Configure Subversion Server

 

1. Install package

# yum install mod_dav_svn subversion

2. Subversion apache config,

# vi /etc/httpd/conf.d/subversion.conf

LoadModule dav_svn_module     modules/mod_dav_svn.so

LoadModule authz_svn_module   modules/mod_authz_svn.so

<Location /repos>

   DAV svn

   SVNParentPath /var/www/svn/repos

   <LimitExcept GET PROPFIND OPTIONS REPORT>

      AuthType Basic

      AuthName "Subversion repos"

      AuthUserFile /etc/svn-auth-conf

      Require valid-user

   </LimitExcept>

</Location>

3. Configure user

# htpasswd -cm /etc/svn-auth-conf yourusername

New password: 

Re-type new password: 

Adding password for user yourusername

4. Configure repository

# cd /var/www/

# mkdir svn

# cd svn

# mkdir repos

# svnadmin create myproject

# chown -R apache.apache myproject

# /sbin/service httpd restart

5. Test repository

5.1 Access http://<server_name>/repos/myproject

5.2 svn co http://<server_name>/repos/myproject

6. It's conventional to have /trunk, /branches, and /tags subdirectories for each project.

# svn mkdir http://<server_name>/repos/myproject/trunk

# svn mkdir http://<server_name>/repos/myproject/branches

# svn mkdir http://<server_name>/repos/myproject/tags