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Html – Why are large file uploads working only under specific circumstances?

I’m trying to increase the maximum file size to 500 MB for uploads on an application on my ColdFusion server. I’ve made ColdFusion administration and IIS changes, but when I upload a 437 MB .zip file and submit the form, the page displays only "The page was not displayed because the request entity is too large."

These are the changes I’ve made:

  • In ColdFusion administration, increased the value of “Maximum size of post data” from 150 MB to 500 MB
  • In ColdFusion administration, increased the value of “Request Throttle Memory” from 200 MB to 550 MB
  • In IIS, increased the value of “Maximum allowed content length” for “Default Web Site” from 30000000 Bytes to 576716800 Bytes (550 MB)
  • In IIS, increased the value of “Maximum allowed content length” for “myApplication” from 30000000 Bytes to 576716800 Bytes
  • In IIS, increased the value of “uploadReadAheadSize” for “Default Web Site” from 49152 Bytes to 576716800 Bytes
  • In IIS, increased the value of “uploadReadAheadSize” for “myApplication” from 49152 Bytes to 576716800 Bytes

The changes above have not resolved the issue. Uploading a large file (such as the 437 MB .zip file) does work, however, if all of the following conditions are met:

  1. The form for uploading the file is located in the application’s “index.cfm” file
  2. The form submits to the web page it’s located in (by using <form action="", for example) rather than to some other page
  3. The URL is pointing at the root of the application (such as https://www.myserver.com/myApplication/, but if I change the URL from the root to https://www.myserver.com/myApplication/index.cfm and try the upload, it fails even though these two URLs are functionally similar if not identical)
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  1. 0

    Is the error message definitively coming from IIS or CF? Hard to know where to focus attention.

    Consider testing with CommandBox. We run it as a Windows service in production, and it’s rock solid. https://www.ortussolutions.com/products/commandbox

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    You can increase the maximum file size by modify the maxAllowedContentLength setting in the web.config file:

    <system.webServer>
  <security>
    <requestFiltering>
      <requestLimits maxAllowedContentLength="2147483648" />
    </requestFiltering>
  </security>
</system.webServer>

    With the above maxAllowedContentLength, users can upload files that are 2 GB in size. This setting will work right away without restart IIS services.

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