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Create swap file for linux VPS
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swap-1G.sh
dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1024 count=1048576 # allocate space
chmod 600 /swapfile # set permission
mkswap /swapfile # make swap
swapon /swapfile # enable swap
echo "/swapfile swap swap defaults 0 0" | tee -a /etc/fstab # make swap permanent
sysctl -w "vm.swappiness=10" # set swap percentage
echo "vm.swappiness=10" | tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf # make systctl permanent
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swap-512M.sh
dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1024 count=524288 # allocate space
chmod 600 /swapfile # set permission
mkswap /swapfile # make swap
swapon /swapfile # enable swap
echo "/swapfile swap swap defaults 0 0" | tee -a /etc/fstab # make swap permanent
sysctl -w "vm.swappiness=10" # set swap percentage
echo "vm.swappiness=10" | tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf # make systctl permanent
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swap-rm.sh
swapoff /swapfile
nano /etc/fstab # edit /etc/fstab and remove the line "/swapfile swap swap defaults 0 0"
rm -rf /swapfile
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