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[Lars Helge Øverland <larshelge@xxxxxxxxx>]

If you are indeed using nginx, the "client_max_body_size" directive is part
of the installation docs example, can be increased as appropriate:

https://www.dhis2.org/doc/snapshot/en/implementer/html/ch08s04.html#d5e575



Lars




On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 3:02 PM, Lars Helge Øverland <larshelge@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Hi Calle,
>
> I think this depends on the web server configuration. One can configure
> max file size for uploads in both the proxy (nginx, apache) and servlet
> container (tomcat
> <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2947683/httprequest-maximum-allowable-size-in-tomcat>
> ).
>
> On nginx
> <http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_core_module.html#client_max_body_size>
> the directive is:
>
> client_max_body_size 200M;
>
>
> regards,
>
> Lars
>
> On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 2:44 PM, Calle Hedberg <calle.hedberg@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have found that there is a limitation in file size when importing data
>> into our SERVER-based instances, while I have found no equivalent
>> limitation when importing large data files (e.g. XML format) into an
>> equivalent localhost instance. A few key aspects:
>>
>> 1. Both the server and localhost are running the latest version of 2.20
>> 2. Both are running java 8 64 bits and tomcat 8.026 or 8.029
>> 3. Localhost tomcat has 4GB (min) and 8GB (max) allocated
>> 4. The server instance (running under Ubuntu Linux) has ~5.3GB RAM, but
>> increasing/decreasing RAM has no effect on the issue.
>>
>> The problem is related to the upload process.
>>
>> Example:
>> When importing a 75MB data file with around 8 mill data records (XML,
>> zipped) on localhost, the initial upload step is almost instantaneous (2-3
>> seconds) and then the actual import starts (takes about 10 minutes overall).
>>
>> When importing the same file to the equivalent instance on the server, it
>> takes around 30 seconds to reach 2% upload and then the upload re-starts at
>> 0% - this goes on ad infinitum.
>>
>> Smaller files - e.g. 10-20MB - will maybe import 15-20%, then reset to 0%
>> and start over.
>>
>> It seems to me that the problem is related to the DHIS2 web server
>> configuration, it do not allow sufficient time for the upload to happen.
>>
>> Any indications of how to fix this would be appreciated. While dumping
>> the server instance into localhost, import the data, and then
>> upload/restore the instance does work, it is a pain in the b....
>>
>> Regards from a sunny Cape Town
>> Calle
>>
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Lars Helge Øverland
Lead developer, DHIS 2
University of Oslo
Skype: larshelgeoverland
http://www.dhis2.org <https://www.dhis2.org>