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# swith to sudo
sudo -i
# create swap
touch /2GiB.swap
chattr +C /2GiB.swap
fallocate -l 2048m /2GiB.swap
chmod 600 /2GiB.swap
mkswap /2GiB.swap
# create service unit to start swap [/etc/systemd/system/swap.service]
[Unit]
Description=Turn on swap
[Service]
Type=oneshot
Environment="SWAPFILE=/2GiB.swap"
RemainAfterExit=true
ExecStartPre=/usr/sbin/losetup -f ${SWAPFILE}
ExecStart=/usr/bin/sh -c "/sbin/swapon $(/usr/sbin/losetup -j ${SWAPFILE} | /usr/bin/cut -d : -f 1)"
ExecStop=/usr/bin/sh -c "/sbin/swapoff $(/usr/sbin/losetup -j ${SWAPFILE} | /usr/bin/cut -d : -f 1)"
ExecStopPost=/usr/bin/sh -c "/usr/sbin/losetup -d $(/usr/sbin/losetup -j ${SWAPFILE} | /usr/bin/cut -d : -f 1)"
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
# add service and start
systemctl enable /etc/systemd/system/swap.service
systemctl start swap
# reboot
reboot
# Options
cat /proc/sys/vm/swappiness
sysctl vm.swappiness=10
sysctl vm.vfs_cache_pressure=50
https://github.com/coreos/docs/issues/52
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