Aws elastic beanstalk nginx config is not working for my nodejs web application

Question

I am using amazon elastic beanstalk for my nodejs website with nginx as proxy. I want to set the maximum upload size to 20mb as the default size is 1mb. I have tried all possible ways of setting up client_max_body_size in .ebextensions/.config file. But none seem to be working as i still get the 413 error. Below is my config file

---

container_commands:
  01_reload_nginx:
    command: "sudo service nginx reload"

files:
  "/etc/nginx/conf.d/proxy.conf" :
    mode: "000644"
    owner: root
    group: root
    content: |
       client_max_body_size 20M;

Answer 1

The /etc/nginx/conf.d/proxy.conf is for Amazon Linux 1 (AL1). However, you may be using current version of EB (not specified in the question), which is Amazon Linux 2 (AL2).

For AL2, you should use the config files in .platform/nginx/conf.d/.

There are many differences between AL1 and AL2 in EB:

• How do I migrate my Elastic Beanstalk environment from one AWS account to another AWS account?

Thus you may need to modify extra files to make your application work if you are migrating it from AL1 to AL2.

Answer 2

For Elastic Beanstalk - Amazon Linux 2:

Create .platform/nginx/conf.d/client_max_body_size.conf in the application root folder.

Add one line to the file: client_max_body_size 20M;

Deploy your code.