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Ghost installation on Digital Ocean - Error: "You are recommended to have at least 150 MB of memory available for smooth operation.""


I've set up a Droplet on Digital Ocean, and have launched the Droplet Console to complete installation of Ghost, but I received this error:

✔ Checking system Node.js version - found v16.17.0
✔ Checking current folder permissions
✖ Checking memory availability
✔ Checking free space
One or more errors occurred.

1) SystemError

Message: You are recommended to have at least 150 MB of memory available for smooth operation. It looks like you have ~138.6953125 MB available.

This website says run this command this when you get this error:

ghost update --no-mem-check

But when I do that I get the response:

Working directory is not a recognisable Ghost installation.

Any help on how I can get past the initial system error?


Solution

  • This error was solved after I added swap space to the server.

    Instructions are found here:

    https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-add-swap-space-on-ubuntu-22-04#step-4-enabling-the-swap-file