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Do I need a swap space when installing the agent of the Burp Suite Enterprise Edition in Linux?

Royce(조철희) | Last updated: May 13, 2021 08:13AM UTC

If I install the agent of the Burp Suite Enterprise Edition on the linux, I need 8GB of ram, so should I set the swap space to 10GB? Or don't I have to use swap space at the agent machine?

Liam, PortSwigger Agent | Last updated: May 13, 2021 12:04PM UTC

If you want to deploy Burp Suite Enterprise Edition to a Linux-based machine, you should ensure that sufficient storage is allocated as swap space. This can help to improve the stability of scans by providing a fallback for occasions when your scans are using large amounts of memory. We recommend allocating the same amount of memory as the available RAM, plus an additional 2 GB. For example, for a machine with 32 GB RAM, you should create a 34 GB swap file. For on-premise installations, it is likely that sufficient swap space will be available by default. However, some cloud services require you to create a suitable swap file manually. For specific instructions on how to do this, please consult the documentation for your cloud service provider. - https://portswigger.net/burp/documentation/enterprise/infrastructure/system-requirements

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