# Elasticsearch 1.7.3 http.max\_content\_lenght ignored?

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**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 10, 2016, 8:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-1-7-3-http-max-content-lenght-ignored/43990 "2016-03-10T08:24:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![dopch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/46a35a/32.png) [@dopch](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dopch)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 8:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-1-7-3-http-max-content-lenght-ignored/43990/1 "2016-03-10T08:24:33Z")

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Hello,

On Elasticsearch 1.7.3  
On Laptop with 64GB OF RAM  
Number of instance 3 X 12GB  
file size = 405M  
My config File :  
path:  
logs: /var/log/company/elasticsearch/instance1  
data: /opt/company/elasticsearch/instance1

[cluster.name](http://cluster.name): company  
[node.name](http://node.name): "company-1"  
index.merge.scheduler.max\_thread\_count: 1

threadpool.bulk.type: fixed  
threadpool.bulk.size: 8  
threadpool.bulk.queue\_size: 300

indices.memory.index\_buffer\_size: 30%  
index.refresh\_interval: 30s  
index.fielddata.cache: node  
indices.fielddata.cache.size: 40%  
http.compression: true  
index.number\_of\_replicas: 0  
bootstrap.mlockall: true

script.indexed: on  
script.dynamic: on  
script.file: on  
script.inline: on  
script.groovy.sandbox.enabled: true  
http.max\_content\_length: 1gb

When i curl for debugging "curl -XPOST '[http://127.0.0.1:9200/test/test/1](http://127.0.0.1:9200/test/test/1)' -d @file  
curl: (56) Recv failure: Connection reset by peer

Elasticsearch log :  
Caught exception while handling client http traffic, closing connection [id: 0x18d0d451, /127.0.0.1:58268 =\> /127.0.0.1:9200]  
org.elasticsearch.common.netty.handler.codec.frame.TooLongFrameException: HTTP content length exceeded 104857600 bytes.

Now on my server  
On Elasticsearch 1.7.3  
On Server with 256GB OF RAM  
Number of instance 6 X 12GB  
file size = 405M  
curl -XPOST '[http://127.0.0.1:9200/test/test/1](http://127.0.0.1:9200/test/test/1)' -d @file return success and no error on ES log

For information on server side or on client side when i curl -XGET '[http://localhost:9200/\_nodes](http://localhost:9200/_nodes)' | grep http.max\_content\_length i see "http.max\_content\_length:":"1gb"

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 11:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-1-7-3-http-max-content-lenght-ignored/43990/2 "2017-07-05T23:09:38Z")

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