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HOWTO: Install SVN Server on Linux

Written by Atiq on 22 August 2011

In order to install the SVN Server you need the SVN Server and Apache Server (to access the repository over http and

https). Following are the steps to install the SVN Server and Apache Server.

yum install subversion (this command will download and install the SVN Server)
yum install mod_dav_svn (it will install the Apache Server for SVN)
vim /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
1. Add the following two lines if not present in this file.

i. LoadModule dav_svn_module modules/mod_dav_svn.so

ii. LoadModule authz_svn_module modules/mod_authz_svn.so

Create the SVN repository. In this example I will create it at /srv/svn/. Run the command svnadmin create –fs-type fsfs repo1 to create the repository
Set the correct file permissions for apache. chown -R apache.apache /srv/svn/repo1
Tell apache where to find the new repository. Here I create an additional Apache configuration file specifically for the SVN repositories.
1. vim /etc/httpd/conf.d/subversion.conf
2. Add a repository user.
  1. touch /srv/svn/repo.htpasswd
  2. htpasswd -mc /srv/svn/repo.htpasswd <username>
  3. Create the Access Control List for the SVN Repository

<Location /svn/<project>>

        DAV svn

        SVNPath /srv/svn/<project>

        AuthType Basic

        AuthName "<project> Repository"

        AuthzSVNAccessFile /srv/svn/svn-acl-conf

        AuthUserFile /srv/svn/<project>.htpasswd

        Require valid-user

</Location>

vim /srv/svn/svn-acl-conf. Add the following directives

[reop:/]

<username> =  rw

service httpd restart