#!/usr/bin/env bash # # JbTecWiz Support Centre -- generated fix script # # Fault : 413 Request Entity Too Large, or uploads fail silently # Fix : Raise every limit in the chain # Source: https://jbtecwiz.com/support/lnx-web-413 # # Run as : Root shell # Expect : 25 minutes # Risk : low # Reversible : yes # # WHEN THIS IS THE RIGHT FIX # Uploads fail above a size. # # HOW TO UNDO IT # Restore the previous values in nginx.conf and php.ini, then reload # both. # # Walks the fix one step at a time and asks before each. Steps with no # command are yours to do -- it prints those and waits. DRYRUN=1 prints # without executing; UNATTENDED=1 does not ask. # # -------------------------------------------------------------------- # NO WARRANTY - USE AT YOUR OWN RISK # # This script is provided by JbTecWiz as-is and with no warranty of any # kind, express or implied. You run it entirely at your own risk. # # JbTecWiz accepts no liability for any loss or damage arising from its # use, including but not limited to data loss, downtime, or configuration # changes that turn out to be wrong for your system. # # You are responsible for reading this script before running it, for # satisfying yourself that it suits the machine in front of you, and for # having a working backup first. Some steps cannot be undone. # -------------------------------------------------------------------- set -uo pipefail DRYRUN="${DRYRUN:-0}" UNATTENDED="${UNATTENDED:-0}" failed=0 if [ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ]; then echo " This fix is documented as needing root. Re-run with sudo." >&2 exit 3 fi rule() { printf "\n%s\n" "$(printf '-%.0s' $(seq 1 70))"; if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then echo "$1"; fi; } prose() { echo "$1" | fold -s -w 74 | sed "s/^/ /"; } # Returns 0 when the caller should run the command, 1 when it should not. # A manual step always returns 1 -- there is nothing for the caller to run. step() { # step [command lines...] local n="$1" dotext="$2" why="$3" mode="$4"; shift 4 rule " Step $n of 5" prose "$dotext" if [ -n "$why" ]; then echo; prose "$why"; fi if [ "$mode" = "manual" ]; then echo; echo " -> Do this yourself, then press Enter to carry on." if [ "$UNATTENDED" = "0" ] && [ "$DRYRUN" = "0" ]; then read -r _; fi return 1 fi echo; printf " %s\n" "$@"; echo if [ "$DRYRUN" = "1" ]; then echo " (dry run -- not executed)"; return 1; fi if [ "$UNATTENDED" = "0" ]; then read -r -p " Run this step? [Y]es / [S]kip / [Q]uit " a case "$a" in [Qq]*) echo " Stopped at your request."; exit 0 ;; [Ss]*) echo " Skipped."; return 1 ;; esac fi return 0 } rule echo " 413 Request Entity Too Large, or uploads fail silently" echo " Raise every limit in the chain" echo echo " Risk: low Reversible 25 minutes" echo prose 'No warranty. Use at your own risk - JbTecWiz accepts no liability. Read it before you run it, and have a backup.' rule echo if [ "$UNATTENDED" = "0" ] && [ "$DRYRUN" = "0" ]; then read -r -p " Ready? [y/N] " go case "$go" in [Yy]*) ;; *) echo " Nothing was changed."; exit 0;; esac fi if step 1 'Read the current values at each layer.' 'Setting one and not the others produces a different failure at the next layer down, which is why this often takes three attempts. Reading all three first makes it one change.' cmd 'grep -rn client_max_body_size /etc/nginx/ 2>/dev/null' 'php -i | grep -E '\''upload_max_filesize|post_max_size|memory_limit|max_file_uploads'\'''; then grep -rn client_max_body_size /etc/nginx/ 2>/dev/null php -i | grep -E 'upload_max_filesize|post_max_size|memory_limit|max_file_uploads' if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 1 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi if step 2 'Raise the nginx limit, in the server or location block that serves the upload path.' '' cmd 'sudo sed -i '\''/http {/a\ client_max_body_size 64M;'\'' /etc/nginx/nginx.conf' 'sudo nginx -t && sudo systemctl reload nginx'; then sudo sed -i '/http {/a\ client_max_body_size 64M;' /etc/nginx/nginx.conf sudo nginx -t && sudo systemctl reload nginx if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 2 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi if step 3 'Raise the PHP limits. post_max_size must be larger than upload_max_filesize, and memory_limit larger than both.' '' cmd 'sudo sed -i '\''s/^upload_max_filesize.*/upload_max_filesize = 64M/; s/^post_max_size.*/post_max_size = 72M/; s/^memory_limit.*/memory_limit = 256M/'\'' /etc/php/8.2/fpm/php.ini' 'sudo systemctl restart php8.2-fpm'; then sudo sed -i 's/^upload_max_filesize.*/upload_max_filesize = 64M/; s/^post_max_size.*/post_max_size = 72M/; s/^memory_limit.*/memory_limit = 256M/' /etc/php/8.2/fpm/php.ini sudo systemctl restart php8.2-fpm if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 3 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi step 4 'Check the application'\''s own limit -- most content management systems have one in their settings as well.' '' manual || true if step 5 'Raise the timeouts to match. A 64MB upload on a slow connection can exceed the read timeout and fail as a 504 instead.' '' cmd 'grep -rn '\''client_body_timeout\|fastcgi_read_timeout'\'' /etc/nginx/'; then grep -rn 'client_body_timeout\|fastcgi_read_timeout' /etc/nginx/ if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 5 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi rule " Confirm it worked" prose 'A file just under the new limit uploads successfully.' if [ "$DRYRUN" = "0" ]; then php -i | grep -E 'upload_max_filesize|post_max_size' curl -sI -X POST -F file=@test.bin http://localhost/upload | head -3 fi rule if [ "$failed" -gt 0 ]; then echo " Finished with $failed failed step(s)." echo " Read the full write-up at https://jbtecwiz.com/support/lnx-web-413" else echo " Finished." fi echo prose 'To undo: Restore the previous values in nginx.conf and php.ini, then reload both.' rule