From 4a0dadafbebdd4ff97627a4737f74096b92ff950 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ryan Hovland <18075290+ProCycleDev@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2020 09:23:36 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add setting to nginx configuration to allow larger file
 uploads (#7251)

---
 changelog.d/7251.doc  | 1 +
 docs/reverse_proxy.md | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 changelog.d/7251.doc

diff --git a/changelog.d/7251.doc b/changelog.d/7251.doc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..596a28e65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/7251.doc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Modify suggested nginx reverse proxy configuration to match Synapse's default file upload size. Contributed by @ProCycleDev.
diff --git a/docs/reverse_proxy.md b/docs/reverse_proxy.md
index af6d73927..c7222f73b 100644
--- a/docs/reverse_proxy.md
+++ b/docs/reverse_proxy.md
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ the reverse proxy and the homeserver.
             location /_matrix {
                 proxy_pass http://localhost:8008;
                 proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $remote_addr;
+                # Nginx by default only allows file uploads up to 1M in size
+                # Increase client_max_body_size to match max_upload_size defined in homeserver.yaml
+                client_max_body_size 10M;
             }
         }