Commit 00526fa3 authored by Marcel Amirault's avatar Marcel Amirault Committed by Stan Hu

Update admin_area to explain max attachment size

Add information about max attachment size, including
troubleshooting information if an error is received
parent ab006779
......@@ -4,6 +4,17 @@ type: reference
# Account and limit settings
## Max attachment size
You can change the maximum file size for attachments in comments and replies in GitLab.
Navigate to **Admin Area (wrench icon) > Settings > General**, then expand **Account and Limit**.
From here, you can increase or decrease by changing the value in `Maximum attachment size (MB)`.
NOTE: **Note:**
If you choose a size larger than what is currently configured for the web server,
you will likely get errors. See the [troubleshooting section](#troubleshooting) for more
details.
## Repository size limit **(STARTER)**
> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/merge_requests/740) in [GitLab Enterprise Edition 8.12](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/09/22/gitlab-8-12-released/#limit-project-size-ee).
......@@ -51,14 +62,18 @@ For details on manually purging files, see [reducing the repository size using G
NOTE: **Note:**
GitLab.com repository size [is set by GitLab](../../gitlab_com/index.md#repository-size-limit).
<!-- ## Troubleshooting
## Troubleshooting
### 413 Request Entity Too Large
If you are attaching a file to a comment or reply in GitLab and receive the `413 Request Entity Too Large`
error, it is likely caused by having a [max attachment size](#max-attachment-size)
larger than what the web server is configured to allow.
Include any troubleshooting steps that you can foresee. If you know beforehand what issues
one might have when setting this up, or when something is changed, or on upgrading, it's
important to describe those, too. Think of things that may go wrong and include them here.
This is important to minimize requests for support, and to avoid doc comments with
questions that you know someone might ask.
If you wanted to increase the max attachment size to 200m in a GitLab
[Omnibus](https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/) install, for example, you might need to
add the line below to `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` before increasing the max attachment size:
Each scenario can be a third-level heading, e.g. `### Getting error message X`.
If you have none to add when creating a doc, leave this section in place
but commented out to help encourage others to add to it in the future. -->
```
nginx['client_max_body_size'] = "200m"
```
Markdown is supported
0%
or
You are about to add 0 people to the discussion. Proceed with caution.
Finish editing this message first!
Please register or to comment