# How to increase the upload file size limit? Error shown
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-increase-the-upload-file-size-limit-error-shown/332467
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [October 24, 2024, 3:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-increase-the-upload-file-size-limit-error-shown/332467 "2024-10-24T03:57:34Z")
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### Author:  [@prty\_grl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/prty_grl)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2024, 3:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-increase-the-upload-file-size-limit-error-shown/332467/1 "2024-10-24T03:57:34Z")
The composer shows that I exceed the file size limit.
I want to increase the upload file size (attachments) in composer. So, I increased it in the settings. I noticed I have to increase it nginx as well. But I don’t use nginx and it has been disabled in AWS (and I don’t want to use reverse proxy as ssl and everything will need to be set up).
I don’t see any nginx in the application folder after I do the following, it opens up with empty file.
```plaintext
sudo ./launcher enter app
cd /etc/nginx/conf.d/
nano discourse.conf'
```
I listed the files as well, but it doesn’t even have “etc” folder in it.
That means nginx is not even present in the discourse folder.
Then as an alternative, I added file size under params, hoping that discourse would pick the setting up after rebuild.
sudo nano containers/app.yml
```plaintext
params:
nginx:
client_max_body_size: 1000m
```
But no success. Still shows the error file size should not exeed bla bla bla.
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### Author:  [@omarfilip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/omarfilip)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2024, 4:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-increase-the-upload-file-size-limit-error-shown/332467/2 "2024-10-24T04:40:09Z")
Add this at the bottom of your app.yml in custom commands, then rebuild:
```plaintext
## Any custom commands to run after building
run:
- exec: echo "Beginning of custom commands"
- replace:
filename: "/etc/nginx/conf.d/discourse.conf"
from: /client_max_body_size.+$/
to: client_max_body_size 1000m;
```
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### Author:  [@prty\_grl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/prty_grl)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2024, 5:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-increase-the-upload-file-size-limit-error-shown/332467/3 "2024-10-24T05:11:13Z")
It worked. Thank you.
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2024, 5:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-increase-the-upload-file-size-limit-error-shown/332467/4 "2024-11-23T05:11:52Z")
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