I recently installed Discourse again, but in Hetzner servers. Now I have 4GB of RAM and 40GB of space. By default it created the 2GB swap file [image] Is that enough?

Watch it using htop during a build. Probably enough.

Which Linux distro did you use for the install on the servers? I would have recommended using a swapfile instead of a swap partition. Swapfiles are the default nowadays on most distros and are more flexible in terms of adjusting the swappiness.

I don’t believe a swap partition was mentioned? [이미지] alltiagocom: it created the 2GB swap file I think 2GB swap + 4GB RAM is enough. I don’t think you’d need more swap unless you’re running other stuff on your server as well.

My apologies, you are correct. Should have made sure to drink more coffee before replying :wink:

It depends how much there in plugins in use, AI etc. For me 4+2 wasn’t enough.

I’m not an expert so I just took some screenshot along the way: [SCR-20251221-ilhi] [SCR-20251221-imkv] This was right after it completed: [SCR-20251221-imvf] Then, I let it run for a little bit longer, because I was seeing the 0 and 1 bars (I’ assuming those are the cores?) both hitting around…

@NateDhaliwal and @Rubi I didn’t do anything myself, it created it automatically, so I’m assuming it’s swapfile? I just followed the official instructions to install and let it do its thing. Hope that clarifies? @Jagster I don’t have a lot of stuff. No AI, at least not that I installed anything mys…

Yep, it is a swapfile. IIRC a change was made earlier this year to create a swapfile if under 5GB RAM (I think it used to be 1 GB?).

Clearly enough, plenty of spare capacity, you are good to go :+1:

[이미지] merefield: Watch it using htop during a build. I might give this a go myself next time. Do you just open a separate terminal window and type htop? Any recommended options? I’ll do an internet search for more general information about it.

스왑 파일 용량을 2GB에서 늘려야 할까요?

지원 자체 호스팅

merefield (Robert) 12월 20, 2025, 4:52오후 2

빌드 중에 htop으로 확인해 보세요. 아마도 충분할 것입니다.

글		댓글	조회수
Create swapfile in installation guide Self-hosting server-resources	7	931	8월 15, 2021
Error rebuilding on 2GB RAM without swap Self-hosting server-resources	8	641	10월 3, 2023
Should we increase the default swap space to 3GB or 4GB? Self-hosting	12	970	2월 8, 2024
1GB ram Discourse setup / swap file error Support server-resources	6	1402	10월 27, 2017
Discourse Swap Memory (1GB Warning) Support server-resources	7	3482	4월 29, 2021

스왑 파일 용량을 2GB에서 늘려야 할까요?

Related topics