Subversion

Installation

-Install Subversion from the repository

$ sudo apt-get install subversion 

-Add group subversion

$ sudo addgroup subversion 
Adding group `subversion' (GID ****) ...
Done.

-Add yourself and www-data (the Apache user) as users to this group

$ sudo adduser username subversion 
Adding user `username' to group `subversion' ...
Adding user username to group subversion
Done.

$ sudo adduser www-data subversion 
Adding user `www-data' to group `subversion' ...
Adding user www-data to group subversion
Done.

Create SVN Home

-Create SVN home

$ sudo mkdir /opt/svn 
$ cd /opt/svn 
$ sudo mkdir myproject 
$ sudo chown -R www-data myproject 
$ sudo chgrp -R subversion myproject 
$ sudo chmod -R g+rws myproject 

-Create repository

$ sudo svnadmin create /opt/svn/myproject 

or

$ sudo svnadmin create --fs-type fsfs /opt/svn/myproject 

-to use WebDAV, repeat the chmod -R g+rws myproject command again as because svnadmin will create directories and files without group write access.

Access via WebDAV protocol (http://)

-Install libapache2-svn

$ sudo apt-get install libapache2-svn 
...
Enabling module dav.
Enabling module dav_svn.
Run '/etc/init.d/apache2 restart' to activate new configuration!

-Edit /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/dav_svn.conf file

<Location /svn/myproject>
    DAV svn
    SVNPath /opt/svn/myproject
#    SVNParentPath /opt/svn/
    AuthType Basic
    AuthName "lckymn.com subversion repository"
    AuthUserFile /etc/subversion/.passwd
    <LimitExcept GET PROPFIND OPTIONS REPORT>
        Require valid-user
    </LimitExcept>
</Location>

This <LimitExcept GET PROPFIND OPTIONS REPORT></LimitExcept> block gives read-only access to anyone, yet write permission to only authenticated users in the file /etc/subversion/.passwd.

-To set up with multiple virtual hosts create /etc/apache2/sites-available/svn file instead of editing /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/dav_svn.conf file.

<Location /svn/myproject>
    DAV svn
    SVNPath /opt/svn/myproject
#    SVNParentPath /opt/svn/
    AuthType Basic
    AuthName "lckymn.com subversion repository"
    AuthUserFile /etc/subversion/.passwd
    <LimitExcept GET PROPFIND OPTIONS REPORT>
        Require valid-user
    </LimitExcept>
	SSLRequireSSL
</Location>

$ cd /etc/apache2/sites-available
$ sudo a2ensite svn

-SSLRequireSSL is added to use SSL when accessing svn.

-To limit any connection to the SVN-Server (private SVN) so only authenticated user can have read and write permissions, remove the lines <LimitExcept GET PROPFIND OPTIONS REPORT> and </LimitExcept>.

<Location /svn/myproject>
    DAV svn
    SVNPath /opt/svn/myproject
#    SVNParentPath /opt/svn/
    AuthType Basic
    AuthName "lckymn.com subversion repository"
    AuthUserFile /etc/subversion/.passwd
#    <LimitExcept GET PROPFIND OPTIONS REPORT>
        Require valid-user
#    </LimitExcept>
</Location>

-use SVNParentPath if there are multiple repositories under a single directory (e.g. /opt/svn/project1, /opt/svn/projec2, /opt/svn/project3)

<Location /svn>
    DAV svn
#    SVNPath /opt/svn/myproject
    SVNParentPath /opt/svn/
    AuthType Basic
    AuthName "lckymn.com subversion repository"
    AuthUserFile /etc/subversion/.passwd
#    <LimitExcept GET PROPFIND OPTIONS REPORT>
        Require valid-user
#    </LimitExcept>
</Location>

-Create user and password

$ sudo htpasswd -c /etc/subversion/.passwd user_name 

-Restart Apache server

$ sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart 

Access via WebDAV protocol with SSL encryption (https://)

• Enable SSL in your Apache server.
• Create /etc/apache2/sites-available/svn file and add the following lines.

<VirtualHost *:443>                                       
    ServerAdmin webmaster@yoursite.com          

    SSLEngine on

    SSLOptions +StrictRequire

    SSLCertificateFile /etc/ssl/certs/server.crt
    SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/private/server.key

    ServerName svn.yoursite.com

    <Location /myproject>
        DAV svn
        SVNPath /opt/svn/myproject
#        SVNParentPath /opt/svn/
        AuthType Basic
        AuthName "svn.yoursite.com subversion repository"
        AuthUserFile /etc/subversion/.filename.htpasswd
#        <LimitExcept GET PROPFIND OPTIONS REPORT>
            Require valid-user
#        </LimitExcept>
    </Location>
</VirtualHost>

• To use htdigest as an authentication method instead of htpasswd, modify the /etc/apache2/sites-available/svn file like:

<VirtualHost *:443>                                       
    ServerAdmin webmaster@yoursite.com

    SSLEngine on

    SSLOptions +StrictRequire

    SSLCertificateFile /etc/ssl/certs/server.crt
    SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/private/server.key

    ServerName svn.yoursite.com

    <Location /myproject>
        DAV svn
        SVNPath /opt/svn/myproject
#        SVNParentPath /opt/svn/
        AuthType Digest
        AuthName mclicker
        AuthUserFile /etc/subversion/.filename.htdigest
#        <LimitExcept GET PROPFIND OPTIONS REPORT>
            Require valid-user
#        </LimitExcept>
    </Location>
</VirtualHost>

• To create htdigest file, use the command below and type the password for the user.

$ htdigest -c passwordfile realm username 

• To add more users to the existing realm

$ htdigest passwordfile realm another_username 

• Enable site and restart apache2

$ sudo a2ensite svn 
$ sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart 

• If there it shows an error message like this

Invalid command 'AuthUserFile', perhaps misspelled or defined by a module not included in the server configuration
   ...fail!

• Enable auth_digest module.

$ a2enmod auth_digest 

• Restart the server again.

$ sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart 

-If you have another virtual host using 443 port, make sure you default (or mysite) site file has the following line.

NameVirtualHost *:443

-Now the SVN is accessible through this URL

https://svn.yoursite.com/test