# Alerting nginx memory allocation

**URL:** <https://forums.docker.com/t/alerting-nginx-memory-allocation/26704>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [January 4, 2017, 7:36pm UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/alerting-nginx-memory-allocation/26704 "2017-01-04T19:36:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![bardicwarrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@bardicwarrior](https://forums.docker.com/u/bardicwarrior)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2017, 7:36pm UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/alerting-nginx-memory-allocation/26704/1 "2017-01-04T19:36:25Z")

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Hi, I’m very new to Docker and am a bit lost. I am trying to upload a wordpress them and receive an error from ngnix saying that file it too large. I’m trying to locate the conf file to alter the memory allocated so I can bump it up but there’s nothing in the files provided that comes close.

Is it in a different location?  
Is that not an option with docker?

Any guidance is much appreciated. Thank you for your time!

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**Author:** ![nathanleclaire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ebca7d/32.png) [@nathanleclaire](https://forums.docker.com/u/nathanleclaire)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2017, 10:48pm UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/alerting-nginx-memory-allocation/26704/2 "2017-01-09T22:48:12Z")

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I think you want to modify [`/etc/nginx/nginx.conf` or similar file](http://nginx.org/en/docs/beginners_guide.html). It’s perfectly doable with Docker – probably you will need to write your own and `COPY` it in to the image over a pre-existing one (if, for instance, using `nginx` official image).