# Struggling to find correct instructions to increase file upload limit
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/struggling-to-find-correct-instructions-to-increase-file-upload-limit/56568
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [Janeiro 30, 2017, 4:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/struggling-to-find-correct-instructions-to-increase-file-upload-limit/56568 "2017-01-30T04:18:39Z")
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### Author:  [@bholst](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bholst)
#### Post date: [Janeiro 30, 2017, 4:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/struggling-to-find-correct-instructions-to-increase-file-upload-limit/56568/1 "2017-01-30T04:18:39Z")
As the title says. I’m unable to find correct instructions to increase file upload limit of my Discourse installation. This is what I know…
My Discourse installation is hosted on a droplet at Digital Ocean, utilizing the one-click installation. I suspect that this is the reason I don’t see some of what is mentioned in the instructions regarding this setting change.
I’ve also seen it mentioned that increasing the upload limit that it is simply a “parameter” now… Since I’m still new to Discourse, “parameter” means nothing to me. I gather that I’m supposed to add a line to the web.template.yml file, however, I cannot locate this file.
I’m sure many of you are smacking your head as you read my question, but as much searching as I’ve done in here, I have yet to find some of this info.
Thanks in advance for any help that you’re willing to offer!
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### Author:  [@Lutz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lutz)
#### Post date: [Janeiro 30, 2017, 4:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/struggling-to-find-correct-instructions-to-increase-file-upload-limit/56568/2 "2017-01-30T04:33:18Z")
All parameters for file uploads can be found at \_[yourdomain]/admin/site\_settings/category/files
I think what you’re looking for is the “ **download remote image threshold** ” (search it under Settings). If your disk space is almost used, this setting stops further uploads. 10% disk space should always be available, otherwise it can also lead to the failure of the page.
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### Author:  [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [Janeiro 30, 2017, 4:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/struggling-to-find-correct-instructions-to-increase-file-upload-limit/56568/3 "2017-01-30T04:40:17Z")
> [@Lutz](#):
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> I think what you’re looking for is the “download remote image threshold”
I don’t think so. That setting only affects the downloading of remote (linked) images. It has nothing to do with uploads. To increase the upload limit, there are two settings: `max image size kb` and `max attachment size kb`. Note, you may also need to deal with nginx/apache depending on how you’re set up.
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### Author:  [@bholst](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bholst)
#### Post date: [Janeiro 30, 2017, 5:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/struggling-to-find-correct-instructions-to-increase-file-upload-limit/56568/4 "2017-01-30T05:17:12Z")
> [@jomaxro](#):
>
> > [@Lutz](#):
> >
> > I think what you’re looking for is the “download remote image threshold”
>
> I don’t think so. That setting only affects the downloading of remote (linked) images. It has nothing to do with uploads. To increase the upload limit, there are two settings: `max image size kb` and `max attachment size kb`. Note, you may also need to deal with nginx/apache depending on how you’re set up.
You’re correct. I’m looking to increase the upload limit. I’ve changed those 2 settings as you mentioned, but I suspect I need to do the nginx/apache side… however, these are the instructions I can’t find.
I’m beginning to wonder if it was foolish of me to do the one-click install with Digital Ocean 😕
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### Author:  [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [Janeiro 30, 2017, 5:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/struggling-to-find-correct-instructions-to-increase-file-upload-limit/56568/5 "2017-01-30T05:19:16Z")
Hmm…you’ve surpassed my Discourse knowledge unfortunately - never needed larger than 10 MB uploads.
> [@bholst](#):
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> I’m beginning to wonder if it was foolish of me to do the one-click install with Digital Ocean 😕
This has nothing to do with the one-click install. You’d need to deal with NGINX/Apache regardless.
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### Author:  [@bholst](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bholst)
#### Post date: [Janeiro 30, 2017, 5:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/struggling-to-find-correct-instructions-to-increase-file-upload-limit/56568/6 "2017-01-30T05:29:37Z")
No worries @jomaxro! You’ve helped me make sure my question is clear. I appreciate it!
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### Author:  [@jgujgu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jgujgu)
#### Post date: [Janeiro 30, 2017, 7:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/struggling-to-find-correct-instructions-to-increase-file-upload-limit/56568/7 "2017-01-30T07:40:15Z")
I performed this change earlier today. All you have to do is change **max image size kb** in the admin panel and change the mb amount in **containers/app.yml** , as detailed in this reply.
> [@Change the maximum attachment/upload size](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-max-attachment-size/26435):
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> bookmark This guide explains how to change the maximum attachment upload size for self-hosted Discourse instances. person_raising_hand Required user level: System Admin The default attachment upload size limit is 10MB If you are self-hosting Discourse and need to allow uploads larger than 10 MB, follow the steps below. Changing the upload size Connect to your server: Use SSH to access your server’s command line interface. Edit the configuration file: Navigate to the configurati…
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### Author:  [@bholst](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bholst)
#### Post date: [Janeiro 30, 2017, 6:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/struggling-to-find-correct-instructions-to-increase-file-upload-limit/56568/8 "2017-01-30T18:51:47Z")
unfortunately, this didn’t work for me. I added that line in my app.yml, did a rebuild and I still get an error when I did a test upload. Here is my file…
```
##
## After making changes to this file, you MUST rebuild for any changes
## to take effect in your live Discourse instance:
##
## /var/discourse/launcher rebuild app
##
## Make sure to obey YAML syntax! You can use this site to help check:
## http://www.yamllint.com/
## this is the all-in-one, standalone Discourse Docker container template
# You may add rate limiting by uncommenting the web.ratelimited template.
# Out of the box it allows 12 reqs a second per ip, and 100 per minute per ip
# This is configurable by amending the params in this file
templates:
- "templates/postgres.template.yml"
- "templates/redis.template.yml"
- "templates/web.template.yml"
- "templates/web.ratelimited.template.yml"
## Comment out the following lines if you wish to add Lets Encrypt for your Discourse install
# - "templates/web.ssl.template.yml"
# - "templates/web.letsencrypt.ssl.template.yml"
## which TCP/IP ports should this container expose?
expose:
- "80:80" # fwd host port 80 to container port 80 (http)
- "443:443" # fwd host port 443 to container port 443 (https) (ssl ready)
# If you want Discourse to share a port with another webserver like Apache or nginx,
# see https://meta.discourse.org/t/17247 for instructions.
# any extra arguments for Docker?
# docker_args:
params:
db_default_text_search_config: "pg_catalog.english"
upload_size: 30m
## Set db_shared_buffers to a max of 25% of the total memory.
##
## On 1GB installs set to 128MB (to leave room for other processes)
## on a 4GB instance you may raise to 1GB
#db_shared_buffers: "256MB"
#
## Set higher on large instances it defaults to 10MB, for a 3GB install 40MB is a good default
## this improves sorting performance, but adds memory usage per-connection
#db_work_mem: "40MB"
#
## Which Git revision should this container use? (default: tests-passed)
#version: tests-passed
env:
LANG: en_US.UTF-8
# DISCOURSE_DEFAULT_LOCALE: en
## TODO: How many concurrent web requests are supported?
## With 2GB we recommend 3-4 workers, with 1GB only 2
## If you have lots of memory, use one or two workers per logical CPU core
#UNICORN_WORKERS: 3
## TODO: List of comma delimited emails that will be made admin and developer
## on initial signup example 'user1@example.com,user2@example.com'
DISCOURSE_DEVELOPER_EMAILS: 'xxx@xxxxxx.com'
## TODO: The domain name this Discourse instance will respond to
DISCOURSE_HOSTNAME: 'xxxxxx.com'
## TODO: Uncomment if you want the container to be started with the same
## hostname (-h option) as specified above (default "$hostname-$config")
## NOTE: 'true' is the only valid value here, any other will be ignored
#DOCKER_USE_HOSTNAME: true
## TODO: The mailserver this Discourse instance will use
DISCOURSE_SMTP_ADDRESS: smtp.sparkpostmail.com # (mandatory)
DISCOURSE_SMTP_PORT: 587 # (optional)
DISCOURSE_SMTP_USER_NAME: SMTP_Injection # (optional)
DISCOURSE_SMTP_PASSWORD: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # (optional, WARNING the char '#' in pw can cause problems!)
