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export swapspace="2G" export swapspace="8G"

Add a swapfile to a Linux box (Ubuntu

1. Paste into a terminal, it adds a 8G swapfile to the VM/Machine. 

  • export swapspace="8G"
sudo fallocate -l ${swapspace} /swapfile${swapspace}
sudo chmod 600 /swapfile${swapspace}
sudo mkswap /swapfile${swapspace}
echo "/swapfile${swapspace} none swap sw 0 0" | sudo tee -a /etc/fstab
sudo swapon -a 
free -h
cat /proc/sys/vm/swappiness

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Linux/SwapFile (last edited 2022-03-03 04:55:03 by PieterSmit)