Installing and Configuring Subversion on CentOS

This document explains how to install, configure, and use subversion with apache on centos 5.8

[root@svn ~]# cat /etc/redhat-release
CentOS release 5.8 (Final)

[root@svn ~]# uname -r
2.6.18-308.el5

Step1)Installation:

Install subversion using yum.

[root@svn ~]# yum install mod_dav_svn subversion

[root@svn ~]# yum install httpd

Now configure apache.

update  /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf  with ServerName.

#
# ServerName gives the name and port that the server uses to identify itself.
# This can often be determined automatically, but we recommend you specify
# it explicitly to prevent problems during startup.
#
# If this is not set to valid DNS name for your host, server-generated
# redirections will not work. See also the UseCanonicalName directive.
#
# If your host doesn’t have a registered DNS name, enter its IP address here.
# You will have to access it by its address anyway, and this will make
# redirections work in a sensible way.
#
ServerName 192.168.2.99:80

[root@svn ~]# service httpd start
Starting httpd: [ OK ]
[root@svn ~]# chkconfig httpd on

The next step is to setup some settings within Apache so Subversion and Apache work together.

[root@svn conf.d]# cd /etc/httpd/conf.d/

update subversion.conf file like below based on your environment.

<Location /repos>
DAV svn
SVNPath /svn/repos
#
# # Limit write permission to list of valid users.
# <LimitExcept GET PROPFIND OPTIONS REPORT>
# # Require SSL connection for password protection.
# # SSLRequireSSL
#
AuthType Basic
AuthName “Subversion repos”
AuthUserFile /etc/svn-auth-conf
Require valid-user
# </LimitExcept>
</Location>

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Now we need to configure password for the file specified in  subversion.conf file.

htpasswd -cm /etc/svn-auth-conf username

[root@svn ~]# htpasswd -cm /etc/svn-auth-conf ukatru
New password:
Re-type new password:
Adding password for user ukatru

 Configure repository:

[root@svn conf.d]# cd /svn

[root@svn svn]# svnadmin create repos

[root@svn svn]# chown -R apache:apache /svn

[root@svn svn]# service httpd restart