# Uploading a larger file to the Nexus Repository
**URL:** https://community.sonatype.com/t/uploading-a-larger-file-to-the-nexus-repository/4993
**Category:** Sonatype Nexus Repository
**Created:** [September 24, 2020, 11:49am UTC](https://community.sonatype.com/t/uploading-a-larger-file-to-the-nexus-repository/4993 "2020-09-24T11:49:30Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@baalkissna2012](https://community.sonatype.com/u/baalkissna2012)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2020, 11:49am UTC](https://community.sonatype.com/t/uploading-a-larger-file-to-the-nexus-repository/4993/1 "2020-09-24T11:49:30Z")
Hi,
I’m using the Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager
OSS 3.26.1-02 and able to upload the artifactory to the repository. It’s working well for small sized files. For example, I’m doing the following to upload the files:
```
curl -v -u $(NEXUS_USERNAME):$(NEXUS_PASSWORD) \
--upload-file foo.tar.bz2 \
https://nexus.artifacts.xyz.link/repository/Applications/foo/$(NEXUS_EXE_VERSION)_foo.tar.bz2
```
However, if I upload the file with size of 10 GB then it gives the following error:
> User-Agent: curl/7.58.0
>
> Accept: /
>
> Content-Length: 10676888289
>
> Expect: 100-continue
>
> \< HTTP/1.1 413 Request Entity Too Large
> \< Server: nginx/1.14.0 (Ubuntu)
> \< Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2020 11:27:46 GMT
> \< Content-Type: text/html
> \< Content-Length: 208
> \< Connection: close
> \<
>
> 413 Request Entity Too Large
> # 413 Request Entity Too Large
>
> * * *
> nginx/1.14.0 (Ubuntu) \* Closing connection 0 \* TLSv1.2 (OUT), TLS alert, Client hello (1):
Could you please provide me the info on how to upload the big files?
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### Author:  [@rseddon](https://community.sonatype.com/u/rseddon)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2020, 10:07pm UTC](https://community.sonatype.com/t/uploading-a-larger-file-to-the-nexus-repository/4993/2 "2020-09-25T22:07:41Z")
The response headers are clearly showing that this error is coming from nginx, not Nexus Repo.
\< Server: nginx/1.14.0 (Ubuntu)
Adjust the client\_body\_max\_size in nginx:
[https://help.sonatype.com/display/NXRM3M/Run+Behind+a+Reverse+Proxy#RunBehindaReverseProxy-nginx](https://help.sonatype.com/display/NXRM3M/Run+Behind+a+Reverse+Proxy#RunBehindaReverseProxy-nginx)
Regards,
Rich
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### Author:  [@baalkissna2012](https://community.sonatype.com/u/baalkissna2012)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2020, 8:04am UTC](https://community.sonatype.com/t/uploading-a-larger-file-to-the-nexus-repository/4993/3 "2020-09-26T08:04:02Z")
Hi @rseddon,
Thanks for your reply. What’s the relation between ngnix and Nexus repository? Currently, I have only an account for Nexus Repository and I want to upload artifactory there. How can I adjust the client\_body\_max\_size in nginx? Do I need to create an account for this? Sorry for the dump question, I’m just a beginner in these things.
By the way, the link you provided does not work for me. I don’t have login credentials for sonatype.
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### Author:  [@rseddon](https://community.sonatype.com/u/rseddon)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2020, 7:26pm UTC](https://community.sonatype.com/t/uploading-a-larger-file-to-the-nexus-repository/4993/4 "2020-09-27T19:26:02Z")
Sorry, use this link: [https://help.sonatype.com/pages/viewpage.action?spaceKey=NXRM3&title=Run+Behind+a+Reverse+Proxy](https://help.sonatype.com/pages/viewpage.action?spaceKey=NXRM3&title=Run+Behind+a+Reverse+Proxy)
nginx is not a part of Nexus Repo, someone has set it up in front of your instance as a reverse proxy.
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### Author:  [@baalkissna2012](https://community.sonatype.com/u/baalkissna2012)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2020, 1:59pm UTC](https://community.sonatype.com/t/uploading-a-larger-file-to-the-nexus-repository/4993/5 "2020-09-28T13:59:18Z")
Thanks a lot. The issue has been resolved after adjusting the client\_body\_max\_size on nginx server.