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diff --git a/doc/user/admin_area/settings/account_and_limit_settings.md b/doc/user/admin_area/settings/account_and_limit_settings.md index 001e4b6bf48..5e385b7216d 100644 --- a/doc/user/admin_area/settings/account_and_limit_settings.md +++ b/doc/user/admin_area/settings/account_and_limit_settings.md @@ -2,9 +2,20 @@ type: reference --- -# Account and limit settings +# Account and limit settings **(CORE ONLY)** -## Repository size limit **[STARTER]** +## 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). > Available in [GitLab Starter](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/). @@ -41,22 +52,28 @@ These settings can be found within: - The path `/admin/application_settings`. The first push of a new project, including LFS objects, will be checked for size -and **will** be rejected if the sum of their sizes exceeds the maximum allowed +and **will** be rejected if the sum of their sizes exceeds the maximum allowed repository size. +**Note:** The repository size limit includes repository files and LFS, and does not include artifacts. + For details on manually purging files, see [reducing the repository size using Git](../../project/repository/reducing_the_repo_size_using_git.md). NOTE: **Note:** -For GitLab.com, the repository size limit is 10 GB. +GitLab.com repository size [is set by GitLab](../../gitlab_com/index.md#repository-size-limit). + +## Troubleshooting + +### 413 Request Entity Too Large -<!-- ## Troubleshooting +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" +``` |