Debian increase swap size

• 25 February 2022
• linux

Check current swap size #

  sudo swapon --show

Create a swap file #

  sudo fallocate -l 8g /swapfile
  sudo chmod 600 /swapfile
  sudo mkswap /swapfile
  sudo swapon /swapfile

Make swap file permanent #

  echo '/swapfile none swap sw 0 0' | sudo tee -a /etc/fstab

References #

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-add-swap-space-on-debian-10

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