Try adding theclient_max_body_size directive to your nginx conf-

http://wiki.nginx.org/HttpCoreModule#client_max_body_size

-Chris

On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 4:34 PM, Allan Stavely <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> I'm running nginx.
>
> I don't see anything in my nginx configuration file that would put a limit
> on the size of a file, as far as I know.
>
> I do have a workaround, obvious but clumsy:
>
> 1.  When adding the product, upload a small dummy PDF file.
> 2.  Transfer the real file to the shop's file system myself.
> 3.  Substitute the real file for the dummy file in static/protected/,
>        giving it the same name.
>
> Will this do everything necessary?  It seems to work so far.
>
> I would like to find a cleaner solution, of course.
>
> Thanks, Chris,
>
>        - Allan
>
>
>
> On Tue, 22 Feb 2011, Chris Moffitt wrote:
>
>  What web server configuration are you using? Sometimes this is a limit
>> imposed by your server - it's not normally a django/satchmo issue.
>>
>> -Chris
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 11:22 AM, allan <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>  Hello all,
>>>
>>> I'm trying to create a downloadable product, which will be a rather
>>> large PDF file: a whole book, 5+ megabytes.  When I try to upload the
>>> file on the admin "Add Downloadable Product" page, my browser freezes
>>> waiting for a response, and I get this in my errors log:
>>>
>>> 2011/02/22 09:40:45 [error] 1928#0: *3469 client intended to send too
>>> large body: 5271910
>>>  bytes,  [ ... ] request: "POST /admin/downloadable/d
>>> ownloadableproduct/add/ HTTP/1.1", [ ... ]
>>>
>>> Suggestions?  I can easily copy the file myself to the machine that's
>>> running my store.  Is there a way to get the content to the right
>>> place without having it go through the HTTP POST?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>>   - Allan
>>>
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