0005 Adjust the max body size per Ingress resource

0005 Adjust the max body size per Ingress resource#

Context and Problem Statement#

For some application we need an increased maximum body size, so that bigger files can be uploaded.

The ingress controller ingress-nginx does allow to change the global default values as well as setting this value per Ingress resource.

Should the default be changed or should this be configured per Ingress object?

Considered options#

  • Increase the global default

  • Increase the default only per application on its Ingress resources

Decision Outcome#

The configuration will be adjusted on the Ingress resources directly.

The main rationale is that only some applications need the ability to have bigger files uploaded. This way the need is explicitly stated on the respective application’s configuration. An assumption is that this is also a better default, so that it is not possible to easily overload applications which are not prepared to handle huge requests.

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