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Ansible role for creating a Swap file
- name: set swap_file variable
set_fact:
swap_file: /mnt/{{ swap_space }}.swap
- name: check if swap file exists
stat:
path: "{{ swap_file }}"
register: swap_file_check
- name: create swap file
sudo: yes
command: fallocate -l {{ swap_space }} {{ swap_file }}
when: not swap_file_check.stat.exists
- name: set permissions on swap file
sudo: yes
file:
path: "{{ swap_file }}"
mode: 0600
- name: format swap file
sudo: yes
command: mkswap {{ swap_file }}
when: not swap_file_check.stat.exists
- name: add to fstab
sudo: yes
lineinfile:
dest: /etc/fstab
regexp: "{{ swap_file }}"
line: "{{ swap_file }} none swap sw 0 0"
- name: turn on swap
sudo: yes
command: swapon -a
- name: set swapiness
sudo: yes
sysctl:
name: vm.swappiness
value: "1"
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