# Error "Killed" while running rake posts:rebake

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-killed-while-running-rake-posts-rebake/111943
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Tags:** server-resources
**Created:** [March 18, 2019, 4:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-killed-while-running-rake-posts-rebake/111943 "2019-03-18T16:53:37Z")
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### Author: ![Stephen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/stephen/32/95011_2.png) [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2019, 12:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-killed-while-running-rake-posts-rebake/111943/12 "2019-05-11T00:39:14Z")

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You mentioned it’s a 2GB server, but does it have swap?

> [@Create a swapfile for your Linux server](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-a-swapfile-for-your-linux-server/13880):
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> bulb For servers with \<= 4GB of RAM, running ./discourse-setup will prompt for and automatically create a 2GB swapfile. Most cloud virtual machine providers do not set up swapfiles as part of their server provisioning. In particular, upgrading Discourse produces a lot of memory pressure. With a swap file, rather than randomly terminating processes with an out of memory error, things will slow down instead. Having a swap file is a cheap insurance policy that protects you from many other lo…

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