set overcommit_memory to 1 to allow redis to save in the background

dwradcliffe · dwradcliffe · commit b443931eb7cd · 2014-08-27T08:21:56.000-04:00
diff --git a/Berksfile.lock b/Berksfile.lock
@@ -267,10 +267,11 @@ GRAPH
   rubygems-people (0.0.28)
     sudo (>= 0.0.0)
     user (>= 0.0.0)
-  rubygems-redis (0.0.3)
+  rubygems-redis (0.0.4)
     redisio (>= 0.0.0)
     rubygems (>= 0.0.0)
     rubygems-backups (>= 0.0.0)
+    sysctl (>= 0.0.0)
   rubygems-repo (0.0.25)
     aptly (>= 0.0.0)
     nginx (>= 0.0.0)
@@ -292,6 +293,8 @@ GRAPH
     windows (>= 1.8.8)
     yum (>= 0.0.0)
   sudo (2.7.0)
+  sysctl (0.6.0)
+    ohai (>= 0.0.0)
   ulimit (0.3.2)
   unicorn (2.0.0)
   user (0.3.0)
diff --git a/cookbooks/rubygems-redis/metadata.rb b/cookbooks/rubygems-redis/metadata.rb
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 name 'rubygems-redis'
 maintainer 'RubyGems.org ops team'
 
-version '0.0.3'
+version '0.0.4'
 
 depends 'redisio'
 depends 'rubygems'
 depends 'rubygems-backups'
+depends 'sysctl'
 
 supports 'ubuntu'
diff --git a/cookbooks/rubygems-redis/recipes/default.rb b/cookbooks/rubygems-redis/recipes/default.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 
 include_recipe 'rubygems'
 
+node.default['sysctl']['params']['vm']['overcommit_memory'] = 1
+include_recipe 'sysctl::apply'
+
 node.default['redisio']['default_settings']['loglevel'] = 'notice'
 
 include_recipe 'redisio::install'
