'Unable to write temporary file' when uploading large LAR files
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Daniel Carrillo Broeder
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Issue
- After uploading a LAR file, a message "The file <filename>.lar cannot be imported: Unable to write temporary file" is displayed

Environment
- DXP 7.3, DXP 7.4, Quarterly Releases
Resolution
- Liferay requires to create temporary files in the filesystem when uploading files.
- In Tomcat, the default temporary folder is $TOMCAT_DIR/temp.
- The LAR files are also unziped in the temporary folder.
- The solution is to increase the available space of the file system to more than double the size of the imported LAR file.
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