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How do I limit memory in a container for CoreOS?

Posted on January 18, 2015

I use CoreOS on DO, and I want to limit a container’s memory to 50mb.

Is there any techinques I could use to achieve that?

Thanks.



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The docker-run command allows you to specify maximum memory or maximum of memory+swap.

See the --memory and --memory-swap options.

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