# Max content length issue **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [March 21, 2018, 3:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/max-content-length-issue/125016 "2018-03-21T15:18:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ramon\_Zaro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Ramon\_Zaro](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ramon_Zaro)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 3:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/max-content-length-issue/125016/1 "2018-03-21T15:18:05Z")
Hi, I am getting http 413 error on trying to push large documents to ES 5.5. I tried setting http.max\_content\_length : 500mb in ES YML file but I am still getting the same error saying '... entity content too long for configured buffer limit (104857600)'. what am I missing & how do I get ES to accept larger files ? ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 4:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/max-content-length-issue/125016/2 "2018-03-21T16:04:28Z")
I'd say first: don't do it. Don't store blobs in elasticsearch/Lucene. If you want to do it, look at `http.max_content_length` in [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/6.2/modules-http.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/6.2/modules-http.html) ---
**Author:** ![Ramon\_Zaro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Ramon\_Zaro](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ramon_Zaro)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 4:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/max-content-length-issue/125016/3 "2018-03-21T16:28:08Z")
well, as I am doing full text search using fs2.3, I really have no option. they are few and far between but I can't really avoid it altogether without hampering the usability factor for my clients. I did go over this link previously but I am not sure where I am supposed to set this ? as I wrote above, I did set http.max\_content\_length by editing the yml file but that apparently didn't work. ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 5:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/max-content-length-issue/125016/4 "2018-03-21T17:59:41Z")
> fs2.3 You mean? FSCrawler 2.3? > I really have no option. Normally if you don't define the `store_source` settings, the size of a document should not be that large. Did you activate that? > I did set http.max\_content\_length by editing the yml file but that apparently didn't work. Did you restart the node? ---
**Author:** ![Ramon\_Zaro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Ramon\_Zaro](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ramon_Zaro)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2018, 5:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/max-content-length-issue/125016/5 "2018-03-24T17:19:06Z")
> Did you restart the node? Stupid me, that's must be it. I will move the rest of the fscrawler related discussion to a more relevant thread on github, viz. [Issues with remove deleted · Issue #531 · dadoonet/fscrawler · GitHub](https://github.com/dadoonet/fscrawler/issues/531) . thx. ---
**Author:** ![Ramon\_Zaro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Ramon\_Zaro](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ramon_Zaro)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2018, 3:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/max-content-length-issue/125016/6 "2018-03-27T03:33:48Z")
> Did you restart the node? Okay, I did that, I am still getting the max content length error " entity content is too long [2.........] for the configured buffer limit [104857600] " I have set http.max\_content\_length : 999mb. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 3:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/max-content-length-issue/125016/7 "2018-04-24T03:33:48Z")
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