Follow below steps add SWAP space to an existing Linux Debian server:
- Create 2GB swap_file in /swap directory:
dd if=/dev/zero of=/swap/swap_file bs=1M count=2048 - Setup file permissions:
chmod 0600 /swap/swap_file - Setup Linux swap area:
mkswap /var/cache/swap/myswap - Enable swapping:
sudo swapon /var/cache/swap/myswap
