default.rb

set[:swap][:location]="/swapfile"
set[:swap][:blocksize]="1024k"
set[:swap][:count]="1024"

default.rb

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
#
# Cookbook Name:: swap
# Recipe:: default
#
# Copyright 2010, Jacobo García López de Araujo
#
# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
# You may obtain a copy of the License at
#
#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
#
# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
# limitations under the License.
#

script "create swap" do
  interpreter "bash"
  user "root"
  cwd "/"
  code <<-EOF
dd if=/dev/zero of=#{node[:swap][:location]} bs=#{node[:swap][:blocksize]} count=#{node[:swap][:count]}
mkswap #{node[:swap][:location]}
swapon #{node[:swap][:location]}
EOF
  not_if do File.exists?(node[:swap][:location]) end
end

mount "none" do
  device node[:swap][:location]
  fstype "swap"
  options %w(sw)
  dump 0
  pass 0
  action [:enable, :mount]
end