to enable swapfiles in CentOS 7
#fallocate -l (size_of_swap) (destination file)
example to add 8GB of Swap:
#fallocate -l 8gb /swapfile
this will create 8GB in directory / filename swapfile
change its mod with
#chmod 600 /swapfile
then run
#mkswap /swapfile
then run
#swapon /swapfile
you can edit /etc/fstab and add this line:
/swapfile none defaults 0 0
to check if it active:
#free
or
#swapon -s
or
#systemctl -a | grep swap
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