A swap file allows an operating system to use hard disk space to simulate extra memory.
$ sudo fallocate -l 2G /swapfile $ sudo chmod 600 /swapfile $ sudo mkswap /swapfile $ sudo swapon /swapfile
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| Create swap file |
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| Make swapfile permanent |
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| Adjust the swappiness property |
Make swap partition on Debian 10 VM micro.f1 running on GCP
tuyen@gcpfreetier-vm1:~$ sudo fallocate -l 1G /swapfile tuyen@gcpfreetier-vm1:~$ sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1024 count=1048576 tuyen@gcpfreetier-vm1:~$ sudo chmod 600 /swapfile tuyen@gcpfreetier-vm1:~$ sudo mkswap /swapfile tuyen@gcpfreetier-vm1:~$ sudo swapon /swapfile
Then edit /etc/fstab file: add to the end of file
... /swapfile swap swap defaults 0 0
Finally, run sudo mount -a