# How to update http.max\_content\_length in elastic cloud cluster

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-update-http-max-content-length-in-elastic-cloud-cluster/173577>\
**Category:** Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE)\
**Created:** [March 23, 2019, 4:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-update-http-max-content-length-in-elastic-cloud-cluster/173577 "2019-03-23T04:50:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![JamesNotJamez](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jamesnotjamez/32/45736_2.png) [@JamesNotJamez](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JamesNotJamez)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 2:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-update-http-max-content-length-in-elastic-cloud-cluster/173577/3 "2019-04-01T14:51:52Z")

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Don't think it can be updated on ECE at the moment.

> [@Http\_max\_content\_length not enforced properly](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/http-max-content-length-not-enforced-properly/170919/2):
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> The EC/E proxy places its own limit of 200MB on traffic. This limit is not currently configurable This is in addition to any limit from max\_content\_length (which apart from the above is applied as you'd expect) The v2 proxy that is currently being tested and will in due time (no ETA!) replace the current one does not have that limit Alex

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