How to change default swap settings for Proxmox VE

Check Default swap policy from value 60 to 0

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cat /proc/sys/vm/swappiness
#default value is 60 , it means when the memory remain 60, the swap will be enable

Change swap policy

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# Temp to change default swap enable when memory remain 0.
sysctl vm.swappiness=0

# Permanent to change swapp
cat << EOF >> /etc/sysctl.conf
vm.swappiness=0

#apply settings
sysctl -p


# check 
 cat /proc/sys/vm/swappiness

Vacuum swap

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swapoff -a
swapon -a