Monday, August 13, 2012

SVN Server on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS with Web Access


SVN Server on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS with Web Access


To install SVN server, run this command at the command prompt:
sudo apt-get install subversion libapache2-svn apache2
Make the directory where you want to keep the svn repositories and edit the dav_svn.conf file:
sudo mkdir /svn
sudo nano /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/dav_svn.conf
Delete all the data and make it simple like this :-)
<Location /svn>
DAV svn
SVNParentPath /svn
AuthType Basic
AuthName "Subversion Repository"
AuthUserFile /etc/apache2/dav_svn.passwd
Require valid-user
</Location>
To create a svn user, gary , use the following command:
sudo htpasswd -cm /etc/apache2/dav_svn.passwd gary
We only need to use the -c option for the FIRST TIME, when you create a user, after that you will only use the -m option.
Move to the folder, where you want to keep your repositories and create your first repository:
cd /svn
sudo svnadmin create test_repo
Make sure you set the permissions of the /svn directory to apache with the following command:
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /svn
Restart the apache2 service:
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
At this point, the SVN server is running.
In the browser, enter the localhost name or the IP Address to check if the respository is accessible.