Ansible Role: Swapfile

This role configures a swapfile.

Requirements

Sufficient disk space to hold the swap file.

Role Variables

• swapfile_path: full path to the swap file to create (e.g.: /swapfile); when empty, no swap file will be created
• swapfile_size_mib: the size of the swap file (MiB); when negative or zero, no swap file will be created
• swapfile_use_dd: False (default) if use fallocate to create the file, True to use dd
• swapfile_swappiness: if not False, set the value of vm.swappiness to this value
• swapfile_vfs_cache_pressure: if not False, set the value of vm.vfs_cache_pressure to this value

Dependencies

None.

Usage

- hosts: all
  roles:
    - sjinks.swapfile

or

- hosts: all
  roles:
    - { role: sjinks.swapfile, swapfile_location: /swap, swafile_size_mib: 1024 }

License

MIT, see LICENSE file.