# Create a swapfile for your Linux server

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-a-swapfile-for-your-linux-server/13880
**Category:** Self-Hosting
**Created:** [March 19, 2014, 9:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-a-swapfile-for-your-linux-server/13880 "2014-03-19T21:32:59Z")
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> [@NateDhaliwal](#):
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> the installation already does that

Yes - but if you change your server config, or perhaps if you do a migration, you might need to look after this yourself. (At the same time there are two important kernel configs to change which the installation does not look after - see [MKJ’s Opinionated Discourse Deployment Configuration](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mkjs-opinionated-discourse-deployment-configuration/193355)

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