WebDav Maximum upload size
Currently we set the maximum upload size of a file in the Nginx config:
!18 (comment 4702725)
For values above we expect oc client, given that with manual tests webdav client (cadaver) failed to upload larger files due to timeouts?
In any case, review what max value we want to support.
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mentioned in merge request !18 (merged)
I am just checking in on this issue (tagging @fborgesa) to understand the current status? We have a ticket with a user claiming they are unable to upload a ~50Mb file via WebDAV despite a 256Mb limit in place. I am pending an answer to understand which type of file(s) they are trying, but will otherwise attempt and replicate the matter.
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Sure, https://beams.web.cern.ch/.
Makes sense, limit is set by nginx to 100M.
I tested uploading with something around 80M and worked fine, could you confirm?
I've opened an MR to increase to 1000M.Edited by Francisco Borges Aurindo Barros
Hey, can we backtrack a bit and provide more details? If limit is 100Mb, uploading a 50Mb file should not fail.
Why are we bumping to 1Gb? All our latest advice goes against this - large file upload should go through external, such as CernBox, and linked via URL or should be compressed. We shouldn't be used as storage of GB sized files..
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File upload to WebDAV via Browser is limited to 8MB. Too upload larger files, you should use Cyberduck which has a limit of 100MB. Above that limit, you should either compress them, or host them elsewhere such as CDS or CERNBox)
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We have had a few cases where uploading files 40-60MB/file made sense to do on the website (typically it was an animation or short clip). I do agree though that the approach we have adopted quite a while is to push people to use other, better suited services such as CDS or CERNBox for larger uploads. Since most WebDAV tools limit the upload to 100MB, maybe we should just be consistent with that?
mentioned in merge request !188 (closed)