How to install SVN server on Ubuntu (via dav_svn aka apache module)
Well, well, well. Today we are going to install subversion on Ubuntu server in a few easy steps.
Step1: install all necessary software (considering Apache is up & running already)
sudo apt-get install subversion libapache2-svn
Step 2: Adding new user called “svn”
sudo useradd -d /home/svn -m svn
sudo passwd svn
Step 3: creating repository
sudo svnadmin create /var/svn/reponame
Step 4:
EDIT: /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/dav_svn.conf and add following lines on the bottom of it:
<Location /svn> DAV svn #SVNPath /var/svn/reponame SVNParentPath /var/svn AuthType Basic AuthName "Subversion Repository" AuthUserFile /etc/apache2/dav_svn.passwd Require valid-user </Location>
NOTE: there is a commented line SVNPath – this will be used if you want to use only one repository, in our sample we use SVNParentPath /var/svn which is parent of all our future repos.
Step 5: now we creating new user for apache
sudo htpasswd -cm /etc/apache2/dav_svn.passwd svn
Note: that you should only use the -c option the FIRST time that you create a user.
After that you will only want to use the -m option, which specifies MD5 encryption of the password, but doesn’t recreate the file.
Step 6: restart Apache
sudo service apache2 restart
Now you can access your repository via url http://servername.com/svn/reponame
Small additions:
1: If you want to add new user
htpasswd /etc/apache2/dav_svn.passwd new_username
2: Change permissions in order system be able to access your svn
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/svn/
THE END 🙂