Modify Ubuntu 16.04 to enable hugepages

This change is to modify Ubuntu 16.04 images to enable hugepages

Change-Id: Id5f0494417c1cce25c26032d2f6dfa4526c3f5bf
Signed-off-by: Vanessa Rene Valderrama <vvalderrama@linuxfoundation.org>

diff --git a/packer/provision/local-builder.yaml b/packer/provision/local-builder.yaml
index 31ce7f8..bcdf512 100644 (file)
--- a/packer/provision/local-builder.yaml
+++ b/packer/provision/local-builder.yaml
@@ -63,6 +63,15 @@
       when: ansible_distribution == 'Ubuntu' and ansible_distribution_version == '16.04'
       become: true
 
+    - name: 'Enable hugepages'
+      sysctl:
+        name: vm.nr_hugepages
+        value: '128'
+        reload: no
+      # yamllint disable-line rule:line-length
+      when: ansible_distribution == 'Ubuntu' and ansible_distribution_version == '16.04'
+      become: true
+
     - name: 'Install FD.io Required 18.04 Packages'
       apt:
         name: