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overcome limited RAM on VPS
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why use docker here? you’re just adding layers of abstraction in an environment that can’t seem to really support them.
that said, switching to 32bit linux, if the VPS supports it, will save you memory.
I use Docker on a VPS with 512MB of RAM
🙂💄🎨🤡
This service consist of several docker containers, without docker I would not even know where to start for deploying it. Maintainance as well would be a mess, totally not an option
I think the advice should be taken to heart here
you're dealing with a userspace problem but you're trying to get the kernel to make it all better.
You've already mentioned the two big things, compressed RAM and swap; optimizing userspace (or paying for more RAM) may be the only option at some point.
If you want to get creative, is there a reason you can't use a local computer for some of these services? An old raspberry pi or similar could potentially run some of your services. You could run some containers on your home server and call it a day. Quick search turned up this https://www.linuxserver.io/blog/routing-docker-host-and-container-traffic-through-wireguard