title: Node request entity too large body-parser limit set
body: <p>I do have a Node backend which serves my react frontend by </p>
  
  <pre><code>app.use('/', express.static(`${__dirname}/client`))
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The body-parser limits are adjusted by </p>
  
  <pre><code>app.use(bodyParser.json({limit: 10 * 1024 * 1024}));
  app.use(bodyParser.raw({limit: 10 * 1024 * 1024})); 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and it works if I let it run on my local machine. </p>
  
  <p>Now I've deployed it on a server ( Ubuntu 16.04.4 ) and I get the error message 413 request entity too large nginx/1.10.3. I'm a bit confused because nginx is not even installed. I've also tried to install nginx and adjust the config by adding client_max_body_size to the nginx.conf and the /sites-enabled/default config file but I still get the same error message. </p>
  
  <p>Any idea what else could be the problem for the 413 error (as I said, it works if  it runs on my local windows machine but not on the ubuntu server)</p>
  
  <p>edit: I've tried to install nginx and adjust the settings as seen below but I still get the same error...</p>
  
  <pre><code>root@maas:~# nginx -T
  nginx: the configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf syntax is ok
  nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test is successful
  # configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf:
  user www-data;
  worker_processes auto;
  pid /run/nginx.pid;
  
  events {
          worker_connections 768;
          # multi_accept on;
  }
  
  http {
  
          ##
          # Basic Settings
          ##
          client_max_body_size 50000M;
          sendfile on;
          tcp_nopush on;
          tcp_nodelay on;
          keepalive_timeout 65;
          types_hash_max_size 2048;
          # server_tokens off;
  
          # server_names_hash_bucket_size 64;
          # server_name_in_redirect off;
  
          include /etc/nginx/mime.types;
          default_type application/octet-stream;
  
          ##
          # SSL Settings
          ##
  
          ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2; # Dropping SSLv3, ref: POODLE
          ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
  
          ##
          # Logging Settings
          ##
  
          access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log;
          error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log;
  
          ##
          # Gzip Settings
          ##
  
          gzip on;
          gzip_disable "msie6";
  
          # gzip_vary on;
          # gzip_proxied any;
          # gzip_comp_level 6;
          # gzip_buffers 16 8k;
          # gzip_http_version 1.1;
          # gzip_types text/plain text/css application/json application/javascript text/xml application/xml application/xml+rss text/javascript;
  
          ##
          # Virtual Host Configs
          ##
  
          include /etc/nginx/conf.d/*.conf;
          include /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/*;
  }
  
  
  #mail {
  #       # See sample authentication script at:
  #       # http://wiki.nginx.org/ImapAuthenticateWithApachePhpScript
  #
  #       # auth_http localhost/auth.php;
  #       # pop3_capabilities "TOP" "USER";
  #       # imap_capabilities "IMAP4rev1" "UIDPLUS";
  #
  #       server {
  #               listen     localhost:110;
  #               protocol   pop3;
  #               proxy      on;
  #       }
  #
  #       server {
  #               listen     localhost:143;
  #               protocol   imap;
  #               proxy      on;
  #       }
  #}
  
  # configuration file /etc/nginx/mime.types:
  
  types {
      text/html                             html htm shtml;
      text/css                              css;
      text/xml                              xml;
      image/gif                             gif;
      image/jpeg                            jpeg jpg;
      application/javascript                js;
      application/atom+xml                  atom;
      application/rss+xml                   rss;
  
      text/mathml                           mml;
      text/plain                            txt;
      text/vnd.sun.j2me.app-descriptor      jad;
      text/vnd.wap.wml                      wml;
      text/x-component                      htc;
  
      image/png                             png;
      image/tiff                            tif tiff;
      image/vnd.wap.wbmp                    wbmp;
      image/x-icon                          ico;
      image/x-jng                           jng;
      image/x-ms-bmp                        bmp;
      image/svg+xml                         svg svgz;
      image/webp                            webp;
  
