Added documentation about 413 errors with an nginx solution (#15313)

* Added documentation about 413 errors with an nginx solution.

Co-authored-by: silverwind <me@silverwind.io>
Co-authored-by: Norwin <noerw@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: techknowlogick <techknowlogick@gitea.io>
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`DISABLE_SSH`: if set to true, there will be no SSH link `DISABLE_SSH`: if set to true, there will be no SSH link
`SSH_EXPOSE_ANONYMOUS`: if set to false, SSH links will be hidden for anonymous users `SSH_EXPOSE_ANONYMOUS`: if set to false, SSH links will be hidden for anonymous users
## File upload fails with: 413 Request Entity Too Large
This error occurs when the reverse proxy limits the file upload size.
See the [reverse proxy guide]({{< relref "doc/usage/reverse-proxies.en-us.md" >}}) for a solution with nginx.
## Custom Templates not loading or working incorrectly ## Custom Templates not loading or working incorrectly
Gitea's custom templates must be added to the correct location or Gitea will not find and use them. Gitea's custom templates must be added to the correct location or Gitea will not find and use them.

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} }
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## Resolving Error: 413 Request Entity Too Large
This error indicates nginx is configured to restrict the file upload size.
In your nginx config file containing your Gitea proxy directive, find the `location { ... }` block for Gitea and add the line
`client_max_body_size 16M;` to set this limit to 16 megabytes or any other number of choice.
## Apache HTTPD ## Apache HTTPD
If you want Apache HTTPD to serve your Gitea instance, you can add the following to your Apache HTTPD configuration (usually located at `/etc/apache2/httpd.conf` in Ubuntu): If you want Apache HTTPD to serve your Gitea instance, you can add the following to your Apache HTTPD configuration (usually located at `/etc/apache2/httpd.conf` in Ubuntu):