The ec2-hibinit-agent enables hibernation support on Amazon EC2
instances. It prepares the system for hibernation by managing
the swap space used to save the instance memory, and ensures
proper restoration of the system state upon resume.
This allows EC2 instances to pause and resume efficiently without
losing in-memory data.
Enable snaps on Pop!_OS and install ec2-hibinit-agent
Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.
Snaps are discoverable and installable from the Snap Store, an app store with an audience of millions.
Enable snapd
Snap can be installed on Pop!_OS from the command line. Open Terminal from the Applications launcher and type the following:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly.
Install ec2-hibinit-agent
To install ec2-hibinit-agent, simply use the following command: