Error: Request Entity Too Large

[MJ]

I get this error if I want to upload a big (in filesize) picture.

I found this
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/48494717/nodebb-error-when-upload-file-request-entity-too-large

but I don't understand what I must do. Can somebody help me?

[baris]

Do you use nginx? If so add this client_max_body_size 5M; in to you nodebb nginx config file under location /
For example

server {
    listen 80;

    server_name forum.example.org;

    location / {
        client_max_body_size 5M;

        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
        proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
        proxy_set_header X-NginX-Proxy true;

        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:4567;
        proxy_redirect off;

        # Socket.IO Support
        proxy_http_version 1.1;
        proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
    }
}

Also make sure the allowed file size is 5megabytes in NodeBB ACP as well.

[MJ]

@baris yes i use nginx but my nginx looks like this.

user www-data;
worker_processes auto;
pid /run/nginx.pid;
include /etc/nginx/modules-enabled/*.conf;

events {
	worker_connections 768;
	# multi_accept on;
}

http {

	##
	# Basic Settings
	##

	sendfile on;
	tcp_nopush on;
	tcp_nodelay on;
	keepalive_timeout 65;
	types_hash_max_size 2048;
	# server_tokens off;

	# server_names_hash_bucket_size 64;
	# server_name_in_redirect off;

	include /etc/nginx/mime.types;
	default_type application/octet-stream;

	##
	# SSL Settings
	##

Is the file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf

[baris]

Check the folder /etc/nginx/sites-available/

[MJ]

@baris said in Error: Request Entity Too Large:

Check the folder /etc/nginx/sites-available/

yes, here is a file with a filename the same as my domain. The file has the information as your post here.

Thanks I go edit it.

[MJ]

edited the file. If I go to my site I get this.

[MJ]

./nodebb log gives:

    at emitOne (events.js:116:13)
    at Pool.emit (events.js:211:7)
    at Connection.<anonymous> (/root/nodebb/node_modules/mongodb/node_modules/mongodb-core/lib/connection/pool.js:329:12)
    at Object.onceWrapper (events.js:317:30)
    at emitTwo (events.js:126:13)
    at Connection.emit (events.js:214:7)
    at Socket.<anonymous> (/root/nodebb/node_modules/mongodb/node_modules/mongodb-core/lib/connection/connection.js:245:50)
    at Object.onceWrapper (events.js:315:30)
    at emitOne (events.js:116:13)
[cluster] Child Process (1136) has exited (code: 0, signal: null)

[MJ]

./nodebb dev gives

NodeBB v1.10.1 Copyright (C) 2013-2014 NodeBB Inc.
This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions.
For the full license, please visit: http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html

Clustering enabled: Spinning up 1 process(es).

2018-09-19T20:01:58.845Z [1171] - info: Initializing NodeBB v1.10.1 http://pubers.wtf:4567
2018-09-19T20:01:58.849Z [1171] - verbose: * using mongo store at 127.0.0.1:27017
2018-09-19T20:01:58.850Z [1171] - verbose: * using themes stored in: /root/nodebb/node_modules
2018-09-19T20:01:59.037Z [1171] - error: NodeBB could not connect to your Mongo database. Mongo returned the following error message=failed to connect to server [127.0.0.1:27017] on first connect [MongoNetworkError: connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:27017], name=MongoNetworkError, stack=MongoNetworkError: failed to connect to server [127.0.0.1:27017] on first connect [MongoNetworkError: connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:27017]
    at Pool.<anonymous> (/root/nodebb/node_modules/mongodb/node_modules/mongodb-core/lib/topologies/server.js:505:11)
    at emitOne (events.js:116:13)
    at Pool.emit (events.js:211:7)
    at Connection.<anonymous> (/root/nodebb/node_modules/mongodb/node_modules/mongodb-core/lib/connection/pool.js:329:12)
    at Object.onceWrapper (events.js:317:30)
    at emitTwo (events.js:126:13)
    at Connection.emit (events.js:214:7)
    at Socket.<anonymous> (/root/nodebb/node_modules/mongodb/node_modules/mongodb-core/lib/connection/connection.js:245:50)
    at Object.onceWrapper (events.js:315:30)
    at emitOne (events.js:116:13)
2018-09-19T20:01:59.040Z [1171] - error:  message=failed to connect to server [127.0.0.1:27017] on first connect [MongoNetworkError: connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:27017], name=MongoNetworkError, stack=MongoNetworkError: failed to connect to server [127.0.0.1:27017] on first connect [MongoNetworkError: connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:27017]
    at Pool.<anonymous> (/root/nodebb/node_modules/mongodb/node_modules/mongodb-core/lib/topologies/server.js:505:11)
    at emitOne (events.js:116:13)
    at Pool.emit (events.js:211:7)
    at Connection.<anonymous> (/root/nodebb/node_modules/mongodb/node_modules/mongodb-core/lib/connection/pool.js:329:12)
    at Object.onceWrapper (events.js:317:30)
    at emitTwo (events.js:126:13)
    at Connection.emit (events.js:214:7)
    at Socket.<anonymous> (/root/nodebb/node_modules/mongodb/node_modules/mongodb-core/lib/connection/connection.js:245:50)
    at Object.onceWrapper (events.js:315:30)
    at emitOne (events.js:116:13)
[cluster] Child Process (1171) has exited (code: 0, signal: null)

[baris]

Looks like your Mongodb database isn't running or is inaccessible.

[baris]

You can test changes to your nginx config by nginx -t to make sure there are no errors.

[MJ]

@baris said in Error: Request Entity Too Large:

You can test changes to your nginx config by nginx -t to make sure there are no errors.

nginx -t
nginx: the configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf syntax is ok
nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test is successful

[MJ]

@baris said in Error: Request Entity Too Large:

Looks like your Mongodb database isn't running or is inaccessible.

how can I fix this?
How can I check errors?
Can you please help me?

[baris]

You need to restart mongodb, https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/tutorial/install-mongodb-on-ubuntu/#restart-mongodb, to check for mongodb errors you can look at the file in /var/log/mongodb/mongod.log

[MJ]

@baris said in Error: Request Entity Too Large:

/var/log/mongodb/mongod.log

Is it safe to post this information in this file?

[MJ]

@baris said in Error: Request Entity Too Large:

You need to restart mongodb, https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/tutorial/install-mongodb-on-ubuntu/#restart-mongodb, to check for mongodb errors you can look at the file in /var/log/mongodb/mongod.log

Sir you're my hero

sudo service mongod start worked for me, the site is back

Thanks a lot for your quick reply and your help

[baris]

Is it safe to post this information in this file?

I don't think that file contains any sensitive info, but you can double check before posting.

Glad the site is back. If mongodb was down due to lack of memory you might have to upgrade your server or it might happen again.

[MJ]

@baris said in Error: Request Entity Too Large:

Is it safe to post this information in this file?

I don't think that file contains any sensitive info, but you can double check before posting.

Glad the site is back. If mongodb was down due to lack of memory you might have to upgrade your server or it might happen again.

I have digitalocean and I did poweroff command so I could take snapshot.

Maybe mongodb shuts down if I use power off, of doesn't it?

[MJ]

btw the problem with the filesize is also solved