#DISCOURSE_SMTP_ENABLE_START_TLS: true # (optional, default true)
## The Lets Encrypt email will allow you to register a FREE SSL certificate if you added the Lets Encrypt template, comment it out if you have set this up
# LETSENCRYPT_ACCOUNT_EMAIL: email@awesomedomain.com
## The CDN address for this Discourse instance (configured to pull)
#DISCOURSE_CDN_URL: //discourse-cdn.example.com
## These containers are stateless, all data is stored in /shared
volumes:
- volume:
host: /var/discourse/shared/standalone
guest: /shared
- volume:
host: /var/discourse/shared/standalone/log/var-log
guest: /var/log
## The docker manager plugin allows you to one-click upgrade Discourse
## http://xxxxxxxxxx.com/admin/docker
hooks:
after_code:
- exec:
cd: $home/plugins
cmd:
- mkdir -p plugins
- git clone https://github.com/discourse/docker_manager.git
- git clone https://github.com/davidtaylorhq/discourse-whos-online.git
- git clone https://github.com/nukomeet/discourse-static-pages.git
- git clone https://github.com/discourse/discourse-solved.git
- git clone https://github.com/matthieu-lapeyre/wp-discourse-topic-integration.git
- git clone https://github.com/vinkas0/discourse-branding.git
- git clone https://github.com/vinkas0/discourse-navigation.git
- git clone https://github.com/discourse/discourse-tagging.git
## Remember, this is YAML syntax - you can only have one block with a name
run:
- exec: echo "Beginning of custom commands"
## If you want to set the 'From' email address for your first registration, uncomment and change:
#- exec: rails r "SiteSetting.notification_email='info@unconfigured.discourse.org'"
## After getting the first signup email, re-comment the line. It only needs to run once.
## If you want to configure password login for root, uncomment and change:
## Use only one of the following lines:
#- exec: /usr/sbin/usermod -p 'PASSWORD_HASH' root
#- exec: /usr/sbin/usermod -p "$(mkpasswd -m sha-256 'RAW_PASSWORD')" root
- exec: echo "End of custom commands"
```
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### Author:  [@jgujgu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jgujgu)
#### Post date: [Janeiro 30, 2017, 7:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/struggling-to-find-correct-instructions-to-increase-file-upload-limit/56568/9 "2017-01-30T19:52:58Z")
😐 that looks right to me. Well, please do post the error and maybe even a link to the photo you tried. Someone might be able glean insight from it.
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### Author:  [@bholst](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bholst)
#### Post date: [Janeiro 30, 2017, 7:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/struggling-to-find-correct-instructions-to-increase-file-upload-limit/56568/10 "2017-01-30T19:57:51Z")
The test file is an mp3. Any file above 10mb gets this error. Most MP3’s are below 10mb, so it isn’t a huge problem, but some members post larger files. This particular one is 17mb, so it is a good test file.
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### Author:  [@bholst](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bholst)
#### Post date: [Janeiro 31, 2017, 2:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/struggling-to-find-correct-instructions-to-increase-file-upload-limit/56568/11 "2017-01-31T02:06:24Z")
I’ve seen nginx settings also mentioned, but I can’t find that nginx is even on my server. Unless it’s hidden??
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [Abril 27, 2019, 6:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/struggling-to-find-correct-instructions-to-increase-file-upload-limit/56568/12 "2019-04-27T06:05:52Z")
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### Author:  [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [Abril 27, 2019, 1:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/struggling-to-find-correct-instructions-to-increase-file-upload-limit/56568/13 "2019-04-27T13:56:13Z")