How to increase the max upload file size in ASP.NE

Question

I have a form that excepts a file upload in ASP.NET. I need to increase the max upload size to above the 4 MB default.

I have found in certain places referencing the below code at msdn.

[ConfigurationPropertyAttribute("maxRequestLength", DefaultValue = )]

None of the references actually describe how to use it, and I have tried several things with no success. I only want to modify this attribute for certain pages that are asking for file upload.

Is this the correct route to take? And how do I use this?

Answer 1

I've the same problem in a win 2008 IIS server, I've solved the problem adding this configuration in the web.config:

<system.web>
    <httpRuntime executionTimeout="3600" maxRequestLength="102400" 
     appRequestQueueLimit="100" requestValidationMode="2.0"
     requestLengthDiskThreshold="10024000"/>
</system.web>

The requestLengthDiskThreshold by default is 80000 bytes so it's too small for my application. requestLengthDiskThreshold is measured in bytes and maxRequestLength is expressed in Kbytes.

The problem is present if the application is using a System.Web.UI.HtmlControls.HtmlInputFile server component. Increasing the requestLengthDiskThreshold is necessary to solve it.

Answer 2

For IIS 7+, as well as adding the httpRuntime maxRequestLength setting you also need to add:

  <system.webServer>
    <security>
      <requestFiltering>
        <requestLimits maxAllowedContentLength="52428800" /> <!--50MB-->
      </requestFiltering>
    </security>
  </system.webServer>

Or in IIS (7):

• Select the website you want enable to accept large file uploads.
• In the main window double click 'Request filtering'
• Select "Edit Feature Settings"
• Modify the "Maximum allowed content length (bytes)"

Answer 3

Max file size can be restricted to a single MVC Controller or even to an Action.
web.config <location> tag can be used for this:

<location path="YourAreaName/YourControllerName>/YourActionName>">
  <system.web>
    <!-- 15MB maxRequestLength for asp.net, in KB 15360 -->
    <httpRuntime maxRequestLength="15360" />
  </system.web>
  <system.webServer>
    <security>
      <requestFiltering>
        <!-- 15MB maxAllowedContentLength, for IIS, in bytes 15728640 -->
        <requestLimits maxAllowedContentLength="15728640" />
      </requestFiltering>
    </security>
  </system.webServer>
</location>

Or you can add these entries in area's own web.config.

Answer 4

This setting goes in your web.config file. It affects the entire application, though... I don't think you can set it per page.

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

"xxx" is in KB. The default is 4096 (= 4 MB).

Answer 5

I know it is an old question.

So this is what you have to do:

In you web.config file, add this in :

    <!-- 3GB Files / in kilobyte (3072*1024) -->
    <httpRuntime targetFramework="4.5" maxRequestLength="3145728"/>

and this under

<security>
    <requestFiltering>

      <!-- 3GB Files / in byte (3072*1024*1024) -->
      <requestLimits maxAllowedContentLength="3221225472" />

    </requestFiltering>
</security>

You see in the comment how this works. In one you need to have the sie in bytes and in the other one in kilobytes. Hope that helps.

Answer 6

You can write that block of code in your application web.config file.

<httpRuntime maxRequestLength="2048576000" />
<sessionState timeout="3600"  />

By writing that code you can upload a larger file than now