Micro instance (t1.micro) type is one of the most
fashionable and highly acceptable instance types by IT fellows supported by
Amazon EC2. Other thing
to note down is that the Linux Micro Instance doesn't have swap space.
Follow these steps to append swap space and boost the recital
of your Linux based Amazon EC2 Micro Instance.
Login to AWS Console, switch to root and follow these steps
to add the swap space.
Fire following command with count that should be equal to
the preferred block size:
dd if=/dev/zero
of=/swapfile bs=2M count=2048
Create the swap file with the following command:
mkswap /swapfile
To enable the swap file instantaneously but not
automatically at boot time:
swapon /swapfile
To enable the swap file at the boot time, add the subsequent
entry into /etc/fstab:
/swapfile swap
swap defaults 0 0
That’s it…..Voila!
