Increase upload max size in NextCloud Jail in TrueNas

[cheaptrick666]

Hey guys. I am looking to solve this issue with my NextCloud. How do I edit this client_max_body_size?

I went through Jails->NextCloud->Shell
There I go cat /usr/local/etc./nginx/conf.d/nextcloud.inc

Now the file is open. But what command do I need to change this size limit to something above 512M?

I would be really glad if someone could help.

 

[Patrick M. Hausen]

It's not "open". You just displayed its content in your terminal session. You should use ssh to login to your jail because the web UI shell is broken. Then you use an editor to change the contents. vi, ee come bundled with FreeBSD. Nano can be installed with pkg install nano inside the jail.

 

[cheaptrick666]

You can probably tell that I have very little knowledge of these things. How would I use an ssh to login to my jail? Would I do it directly on my computer without a browser? I wish there was an easy way to change such a simple thing as the maximum upload size.

 

[tkoxff]

Well, perhaps I spoke too soon. I may have found a solution but I would love for someone to follow-up behind me and let me know if this is the right approach.

I looked at the file @ver151set mentioned (/usr/local/etc/nginx/conf.d/nextcloud.conf) but I didn't see any existing values for # set max upload size. I did notice that it referenced another file in that same directory: nextcloud.inc. When I checked that file, I found the values I was looking for:

It's working for me too!
It has failed with the files that size about 2GB which uploading from my mac with Nextcloud client.
Finally it's synced successfully even with 504 gateway timeout error.. ha.

 

[CPT82]

Hello,
on the android app version of Nextcloud i receive upload failed message "Request Entity Too Large"
I noted that others have had success in uploading larger files. so....

I edited the nextcloud.inc
within /mnt/jails/iocage/jails/nextcloud/root/usr/local/etc/nginx/conf.d/

modified the line:
client_max_body_size 512M;
to
client_max_body_size 16G;
---------------------------
After that I ran the command 'iocage restart nextcloud'

attempted upload from the app again and still received the error.
on the web version of nextcloud i don't even get a help full message other than "an unknown error occurred"
I vaguely poked around some logs that I found and didn't really see any relevant error(s) that were around the same time when i tried the upload.

So i was wondering if any others made any other changes to any other files within the jail or outside of the jail.
Any help would be awesome and greatly appreciated.

 

[CPT82]

Well... i'm

Hello,
on the android app version of Nextcloud i receive upload failed message "Request Entity Too Large"
I noted that others have had success in uploading larger files. so....

I edited the nextcloud.inc
within /mnt/jails/iocage/jails/nextcloud/root/usr/local/etc/nginx/conf.d/

modified the line:
client_max_body_size 512M;
to
client_max_body_size 16G;
---------------------------
After that I ran the command 'iocage restart nextcloud'

attempted upload from the app again and still received the error.
on the web version of nextcloud i don't even get a help full message other than "an unknown error occurred"
I vaguely poked around some logs that I found and didn't really see any relevant error(s) that were around the same time when i tried the upload.

So i was wondering if any others made any other changes to any other files within the jail or outside of the jail.
Any help would be awesome and greatly appreciated.

Just to follow up I fixed the upload size limitation by fixing a single line in the nginx.conf
make a backup of your file, it wouldn't hurt!

SSH into your machine

run command to see your jail IDs

iocage list

with your jail ID (# is the nginx jail)

jexec # tcsch

when you are in your nginx jail change directory to

cd /usr/local/etc/nginx/

stop your nginx service by running

service nginx onestop

edit the nginx.conf file with the built in editor

ee nginx.conf

scroll down and look for the line "keepalive_timeout 65;" just below it add the following line

client_max_body_size 1024M;

save and exit the editor

restart your nginx service by

service nginx onestart

after you have started your nginx service backup go ahead and attempt to do an upload again.

 

[Aviatorpaal]

Well, perhaps I spoke too soon. I may have found a solution but I would love for someone to follow-up behind me and let me know if this is the right approach.

