Unable to Create Secure Note for Larger Files

[mengelsen]

I have a 6MB file that I'm trying to share (create a secure note).

When I go to my site (https://cryptgeon.lifeisgood.com) I'm told that the max file size is 22.2 MiB.

However, when I try clicking the "Create" button, I get a message that says: "could not create note. note too big"

I have tried using multiple web browsers (no change in result).

I have also tried increasing the "SIZE_LIMIT" variable within the docker-compose.yaml file. (No luck!)

I am able to create secure notes w. tiny files. (Less than 1MB) Larger files are failing.

[cupcakearmy]

Mhhh, could you share the config as text?

[mengelsen]

Sure. Here are the files. You might need to modify the contents of nginx-tls.conf to point to your SSL certificate & key file.

cryptgeon.zip

[cupcakearmy]

I can neither reproduce, or understand why. Maybe you have some proxy in front? are there error messages?

[muffintime77]

I had a similar problem when I indicated the parameter Client_max_body_size and client_body_timeout only on the proxy, forgetting about Nginx by car with the container. Try to set them up in both places and this should solve the problem.

However, I ran into another: When downloading files of more than 10 MIB, I can not decipher a note if the browser is Vivaldi Firefox does not experience problems, like Vivaldi <10Mib BROWSER: Vivaldi SIZE_LIMIT: 100MiB CONF: proxy -> host nginx -> docker container

[mengelsen]

That did the trick!

As soon as I added client_max_body_size and proxy_read_timeout to the nginx-tls.conf file, I was able to upload files that were larger than 2MiB.

server {
    listen 80;
    listen [::]:80;
    server_name DOMAIN_GOES_HERE.com;

    # Enforce HTTPS
    return 301 https://$server_name$request_uri;
}
server {
    listen 443      ssl http2;
    listen [::]:443 ssl http2;
    server_name DOMAIN_GOES_HERE.com;

    ssl_certificate     /path/to/cert.pem;
    ssl_certificate_key /path/to/key.pem;
    ssl_trusted_certificate /path/to/certbundle.pem;

    client_max_body_size 50m;   # >= SIZE_LIMIT, with overhead headroom
    proxy_read_timeout 300s;    # optional, avoids slow upload timeouts

    location / {
      proxy_pass http://app:8000/;
      proxy_set_header Host $host;
      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;
    }
}