      application/font-woff                 woff;
      application/java-archive              jar war ear;
      application/json                      json;
      application/mac-binhex40              hqx;
      application/msword                    doc;
      application/pdf                       pdf;
      application/postscript                ps eps ai;
      application/rtf                       rtf;
      application/vnd.apple.mpegurl         m3u8;
      application/vnd.ms-excel              xls;
      application/vnd.ms-fontobject         eot;
      application/vnd.ms-powerpoint         ppt;
      application/vnd.wap.wmlc              wmlc;
      application/vnd.google-earth.kml+xml  kml;
      application/vnd.google-earth.kmz      kmz;
      application/x-7z-compressed           7z;
      application/x-cocoa                   cco;
      application/x-java-archive-diff       jardiff;
      application/x-java-jnlp-file          jnlp;
      application/x-makeself                run;
      application/x-perl                    pl pm;
      application/x-pilot                   prc pdb;
      application/x-rar-compressed          rar;
      application/x-redhat-package-manager  rpm;
      application/x-sea                     sea;
      application/x-shockwave-flash         swf;
      application/x-stuffit                 sit;
      application/x-tcl                     tcl tk;
      application/x-x509-ca-cert            der pem crt;
      application/x-xpinstall               xpi;
      application/xhtml+xml                 xhtml;
      application/xspf+xml                  xspf;
      application/zip                       zip;
  
      application/octet-stream              bin exe dll;
      application/octet-stream              deb;
      application/octet-stream              dmg;
      application/octet-stream              iso img;
      application/octet-stream              msi msp msm;
  
      application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document    docx;
      application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet          xlsx;
      application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation  pptx;
  
      audio/midi                            mid midi kar;
      audio/mpeg                            mp3;
      audio/ogg                             ogg;
      audio/x-m4a                           m4a;
      audio/x-realaudio                     ra;
  
      video/3gpp                            3gpp 3gp;
      video/mp2t                            ts;
      video/mp4                             mp4;
      video/mpeg                            mpeg mpg;
      video/quicktime                       mov;
      video/webm                            webm;
      video/x-flv                           flv;
      video/x-m4v                           m4v;
      video/x-mng                           mng;
      video/x-ms-asf                        asx asf;
      video/x-ms-wmv                        wmv;
      video/x-msvideo                       avi;
  }
  
  # configuration file /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default:
  ##
  # You should look at the following URL's in order to grasp a solid understanding
  # of Nginx configuration files in order to fully unleash the power of Nginx.
  # http://wiki.nginx.org/Pitfalls
  # http://wiki.nginx.org/QuickStart
  # http://wiki.nginx.org/Configuration
  #
  # Generally, you will want to move this file somewhere, and start with a clean
  # file but keep this around for reference. Or just disable in sites-enabled.
  #
  # Please see /usr/share/doc/nginx-doc/examples/ for more detailed examples.
  ##
  
  # Default server configuration
  #
  server {
          listen 80 default_server;
          listen [::]:80 default_server;
          client_max_body_size 50000M;
          # SSL configuration
          #
          # listen 443 ssl default_server;
          # listen [::]:443 ssl default_server;
          #
          # Note: You should disable gzip for SSL traffic.
          # See: https://bugs.debian.org/773332
          #
          # Read up on ssl_ciphers to ensure a secure configuration.
          # See: https://bugs.debian.org/765782
          #
          # Self signed certs generated by the ssl-cert package
          # Don't use them in a production server!
          #
          # include snippets/snakeoil.conf;
  
          root /var/www/html;
  
          # Add index.php to the list if you are using PHP
          index index.html index.htm index.nginx-debian.html;
  
          server_name _;
  
          location / {
                  # First attempt to serve request as file, then
                  # as directory, then fall back to displaying a 404.
                  try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
          }
  
          # pass the PHP scripts to FastCGI server listening on 127.0.0.1:9000
          #
          #location ~ \.php$ {
          #       include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
          #
          #       # With php7.0-cgi alone:
          #       fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
          #       # With php7.0-fpm:
          #       fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php7.0-fpm.sock;
          #}
  
          # deny access to .htaccess files, if Apache's document root
          # concurs with nginx's one
          #
          #location ~ /\.ht {
          #       deny all;
          #}
  }
  
  
  # Virtual Host configuration for example.com
  #
  # You can move that to a different file under sites-available/ and symlink that
  # to sites-enabled/ to enable it.
  #
  #server {
  #       listen 80;
  #       listen [::]:80;
  #
  #       server_name example.com;
  #
  #       root /var/www/example.com;
  #       index index.html;
  #
  #       location / {
  #               try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
  #       }
  #}
  </code></pre>