SWAP - andreydiveev/wiki GitHub Wiki

SWAP setup:

mkdir -p /var/cache/swap/ && \
dd if=/dev/zero of=/var/cache/swap/swapfile bs=1M count=4096 status=progress && \
mkswap /var/cache/swap/swapfile && \
chmod 600 /var/cache/swap/swapfile && \
swapon /var/cache/swap/swapfile && \
echo "/var/cache/swap/swapfile    none    swap    sw    0   0" >> /etc/fstab

SWAP enable:

mkdir -p /var/cache/swap/
dd if=/dev/zero of=/var/cache/swap/swapfile bs=1M count=4096
mkswap /var/cache/swap/swapfile
chmod 600 /var/cache/swap/swapfile
swapon /var/cache/swap/swapfile

SWAP disable:

swapoff /var/cache/swap/swapfile

Show SWAP file:

swapon -s

Add to fstab (/etc/fstab):

/var/cache/swap/swapfile    none    swap    sw    0   0