Use the commands below to create swap file on a micro instance with a Linux operating system. This creates a 2GB Swap file to help alleviate low system ram. Consequently, this is great for those using micro instances in the cloud that have under 1 GB of memory.
<h3>Commands<br /> Run the following from your SSH window<br /> <code>sudo fallocate -l 2G /swapfile<br /> sudo chmod 600 /swapfile<br /> sudo mkswap /swapfile<br /> sudo swapon /swapfile<br /> sudo swapon -s<p> <p dir="auto">then change fstab (<strong>/etc/fstab) so it automatically mounts your swap file on startup<br /> <code>/swapfile none swap sw 0 0 <p dir="auto">Afterward, check if your swap file is operating properly with<code>top or <code>htop. <p dir="auto">Leave any Questions and Comments below and I will get back to you. I regularly publish on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg6gPGh8HU2U01vaFCAsvmQ" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">YouTube, <a href="https://steemit.com/@christitus" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">Steemit, and <a href="https://www.christitus.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">christitus.com so if you’d like to see more videos and articles click the subscribe button in the top right. <br /><center><hr /><em><span>Posted from my blog: <a href="https://www.christitus.com/2017/02/14/create-swap-file/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">https://www.christitus.com/2017/02/14/create-swap-file/ <hr />
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