# 414 Request-URI Too Large

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/414-request-uri-too-large/185739>\
**Category:** NGINX\
**Created:** [March 25, 2010, 12:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/414-request-uri-too-large/185739 "2010-03-25T12:28:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![kevin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/2acd7d/32.png) [@kevin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kevin)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 12:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/414-request-uri-too-large/185739/1 "2010-03-25T12:28:00Z")

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how to remove this error or fix it?  
thanks

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**Author:** ![kevin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/2acd7d/32.png) [@kevin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kevin)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 12:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/414-request-uri-too-large/185739/2 "2010-03-25T12:35:37Z")

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try increasing the large\_client\_header\_buffers

On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 7:26 PM, kevin [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
wrote:

> how to remove this error or fix it?  
> thanks
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**Author:** ![kevin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/2acd7d/32.png) [@kevin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kevin)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 5:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/414-request-uri-too-large/185739/3 "2010-03-25T17:43:00Z")

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this is the setting i have currently.

```
client_header_buffer_size 8k;
large_client_header_buffers 4 8k;

```

can you suggest how much to increase this to?  
thanks