Docs: LP1863921 max-old-space-size param when building angular

Signed-off-by: Jane Sandberg <sandbergja@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrea Buntz Neiman <abneiman@equinoxinitiative.org>

diff --git a/docs/modules/installation/pages/server_installation.adoc b/docs/modules/installation/pages/server_installation.adoc
index 361a643..9a2d68b 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/modules/installation/pages/server_installation.adoc
+++ b/docs/modules/installation/pages/server_installation.adoc
@@ -178,7 +178,18 @@ npm install   # fetch JS dependencies
 +
 [source,sh]
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-ng build --prod
+ng build --configuration=production
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
++
+This can be a memory-intensive build.  If the process does not finish, and you
+get the message "Killed" in the console, try running it with
+https://nodejs.org/api/cli.html#cli_max_old_space_size_size_in_megabytes[an explicit max-old-space-size option]
+to encourage more garbage collection.  For example, on a machine with 4GB of
+memory, you can limit max-old-space-size to 3GB with:
++
+[source,sh]
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+NODE_OPTIONS=--max-old-space-size=3072 ng build --configuration=production
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 +
 4. OPTIONAL: Test eg2 web client code if the <osname>-developer packages and