Apache responding with Request Entity Too Large

apache-2.2

My apache server sends a "Request Entity too Large" error, when I am trying to upload a file. This happens when the actual "post body" is sent by the client after about 10 seconds of sending the "request header". Is there any way to disable this on Apache.

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There's a method using mod_security, assuming you don't mind making it much larger:

You can also limit the size of the HTTP request body data. This is very handy for disabling large data in HTTP POST requests.

SecRequestBodyLimit 10485760

This is probably worth a read about any consequences of such a change: Mod Security HOWTO

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Why don't you double check the size of the POST request. For example, you can use netcat to listen on 8080.

netcat -l -p 8080

Then, redirect your browser to use a proxy on port 8080 just before submitting the form. You should get something like this:

POST http://example.com/path/to/my/wiki/index.php HTTP/1.1
Host: example.com
Proxy-Connection: keep-alive
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: 217

The most important line is Content-Length and just double check the actual length of the content. That will at least help you to determine where things are going wrong. You will at least have an idea of the actual content size.

Then, ensure that you are directly connecting to Apache and not through either a proxy or a reverse-proxy. Some reverse-proxies place a cap on the maximum size of a request as a sort of security measure. So, you may want to check that as well as your Apache logs to ensure that nothing else is going on.

Problem with “Transfer-Encoding: chunked” in Apache 2.2

from what i found on apache's web site, chunking is only supported by HTTP/1.1, perhaps your server or software is set for HTTP/1.0 in the configuration. http://ws.apache.org/axis2/1_0/http-transport.html

other than that, i would look at the file indicated in the error message and see if there is any hinting at chunking going on there. {DocumentRoot}/app/webservices/soap.hdb

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