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Benjamin
Asked: 2011-03-07 05:03:55 +0800 CST

How to install subversion server

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I'd like to install a Subversion server on my Ubuntu machine.
What packages to I need? How do I create a repository and set a new user?

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  1. Best Answer

    There are many configurations for svn, here a some short instructions to get a basic svn repository available over http.

    1. Install required packages: apt-get install subversion apache2 libapache2-svn
    2. Create an Directory-Structure: mkdir -p /var/svn/repos/
    3. Create a Repository:
      • cd /var/svn/repos/
      • svnadmin create --fs-type fsfs <your-repository>
    4. Now Create your Project-Struckture to import in the repository:
      • mkdir -p /tmp/myproject/trunk /tmp/myproject/tags /tmp/myproject/branches
    5. Import the Project to the Repository:
      • svn import /tmp/myproject file:///var/svn/repos/<your-repository> -m "initial import"
    6. Make it accesseable over http:
      • cd /etc/apache2/sites-available
      • touch subversion.conf
      • vim subversion.conf

    Now edit the empty file with this configuration:

    NameVirtualHost *:80

<VirtualHost *:80>   
  <Location /svn>
      ErrorDocument 404 default
      DAV svn
      SVNParentPath /var/svn/repos
      SVNListParentPath off
      Require valid-user
      AuthType Basic
      AuthName "subversion access"
      AuthUserFile /var/svn/.htpasswd
      AuthzSVNAccessFile /var/svn/authz 
  </Location>
</VirtualHost>
    • enable dav_svn module for apache: a2enmod dav_svn
    • enable authz_svn module for apache: a2enmod authz_svn
    • enable VHost configuration: a2ensite subversion.conf
    • now restart the webserver: /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
    • Create an htpasswd: htpasswd -c /var/svn/.htpasswd user
    • Create the access control file for the repository: touch /var/svn/authz
    • edit the empty authz file: vim /var/svn/authz
    • Give read/write rights to for user:

    [your-repository:/]

    user = rw

    Let's try to checkout the the repo over http: svn checkout http://your-server/svn/your-repository

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  2. You will need the subversion package.

    sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install subversion

    This package contains the client, tools to crate a Subversion repository and the server.

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  3. Start reading the manual. I am currently doing the same.

    Once you have set up a repository with svnadmin create /path/to/repo, you can use svnserve --root /path/to/repo to make the repository available at svn://yourhost/. Open TCP port 3690 if necessary.

    It's possible to use SVN over HTTP, but I have not read that part yet :o

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  4. Subversion

    Subversion is an open source version control system.

    you can follow this guide from help.ubuntu.com :

    version control system

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  5. Here is a blog post from WANdisco on how to install Tortoise SVN 1.7 and make your first repository change.

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  6. To install subversion, open a terminal and run the following command:

    sudo apt-get install subversion libapache2-svn

    We’re going to create the subversion repository in /svn, although you should choose a location that has a good amount of space.

    sudo svnadmin create /svn

    Change the owner of this repository to Apache user.

    sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /svn

    Create basic subversion repository for later use (for Production/QA/Testing/Stating../etc..)

    sudo mkdir -p /tmp/myproject/trunk /tmp/myproject/tags /tmp/myproject/branches

    Import those directory into our repository

    sudo svn import /tmp/myproject file:///svn -m "initial import"

    Next we’ll need to edit the configuration file for the subversion webdav module. You can use a different editor if you’d like.

    sudo gedit /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/dav_svn.conf

    The Location element in the configuration file dictates the root directory where subversion will be acessible from, for instance: http://www.server.com/svn

    <Location /svn>

    The DAV line needs to be uncommented to enable the dav module

    # Uncomment this to enable the repository,
DAV svn

    The SVNPath line should be set to the same place your created the repository with the svnadmin command.

    # Set this to the path to your repository
SVNPath /svn

    The next section will let you turn on authentication. This is just basic authentication, so don’t consider it extremely secure. The password file will be located where the AuthUserFile setting sets it to… probably best to leave it at the default.

    # Uncomment the following 3 lines to enable Basic Authentication
AuthType Basic
AuthName “Subversion Repository”
AuthUserFile /etc/apache2/dav_svn.passwd

    To create a user on the repository use, the following command:

    sudo htpasswd -cm /etc/apache2/dav_svn.passwd <username>

    Note that you should only use the -c option the FIRST time that you create a user. After that you will only want to use the -m option, which specifies MD5 encryption of the password, but doesn’t recreate the file.

    Example:

    sudo htpasswd -cm /etc/apache2/dav_svn.passwd geek
New password:
Re-type new password:
Adding password for user geek

    Restart apache by running the following command:

    sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

    Thanks: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/install-subversion-with-web-access-on-ubuntu/

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