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How To Install Apache SVN on Ubuntu 14.04

Install Apache SVN on Ubuntu

Apache Subversion which is commonly referred to in its abbreviated form as SVN, (named after the command name SVN) is a popular software versioning and revision control system which is distributed as a free software under the Apache License. Mainly used by developers to maintain present and historic file versions like documentation, source code, and web pages, it primarily aims to be a compatible successor to the extensively used CVS (Concurrent Versions System).

SVN supports several protocols for network access: SVN, SVN+SSH, HTTP, HTTPS. If you are behind a firewall, HTTP-based Subversion is advantageous since SVN traffic will go through the firewall without any additional firewall rule setting. This article assumes you have at least basic knowledge of linux, know how to use the shell, and most importantly, you host your site on your own VPS. The installation is quite simple. In this tutorial we will guide you through the step by step installation Apache SVN on Ubuntu 14.04 server.

Install Apache SVN on Ubuntu 14.04

Step 1. First, you need update the repositories using the following command.

 sudo apt-get update

Step 2. Install SVN and apache webserver.

 sudo apt-get install subversion apache2 libapache2-svn apache2-utils

Step 3. Create and configure SVN repository.

mkdir -p /svn/repos/
cd /svn/repos/
svnadmin create testrepo
chown -R www-data:www-data /testrepo

Step 4. Configure Subversion with Apache.

Once installing the package, you must open the subversion httpd config file.

#nano /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/dav_svn.conf

## Uncomment following lines ##

<Location /svn>
DAV svn
SVNParentPath /svn/repos/
AuthType Basic
AuthName "Subversion Repository"
AuthUserFile /etc/subversion/passwd
Require valid-user
</Location>

Step 5. Create account and password for SVN.

Following commands will add two users for svn. It will prompt for users password to be assigned.

htpasswd -cm /etc/svn-users wpcademy
htpasswd -m /etc/svn-users userwpcad

Step 6. Restart Apache2 Server.

 etc/init.d/apache2 restart

Step 7. Finally, You can visit the url http://your-ip-address/svn/testrepo to check out the content, you will be asked to enter the user name and password.

Congratulation’s! You have successfully installed Apache SVN. Thanks for using this tutorial for installing Apache Subversion server on Ubuntu 14.04 system. For additional help or useful information, we recommend you to check the official Apache Subversion web site.

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How To Install Apache SVN on CentOS 7

Install Apache SVN on CentOS 7

Apache Subversion which is commonly referred to in its abbreviated form as SVN, (named after the command name SVN) is a popular software versioning and revision control system which is distributed as a free software under the Apache License. Mainly used by developers to maintain present and historic file versions like documentation, source code, and web pages, it primarily aims to be a compatible successor to the extensively used CVS (Concurrent Versions System).

SVN supports several protocols for network access: SVN, SVN+SSH, HTTP, HTTPS. If you are behind a firewall, HTTP-based Subversion is advantageous since SVN traffic will go through the firewall without any additional firewall rule setting. This article assumes you have at least basic knowledge of linux, know how to use the shell, and most importantly, you host your site on your own VPS.

In this tutorial we will show you how to install and configuration of Apache Subversion on your CentOS 7 server.

Install Apache SVN on CentOS 7

Step 1. First, you need to install subversion and mod_dav_svn (this stands for the Apache httpd module for subversion server) using the following command:

 yum install httpd subversion mod_dav_svn

Step 2. Configure Subversion with Apache.

Once installing the package, you must open the subversion httpd config file.

 nano /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 /svn>
   DAV svn
   SVNParentPath /var/www/svn
   AuthType Basic
   AuthName "Subversion User Authentication "
   AuthUserFile /etc/svn-users
   Require valid-user
</Location>

Step 3. Create SVN users.

Following commands will add two users for svn. It will prompt for users password to be assigned.

htpasswd -cm /etc/svn-users wpcademy
htpasswd -m /etc/svn-users p@sswd

Step 4. Create and configure SVN repository

cd /var/www/svn
svnadmin create testrepo
chown -R apache.apache testrepo

If you still have issues with SELinux Security please apply this:

chcon -R -t httpd_sys_content_t /var/www/svn/testrepo
chcon -R -t httpd_sys_rw_content_t /var/www/svn/testrepo

Step 5. Restart your web server.

 systemctl restart httpd.service

Step 6. Finally, You can visit the url http://your-ip-address/svn/testrepo to check out the content, you will be asked to enter the user name and password.

Step 7. Create basic repository structure with the below commands.

mkdir -p /tmp/svn/{trunk,branches,tags}
svn import -m 'Initializing basic repository structure' /tmp/svn/ http://localhost/svn/testrepo/

Congratulation’s! You have successfully installed Apache Subversion. Thanks for using this tutorial for installing Apache Subversion on CentOS 7 system. For additional help or useful information, we recommend you to check the official Apache SVN web site.

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