How to set the allowed url length for a nginx request (error code: 414, uri too large)

Question

I am using Nginx in front of 10 mongrels.

When I make a request with size larger then 2900 I get back an:

error code 414: uri too large

Answer 1

For anyone having issues with this on https://forge.laravel.com, I managed to get this to work using a compilation of SO answers;

You will need the sudo password.

sudo nano /etc/nginx/conf.d/uploads.conf

Replace contents with the following;

fastcgi_buffers 8 16k;
fastcgi_buffer_size 32k;

client_max_body_size 24M;
client_body_buffer_size 128k;

client_header_buffer_size 5120k;
large_client_header_buffers 16 5120k;