requirements: Require some swap space if installed on < 5GB RAM.

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Alex Vandiver
2024-12-20 16:11:14 +00:00
committed by Tim Abbott
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commit 3eb501fa18
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@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ To run a Zulip server, you will need:
- x86-64
- aarch64
- At least 2 GB RAM, and 10 GB disk space
- If you have < 5 GB RAM, we require some swap space; we recommend configuring
2 GB of swap
- If you expect 100+ users: 4 GB RAM, and 2 CPUs
- If you intend to [upgrade from Git][upgrade-from-git]: 3 GB RAM, or
2G and at least 1G of swap configured.
- A hostname in DNS
- Credentials for sending email
@@ -63,11 +63,10 @@ sudo apt update
- CPU and memory: For installations with 100+ users you'll need a
minimum of **2 CPUs** and **4 GB RAM**. For installations with fewer
users, 1 CPU and 2 GB RAM is sufficient. We strongly recommend against
installing with less than 2 GB of RAM, as you will likely experience
out of memory issues installing dependencies. We recommend against
using highly CPU-limited servers like the AWS `t2` style instances
for organizations with hundreds of users (active or no).
users, 1 CPU and 2 GB RAM with 2 GB of swap is sufficient. We
recommend against using highly CPU-limited servers like the AWS `t2`
style instances for organizations with hundreds of users (active or
no).
- Disk space: You'll need at least 10 GB of free disk space for a
server with dozens of users. We recommend using an SSD and avoiding