I looked at the file @ver151set mentioned (/usr/local/etc/nginx/conf.d/nextcloud.conf) but I didn't see any existing values for # set max upload size. I did notice that it referenced another file in that same directory: nextcloud.inc. When I checked that file, I found the values I was looking for:

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I changed it to this:

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Instantly, I was able to upload larger files from my iPhone. Unfortunately, this change wasn't reflected in the admin portal, so I manually edited the /usr/local/etc/php/php.truenas.ini to make it match the change to the other file.

I don't like that the value I see reported in the dashboard isn't directly affected by the actual value that controls this, but at least it's working for now. Again, I'd love for someone more knowledgeable than me to explain what's going on here.

I can confirm this worked for me on Truenas Core 13.0 with the "Plugin" version of Nextcloud (newest version, verified with "occ upgrade" inside the jail as of August 9th 2022

 

[raidenwow]

I can confirm this worked for me on Truenas Core 13.0 with the "Plugin" version of Nextcloud (newest version, verified with "occ upgrade" inside the jail as of August 9th 2022

I can also confirm this worked


cd /usr/local/etc/nginx/ ee nginx.conf
and /usr/local/etc/php/ ee php.truenas.ini
and /usr/local/etc/nginx/conf.d/ ee nextcloud.inc

all three of these locations I had to change, and the last one, nextcloud.inc fixed it by upping the 512MB to 5000MB (or w/e)

 

[golfox2]

Guys I wish I had found this topic sooner, it solved my 512mb size limit problem too ! I can upload 16gb files now. Thank you sooooooo much !
I summarised the solution here to avoid reading all the thread, might save a few minutes to new comers :

SOLUTION : In the nextcloud jail's shell, go to the directory : Code: cd /usr/local/etc/nginx/conf.d edit the "nextcloud.conf" file with "vi editor" : Code: vi nextcloud.conf then move to the line client_max_body_size 512M; and thanks to the commands of vi editor (here is documentation) change to 16G; for example. Then press "escape" and then write ":x" to save and quit the editor. To change the value shown in the "system" tab of the nextcloud web interface, in the nextcloud jail's shell, go to the directory : Code: cd /usr/local/etc/php edit the "php.truenas.ini" file same as above and change the line : "upload_max_filesize=..." to desired value. Then press "escape" and then write ":x" to save and quit the editor. Finally, restart the whole nextcloud jail.

 

[nbp937]

As we say in my country, here's a "new 20": if you are using a proxy jail that has nginx to access the nextcloud's jail, you need to edit the nginx.conf file of the proxy jail too (e.g. as laid out in this tutorial) - it's located in the same place as the comments above specify.

 

[golfox2]

As we say in my country, here's a "new 20": if you are using a proxy jail that has nginx to access the nextcloud's jail, you need to edit the nginx.conf file of the proxy jail too (e.g. as laid out in this tutorial) - it's located in the same place as the comments above specify.

I'll save the video, thanks for that !

 

[mk061g]

I can also confirm this worked


cd /usr/local/etc/nginx/ ee nginx.conf
and /usr/local/etc/php/ ee php.truenas.ini
and /usr/local/etc/nginx/conf.d/ ee nextcloud.inc

all three of these locations I had to change, and the last one, nextcloud.inc fixed it by upping the 512MB to 5000MB (or w/e)

Thank you.

This was frustrating to fix but this got it working for me. I honestly don't understand why its so complicated to make this simple change but glad it works now so I can upload videos..

 

[Ryle]

Hello
I have done this modification before, but i had a bad idea to try to update nextcloud that have made me reinstall the complete jail and face again this issue but this time it's more problematic:

I have modified all those places, (and even more, maybe outdated... php.ini-dev/prod) but i still have the issue...
TrueNAS-13.0-U5.3
nextcloud version : 13.1-RELEASE-p9

nginx.conf :

# Common limits
# ----------

client_max_body_size 8g; # upload size
client_body_buffer_size 1m;
client_header_timeout 3m;
client_body_timeout 3m;

php.truenas.ini

; recommended value of 512MB for php memory limit (avoid warning when running oc
memory_limit=1G
post_max_size=8G
upload_max_filesize=8G

[B]nextcloud.inc[/B]

# set max upload size
client_max_body_size 8G;



I don't know where I can try other settings...
thanks in advance