Azure - Add SWAP partition to a Linux VM
When you set up a Linux VM in Azure by default it does not contains a SWAP partition. You typically don't care until you start using Java applications =) Adding a Linux SAP partition is really simple, here are the steps: 1. Edit the file /etc/waagent.conf vi /etc/waagent.conf 2. Modify the configuration to match the following: ResourceDisk.Format=y ResourceDisk.EnableSwap=y ResourceDisk.SwapSizeMB=10000 3. Save the file 4. Restart your system That's it, try the "free" command and you will notice the swap values.