{"id":793,"date":"2012-11-07T23:16:48","date_gmt":"2012-11-07T15:16:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/binaryone.com.au\/?p=793"},"modified":"2023-11-23T08:44:27","modified_gmt":"2023-11-23T08:44:27","slug":"how-to-fix-mod_fcgid-http-request-length-131619-so-far-exceeds-maxrequestlen-131072-error-on-ubuntu-12-04-lts-precise-pangolin-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/binaryone.com.au\/23\/how-to-fix-mod_fcgid-http-request-length-131619-so-far-exceeds-maxrequestlen-131072-error-on-ubuntu-12-04-lts-precise-pangolin-linux\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Fix \u201cmod_fcgid: HTTP request length 131619 (so far) exceeds MaxRequestLen (131072)\u201d error on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) Linux."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you are trying to upload a file through WordPress or another content system to your web site and your website is running on Apache2\/PHP5\/mod_fcgid, and your browser displays the error:<\/p>\n\n\n

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Internal server error<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

and in your Apaches error log you see something like<\/p>\n\n\n

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Apaches error log<\/p>\n\t\t\t

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[Wed Nov 07 13:12:45 2012] [warn] [client 192.168.XXX.XXX] mod_fcgid: HTTP request length 131619 (so far) exceeds MaxRequestLen (131072), referer: \u2026<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

This error is because the default value of FcgidMaxRequestLen is 131072 which is very small see Apache Module mod_fcgid for more information<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First check in your php.ini that upload_max_filesize has a big enough value for your upload. The default in php.ini is upload_max_filesize = 2M which stands for 2 megabytes (MB). If it is not set, set it to<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next edit your file \/etc\/apache2\/mods-available\/fcgid.conf, or if you have Virtualmin installed go to Webmin> Servers> Apache Webserver> and select the Global configuration tab then click Edit Config Files. Now select \/etc\/apache2\/mods-available\/fcgid.conf in the dropdown list then click the Edit Directives in File button. Either way you should see something like this.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Current directives<\/p>\n\t\t\t

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<IfModule mod_fcgid.c>
AddHandler\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0fcgid-script .fcgi
FcgidConnectTimeout 20
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You now want to add the FcgidMaxRequestLen 2097152 directive to make the file look like this. NOTE: FcgidMaxRequestLen 2097152 = 2MB.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Edit directive<\/p>\n\t\t\t

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<IfModule mod_fcgid.c>
AddHandler\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0fcgid-script .fcgi
FcgidConnectTimeout 20
FcgidMaxRequestLen 2097152
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Now save the changes and restart Apache with<\/p>\n\n\n

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\/etc\/init.d\/apache2 restart<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Or if working in Virtualmin there is a Stop Apache link in the top right hand corner of your screen click it and when Apache has stoped the link will change to a Start Apache link. Click it also. And that is it you will now be able to upload your 2MB files.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you are trying to upload a file through WordPress or another content system to your web site and your website is running on Apache2\/PHP5\/mod_fcgid, and your browser displays the error: and in your Apaches error log you see something like This error is because the default value of FcgidMaxRequestLen is 131072 which is very […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[43,45,46,47,48,49,50,19,20],"class_list":["post-793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-how-to","tag-apache2","tag-http-request-length-so-far-exceeds-maxrequestlen131072","tag-internal-server-error","tag-linux","tag-mod_fcgid","tag-php5","tag-ubuntu-12-04-lts-precise-pangolin","tag-virtualmin","tag-webmin"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t