022, 1:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-attach-a-pdf-file/191943/12 "2022-03-16T01:16:14Z")
Thanks! Found it, and we were able to upload PDFs successfully! 😁
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [16 במרץ, 2022, 3:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-attach-a-pdf-file/191943/13 "2022-03-16T03:41:20Z")
Great! Can you click that checkbox indicating that my post answered your question?
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### Author:  [@VVoPham](https://meta.discourse.org/u/VVoPham)
#### Post date: [16 במרץ, 2022, 4:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-attach-a-pdf-file/191943/14 "2022-03-16T16:00:49Z")
Hi Jay, I’d be happy to. Where is that checkbox? I might be missing it somewhere…
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [16 במרץ, 2022, 4:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-attach-a-pdf-file/191943/15 "2022-03-16T16:21:55Z")
Oh. Sorry. It’s not your topic, so you don’t have that option. Never mind. 🤷
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### Author:  [@VVoPham](https://meta.discourse.org/u/VVoPham)
#### Post date: [16 במרץ, 2022, 4:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-attach-a-pdf-file/191943/16 "2022-03-16T16:37:34Z")
Oh no, sorry! Hopefully, you can follow up with Mpitily, so they can do this, if they haven’t already! 🙂
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [6 בספטמבר, 2024, 10:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-attach-a-pdf-file/191943/17 "2024-09-06T10:35:41Z")