# Clarification needed on memory requirements for Docker install

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/clarification-needed-on-memory-requirements-for-docker-install/151976>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Tags:** server-resources\
**Created:** [May 19, 2020, 6:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/clarification-needed-on-memory-requirements-for-docker-install/151976 "2020-05-19T18:51:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 6:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/clarification-needed-on-memory-requirements-for-docker-install/151976/2 "2020-05-19T18:59:12Z")

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Tell them that you need a minimum of 2GB of RAM plus 2GB of swap. If they’ll let you create swap 2GB of ram is fine and `discourse-setup` will create it automatically. If they are cool with giving you 4GB of ram, that’s better.

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