Snippets settings

Adjust the snippets’ settings of your GitLab instance.

Snippets content size limit

Introduced in GitLab 12.6.

You can set a content size max limit in snippets. This limit can prevent abuses of the feature. The default content size limit is 52428800 Bytes (50MB).

How does it work?

The content size limit will be applied when a snippet is created or updated. Nevertheless, in order not to break any existing snippet, the limit will only be enforced in stored snippets when the content is updated.

Snippets size limit configuration

This setting is not available through the Admin Area settings. In order to configure this setting, use either the Rails console or the Application settings API.

IMPORTANT: The value of the limit must be in Bytes.

Through the Rails console

The steps to configure this setting through the Rails console are:

  1. Start the Rails console: 

    # For Omnibus installations
sudo gitlab-rails console

# For installations from source
sudo -u git -H bundle exec rails console -e production

  2. Update the snippets maximum file size: 

    ApplicationSetting.first.update!(snippet_size_limit: 50.megabytes)

To retrieve the current value, start the Rails console and run: 

  Gitlab::CurrentSettings.snippet_size_limit

Through the API

The process to set the snippets size limit through the Application Settings API is exactly the same as you would do to update any other setting. 

curl --request PUT --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/application/settings?snippet_size_limit=52428800

You can also use the API to retrieve the current value. 

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/application/settings