How to enable swap with salt stack?
How can I create and enable permanent 1GB swap file with salt stack that will work after reboot? salt.states.mount.swap
does not allow to define swap size. Furthermore I need to define swappiness. Currently I do it with echo vm.swappiness = 10 | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
I currently use this in production, works for me.
community_swap_file:
cmd.run:
- name: |
[ -f /.swapfile ] || dd if=/dev/zero of=/.swapfile bs=1M count=2048
chmod 0600 /.swapfile
mkswap /.swapfile
echo '/.swapfile none swap sw 0 0' >> /etc/fstab
swapon -a
- unless: file /.swapfile 2>&1 | grep -q "Linux/i386 swap"
This is what I use on debian-based systems. It's an improved version of Dan's answer. It gets the available memory from a grain, multiplies it by 2, to create the swapfile with the appropriate size. It also makes an entry in /etc/fstab, if non-existent.
coreutils:
pkg.installed
/swapfile:
cmd.run:
- name: |
[ -f /swapfile ] || dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1M count={{ grains["mem_total"] * 2 }}
chmod 0600 /swapfile
mkswap /swapfile
swapon -a
- unless:
- file /swapfile 2>&1 | grep -q "Linux/i386 swap"
mount.swap:
- persist: true
Using fallocate
is instantaneous compared to dd
. Also, the state below will regenerate the swapfile if you change its size in the pillar. This version also omits the superfluous swapon -a
, which mount.swap
handles for you.
{% set swapfile = salt['pillar.get']('swapfile', {}) %}
{% set size = swapfile.get('size', grains["mem_total"]) %}
{% set path = swapfile.get('path', '/var/swapfile0') %}
{{ path }}:
cmd.run:
- name: |
swapon --show=NAME --noheadings | grep -q "^{{ path }}$" && swapoff {{ path }}
rm -f {{ path }}
fallocate -l {{ size }}M {{ path }}
chmod 0600 {{ path }}
mkswap {{ path }}
- unless: bash -c '[[ $(($(stat -c %s {{ path }}) / 1024**2)) = {{ size }} ]]'
mount.swap:
- persist: true