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
`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
Gitea's custom templates must be added to the correct location or Gitea will not find and use them.

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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
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):