Docker push error "413 Request Entity Too Large"

Question

I setup the registry v2 and use nginx as reverse proxy. When I push the image to registy, it error out 413 Request Entity Too Large.

I have modify the client_max_body_size as 20MB in nginx.conf. The push still fails.

client_max_body_size 20M;

What is the body size in docker push? How can I limit the body size?

score 49 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 14 '16 at 16:55

49

Docker documentation mentions the limit should be turned off:

http {
    ...
    # disable any limits to avoid HTTP 413 for large image uploads
    client_max_body_size 0;
    ...
}

answered Nov 14 '16 at 16:55

Petr

7

Disappointing there isn't a better fix when the [protocol](https://docs.docker.com/registry/spec/api/#/blob-upload) supports chunked uploads. – Phil Lello Dec 17 '16 at 17:38

score 45 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 07 '20 at 10:42

45

For anyone getting this error in Kubernetes you need to add this annotation to the registry Ingress resource:

nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/proxy-body-size: "0"

answered Apr 07 '20 at 10:42

David

score 5 · Answer 3 · edited Feb 25 '16 at 09:44

5

You should increase the available memory to 300 MB with:

client_max_body_size 300M;

edited Feb 25 '16 at 09:44

Martin Zabel

answered Feb 24 '16 at 06:57

songcy

Images can be easily larger than 300M. It is better to turn off the limit: `client_max_body_size 0;` – Petr Nov 14 '16 at 22:22

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