Maximum request length exceeded.

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I am getting the error Maximum request length exceeded when I am trying to upload a video in my site.

How do I fix this?

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If you are using IIS for hosting your application, then the default upload file size is 4MB. To increase it, please use this below section in your web.config –

<configuration>
    <system.web>
        <httpRuntime maxRequestLength="1048576" />
    </system.web>
</configuration>

For IIS7 and above, you also need to add the lines below:

 <system.webServer>
   <security>
      <requestFiltering>
         <requestLimits maxAllowedContentLength="1073741824" />
      </requestFiltering>
   </security>
 </system.webServer>

Note:

  • maxRequestLength is measured in kilobytes
  • maxAllowedContentLength is measured in bytes

which is why the values differ in this config example. (Both are equivalent to 1 GB.)

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