All about OpenSoruce : SVN

Friday, August 1, 2014

How to setup SVN server

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

Install required packages:

apt-get install subversion apache2 libapache2-svn

Create an Directory-Structure:
```
mkdir -p /var/svn/repos/
```

Create a Repository:

cd /var/svn/repos/
svnadmin create --fs-type fsfs <your-repository>

Now Create your Project-Struckture to import in the repository:

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

Import the Project to the Repository:

svn import /tmp/myproject file:///var/svn/repos/<your-repository> -m "initial import"

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 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