# Failed to create swap: are you root?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-to-create-swap-are-you-root/139242>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Tags:** hosting\
**Created:** [January 20, 2020, 11:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-to-create-swap-are-you-root/139242 "2020-01-20T23:43:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Zinfas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zinfas/32/167094_2.png) [@Zinfas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Zinfas)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2020, 11:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-to-create-swap-are-you-root/139242/1 "2020-01-20T23:43:21Z")

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I bought a Ubuntu 18.04, 64bit VPS from Hostinger and I’m trying to install discourse but keep getting this error:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/5/b/5b5339e4a35ebbaa23ce48f7e0a5cb72bb5dfabb.png)

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