My tiny lightsail ubuntu server is running a java-based application along with a MySQL\/MariaDB database backend with a small 2GB of RAM allotment. Every 30 or so days the system would lock up and I’d have to force a stop and start from the Lightsail AWS interface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My workaround was to schedule a monthly reboot. Then it started happening more frequently, so I changed the scheduled reboot to be weekly. But now we’re down to an almost 8 hour maximum uptime before it locks up. Great.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Running free I see that there’s no swap. Probably a RAM usage issue from the database side, so I need to run the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My tiny lightsail ubuntu server is running a java-based application along with a MySQL\/MariaDB database backend with a small 2GB of RAM allotment. Every 30 or so days the system would lock up and I’d have to force a stop and start from the Lightsail AWS interface. My workaround was to schedule a monthly reboot. … Continue reading Add swap drive to linux<\/span> fallocate -l 2G \/swapfile && chmod 600 \/swapfile && mkswap \/swapfile && swapon \/swapfile && sed -i '$ a\\\/swapfile swap swap defaults 0 0' \/etc\/fstab<\/code><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"