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add swap to an ec2 ubuntu instance

block size must be smaller than physical ram size

sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=500M count=2
sudo chmod 600 /swapfile
sudo mkswap /swapfile
sudo swapon /swapfile
sudo swapon -s
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sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=500M count=2 && sudo chmod 600 /swapfile && sudo mkswap /swapfile && sudo swapon /swapfile && sudo swapon -s

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