Azure VPS setup notes » History » Version 1
Jon Goldberg, 06/08/2020 08:44 PM
| 1 | 1 | Jon Goldberg | # Azure VPS setup notes |
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| 3 | I have a lot more to put here, but for now: |
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| 5 | ### Swap |
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| 6 | By default, Azure VPSes don't have swap. Creating a swapfile (as opposed to a swap partition) is an excellent use of the ephemeral disk that Azure VPSes come with. [More detailed documentation is available](https://linuxize.com/post/create-a-linux-swap-file/), but as root: |
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| 8 | ```shell |
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| 9 | # This first command takes a few minutes. |
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| 10 | dd if=/dev/zero of=/mnt/resource/swap bs=1024 count=8G |
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| 11 | chmod 600 /mnt/resource/swap |
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| 12 | mkswap /mnt/resource/swap |
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| 13 | swapon /mnt/resource/swap |
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| 14 | echo "/mnt/resource/swapfile none swap sw 0 0" >> /etc/fstab |
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| 15 | ``` |