Increase swap memory in docker desktop

Question

Swap memory is limited to 4GB. How do I increase this?

Answer 1

1. You can directly edit the %userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Docker\settings.json file, for example, by setting "SwapMiB": 8192. After making changes, restart Docker.

2. If you installed Docker with the WSL 2 backend (the default option), you need to create a .wslconfig file in your user directory. The file should have the following structure:

[wsl2]
memory=19GB # Limits VM memory in WSL 2
swap=110GB

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