Question
How to solve the 504 connection timeout error?
- Posted on January 4, 2022
- DigitalOcean Droplets
Asked by parth24
Using droplet - nodejs backend - trying to upload images/videos >200 MB – tested uploading one video of 195 MB, tested uploading 30 images overall 200 MB
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Hello, @parth24
Would you mind sharing more details about the 504 timeouts? Have you checked the weblogs to track down the exact error message and also do you run the Node.js server with Nginx for example?
If you’re using Nginx make sure to check the value of
client_max_body_sizeand also check for the memory usage on the droplet during the file uploads.A similar issue was described in this question in our community:
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/questions/504-gateway-time-out-nginx-nodejs
Hope that this helps! Regards, Alex