Changes between Version 1 and Version 2 of faq/server/change-fcgid-max-setting


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Jan 30, 2011, 2:05:35 PM (14 years ago)
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Jamie McClelland
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    7 The HTTP request through your Drupal interface contains all data being uploaded, such as your file. So if you are uploading a file that is more than 8MiB, the request length is going to also be more than 8MiB.
     7And your error log file reports something like this:
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     9{{{
     10mod_fcgid: HTTP request length 8389712 (so far) exceeds MaxRequestLen (8388608)
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     13The HTTP request through your Drupal interface contains all data being uploaded, such as your file. The default limit is 8MB (this is true even if you've modified your php.ini setting to allow a higher amount.
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     15So if you are uploading a file that is more than 8MiB, the request length is going to also be more than 8MiB.
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    1017You must modify a configuration setting in mod_fcgid through the Member's Control Panel. If you know you are going to need to be uploading files larger than 8MiB, that setting needs to be adjusted by adding this to your Web Configuration:
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    16 Note that the value, in this case 10388608, is expressed in bytes. To do a bit to byte conversion, know that 1 bit = 0.125 bytes.
     23Note that the value, in this case 10388608, is expressed in bytes. 10388608 is about 10 Mbytes.