[chef] Re: Re: Re: Error file size

[Steven Danna < >]

Hi,

While I agree with the advice that files this big don't belong in your
cookbook and should be on an artifact server somewhere, I also hate it
when a computer tells a human "no."

The error message you are getting looks like it is coming directly
from nginx.  Thus, I would start with putting:

  nginx['client_max_body_size'] = "400m"

in your chef-server.rb file and then running a chef-server-ctl reconfigure

You can read about nearly all of the deep configuration options here:
http://docs.getchef.com/config_rb_chef_server_optional_settings.html

The request that is failing is likely going to the bookshelf service.
I wasn't able to find any limits in bookshelf itself so the upload
might work after you tell nginx to allow uploads that big.  Other
services such as erchef also have configurable limits, but that
service isn't in play here.

This advice comes with no warranty :)

Some other notes:

> Think about it for a second: you have a 350Mb file that you want to have as 
> a part of your cookbook. After uploading it, you realise that there’s a 
> small typo in a recipe. You fix it and re-upload it. Now this simple RPM is 
> taking up 700Mb on your server.

If the RPM hasn't changed, it won't be uploaded again.  We only keep
one copy of a given file (for Enterprise/Hosted, one copy per
organization).  A files is considered "the same" if it has the same
checksum.

Cheers,

Steven

On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 10:39 AM, Ana Ferreira 
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 wrote:
> No, the rpm is part of a cookbook.
> I am trying to upload the cookbook including rpm to the chef server. But i
> don t know how to change the size limit on the chef server.
>
> Do you any idea how to change it?
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 11:50 PM, Cassiano Leal 
> <
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> wrote:
>>
>> Ah, sorry…
>>
>> You were trying to upload the RPM by itself to the Chef Server?
>>
>> That’s definitely not going to work. I thought the RPM was a cookbook
>> file, as part of a cookbook. Cookbooks are the things you upload to the 
>> Chef
>> Server. The RPM by itself will never get there.
>>
>> Exactly what are you trying to achieve?
>>
>>
>> On Jul 28, 2014, at 13:09, Ana Ferreira 
>> <
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>>  wrote:
>>
>> that is not an issue:
>> "The upload argument is used to upload one or more cookbooks (and any
>> files that are associated with those cookbooks) from a local repository to
>> the Chef server. Only files that do not already exist on the Chef server
>> will be uploaded." --http://docs.getchef.com/knife_cookbook.html
>>
>> i couldn't find where the cookbooks are on the chef server? i use de
>> default path (but dont what is the default path :) )
>>
>> thank you
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 3:48 PM, Cassiano Leal 
>> <
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>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I don’t think so. The Chef Server is not intended to be used as a file
>>> serving mechanism. Cookbook files are for simple stuff — a static config
>>> file, a static public key of some sort, maybe a .rc file, etc.
>>>
>>> Think about it for a second: you have a 350Mb file that you want to have
>>> as a part of your cookbook. After uploading it, you realise that there’s a
>>> small typo in a recipe. You fix it and re-upload it. Now this simple RPM 
>>> is
>>> taking up 700Mb on your server. Escalate that to multiple versions and you
>>> begin to see the problem. In a way it’s akin to committing your compiled
>>> JARs to source control (in more than one way really, if you’re doing it
>>> right and keeping the cookbook on a VCS).
>>>
>>> Binaries and big files are better served via HTTP, FTP or something else.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jul 28, 2014, at 11:24, Ana Ferreira 
>>> <
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>>>  wrote:
>>>
>>> it must be a way to change that limit? or not?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 3:01 PM, Cassiano Leal 
>>> <
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>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Well, yes. Remove the RPM, publish it on an external server, change your
>>>> recipes to grab it from there and re-upload the cookbook.
>>>>
>>>> There’s file size limit for cookbook files, but I can’t remember what it
>>>> is. I’m sure someone else will chime in with the actual figure. :)
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>> Cassiano
>>>>
>>>> > On Jul 28, 2014, at 10:47, 
>>>> > <
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>>>> > <
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>>>> >  wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > Hello,
>>>> >
>>>> > does anyone know how to resolve this problem:
>>>> >
>>>> > RUNING: knife cookbook upload -a
>>>> >
>>>> > 413 "Request Entity Too Large"
>>>> >
>>>> > ERROR: Request Entity Too Large
>>>> > Response: <html>
>>>> > <head><title>413 Request Entity Too Large</title></head>
>>>> > <body bgcolor="white">
>>>> > <center><h1>413 Request Entity Too Large</h1></center>
>>>> > <hr><center>nginx/1.4.4</center>
>>>> > </body>
>>>> > </html>
>>>> >
>>>> > i'm trying to upload a 350mb rpm file.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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