# check cuurent swap space sudo swapon --show free -h # check available disk space df -h # create swap file sudo fallocate -l 1G /swapfile # verification ls -lh /swapfile # enable swap file sudo chmod 600 /swapfile ls -lh /swapfile # mark file as swap space sudo mkswap /swapfile sudo swapon /swapfile # verification sudo swapon --show free -h # make swap file permanent sudo cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab.bak echo '/swapfile none swap sw 0 0' | sudo tee -a /etc/fstab # adjust swappiness cat /proc/sys/vm/swappiness sudo sysctl vm.swappiness=10 # set to automatically restart sudo nano /etc/sysctl.conf vm.swappiness=10 # set cache pressure cat /proc/sys/vm/vfs_cache_pressure sudo sysctl vm.vfs_cache_pressure=50 # make permanent sudo nano /etc/sysctl.conf