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Update admin_area to explain max attachment size

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Add information about max attachment size, including
troubleshooting information if an error is received
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Marcel Amirault 2019-08-13 13:06:02 +00:00 committed by Stan Hu
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# Account and limit settings
## Max attachment size
You can change the maximum file size for attachments in comments and replies in GitLab.
Navigate to **Admin Area (wrench icon) > Settings > General**, then expand **Account and Limit**.
From here, you can increase or decrease by changing the value in `Maximum attachment size (MB)`.
NOTE: **Note:**
If you choose a size larger than what is currently configured for the web server,
you will likely get errors. See the [troubleshooting section](#troubleshooting) for more
details.
## Repository size limit **(STARTER)**
> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/merge_requests/740) in [GitLab Enterprise Edition 8.12](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/09/22/gitlab-8-12-released/#limit-project-size-ee).
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NOTE: **Note:**
GitLab.com repository size [is set by GitLab](../../gitlab_com/index.md#repository-size-limit).
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If you are attaching a file to a comment or reply in GitLab and receive the `413 Request Entity Too Large`
error, it is likely caused by having a [max attachment size](#max-attachment-size)
larger than what the web server is configured to allow.
If you wanted to increase the max attachment size to 200m in a GitLab
[Omnibus](https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/) install, for example, you might need to
add the line below to `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` before increasing the max attachment size:
```
nginx['client_max_body_size'] = "200m"
```