Create a swap file on Ubuntu of 1GB with 15% swappiness
#!/bin/bash
# Creating a 1G swap file
sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1M count=1024
# Changing the file permission
sudo chmod 600 /swapfile
sudo chown root:root /swapfile
# Formatting the file as a swap type
sudo mkswap /swapfile
# Adding the swap file to the system initialization
sudo echo /swapfile none swap defaults 0 0 | sudo tee -a /etc/fstab
# Adjusting swappiness to 15%
sudo bash -c "echo 'vm.swappiness = 15' >> /etc/sysctl.conf"
# Activating the swap file
sudo swapon -a