From 619777acd01670ce4bb96b0d0429cd29fad04d30 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nick Fox Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2019 01:34:09 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Created Changing the API request size limit (markdown) --- Changing-the-API-request-size-limit.md | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Changing-the-API-request-size-limit.md diff --git a/Changing-the-API-request-size-limit.md b/Changing-the-API-request-size-limit.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..fbcf229 --- /dev/null +++ b/Changing-the-API-request-size-limit.md @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +By default the API calls are limited to 10MB. This should be sufficient for most cases, however if you want to support large imports, this might be limiting you. On the other hand you might want to limit the request size to something smaller than that to prevent API abuse and possible DOS attack, especially if running with limited resources. + +To set the limit, you can use the `ROCKET_LIMITS` variable. Example here shows 10MB limit for posted json in the body (this is the default): + +```sh +docker run -d --name bitwarden \ + -e ROCKET_LIMITS={json=10485760} \ + -v /bw-data/:/data/ \ + -p 80:80 \ + mprasil/bitwarden:latest +``` \ No newline at end of file