#format wiki
#language en
= Add a swapfile to a Linux box (Ubuntu =
1. Paste into a terminal, it adds a 8G swapfile to the VM/Machine.
  {{{
export swapspace="8G"
sudo fallocate -l ${swapspace} /swapfile${swapspace}
sudo chmod 600 /swapfile${swapspace}
sudo mkswap /swapfile${swapspace}
echo "/swapfile${swapspace} none swap sw 0 0" | sudo tee -a /etc/fstab
sudo swapon -a 
free -h
cat /proc/sys/vm/swappiness
}}}



...