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This article takes centos7 as an example

First, it's simple#

We create a 2Gb file, then assign permissions, then set it as swap, and finally set it to be added permanently

However: Some methods I found online did not mention the need to assign permissions, which caused errors, so pay attention!#

[root@US002944879304 ~]# sudo mkswap /root/swapfile
mkswap: /root/swapfile: warning: wiping old swap signature.
Setting up swapspace version 1, size = 2097148 KiB
no label, UUID=d535b90d-f4f9-4246-a304-68a54537cc91

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Detailed commands#

To set up a 2GB swap partition in CentOS 7, follow these steps:

1. Check the current swap situation:
   Enter the following command in the terminal to confirm the current system's swap situation:

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   swapon --show
   

2. Create a swap file:
   If there is not enough unallocated space in the system to create a new swap partition, you can create a swap file. First, create a 2GB file (assuming the file name is swapfile) using the following command:

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   sudo fallocate -l 2G /swapfile
   

   If the fallocate command is not available, you can use the following command to create it:

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   sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1M count=2048
   

3. Set file permissions:

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   sudo chmod 600 /swapfile
   

4. Convert the file to swap format:

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   sudo mkswap /swapfile
   

5. Enable the swap file:

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   sudo swapon /swapfile
   

6. Add the swap file permanently:
   You can use the echo command-line tool to append content to the /etc/fstab file, which avoids manual editing. Here is how to execute the sixth step in the command line:

echo '/swapfile   none    swap    sw    0   0' | sudo tee -a /etc/fstab

7. Confirm that the swap is active:
   Re-run the swapon --show command to confirm that the new swap file is active.

By following the above steps, you should have successfully created a 2GB swap partition in CentOS 7.