#!/bin/bash # Setup swap space as a safety net for CPU memory during checkpoint saving. # Run with: sudo bash setup_swap.sh [SIZE_IN_GB] # # Default: 128GB swap file at /swapfile set -euo pipefail SWAP_SIZE="${1:-400}" SWAPFILE="/swapfile" echo "=== Swap Setup Script ===" echo "Requested swap size: ${SWAP_SIZE}GB" echo "" # Check if running as root if [ "$EUID" -ne 0 ]; then echo "ERROR: Must run as root (sudo bash $0)" exit 1 fi # Show current memory state echo "--- Current Memory ---" free -h echo "" # Check if swap already exists if swapon --show | grep -q "$SWAPFILE"; then echo "Swap already active at $SWAPFILE" echo "To resize, first run: sudo swapoff $SWAPFILE && sudo rm $SWAPFILE" echo "Then re-run this script." exit 0 fi # Check available disk space AVAIL_GB=$(df -BG / | awk 'NR==2 {print $4}' | tr -d 'G') echo "Available disk space: ${AVAIL_GB}GB" if [ "$AVAIL_GB" -lt "$((SWAP_SIZE + 50))" ]; then echo "WARNING: Only ${AVAIL_GB}GB free. Need ${SWAP_SIZE}GB for swap + 50GB headroom." echo "Reduce swap size or free disk space." exit 1 fi # Create swap file echo "--- Creating ${SWAP_SIZE}GB swap file at $SWAPFILE ---" fallocate -l "${SWAP_SIZE}G" "$SWAPFILE" chmod 600 "$SWAPFILE" mkswap "$SWAPFILE" # Enable swap swapon "$SWAPFILE" # Set low swappiness (only swap as a last resort, not proactively) sysctl vm.swappiness=10 # Make persistent across reboots if ! grep -q "$SWAPFILE" /etc/fstab; then echo "$SWAPFILE none swap sw 0 0" >> /etc/fstab echo "Added swap entry to /etc/fstab" fi # Make swappiness persistent if ! grep -q "vm.swappiness" /etc/sysctl.conf; then echo "vm.swappiness=10" >> /etc/sysctl.conf echo "Added swappiness=10 to /etc/sysctl.conf" fi echo "" echo "--- Setup Complete ---" free -h echo "" echo "Swap is active. swappiness=10 (swap only used under memory pressure)."