Install svn server on centos 6
Update yum repositories and packages by typing the below command
[root@krizna ~]# yum update
Before installing SVN packages, you must install and configure apache ( Webserver ) .
Install and configure apache
Step 1 » Type the below command to install apache along with dependencies.
[root@krizna ~]# yum install httpd
Step 2 » Open the file /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf .
Find “#ServerName www.example.com:80″ (line no : 276 ) .
#
#ServerName www.example.com:80
and add this line below . “ServerName youripaddress:80″
#
#ServerName www.example.com:80
ServerName 192.168.1.2:80
Step 3 » Issue the below command to start apache service .
[root@krizna ~]# service httpd start
and type this below command to start apache service automatically while booting.
[root@krizna ~]# chkconfig --levels 235 httpd on
Now open your server ip address in the browser . you can see the apache test page.
If you not able to see the apache test page, Disable the firewall ( iptables ) and selinux service on your server .
Disable firewall ( Iptables ) »
[root@krizna ~]# service iptables stop
[root@krizna ~]# chkconfig iptables off
Disable Selinux » open the file /etc/selinux/config and find the line
SELINUX=enforcing
and replace with
SELINUX=disabled
now reboot the server and try again.
Install and configure svn server
Step 4 » Now start installing svn packages, Just type the below command .
[root@krizna ~]# yum install subversion mod_dav_svn
Step 5 » Now create new directory for svn repository.
[root@krizna ~]# mkdir /svn
Step 6 » Create a new repository in the svn by issuing the below command
[root@krizna ~]# svnadmin create /svn/newrep
Step 7 » Now issue the below commands one by one for necessary permissions.
[root@krizna ~]# chown -R apache.apache /svn/newrep/
[root@krizna ~]# chcon -h system_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t /svn/newrep/
[root@krizna ~]# chcon -R -h apache:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t /svn/newrep/
Step 8 » Now create a password file “newrep.users” with username “krizna” by typing below command
[root@krizna ~]# htpasswd -cm /svn/newrep.users krizna
Step 9 » Now open the SVN apache config file ( /etc/httpd/conf.d/subversion.conf ) and add the below lines at the end of the file .
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<location /repos>
DAV svn
# SVN path
SVNParentPath /svn
AuthType Basic
AuthName "Authorization Realm"
#password file path
AuthUserFile /svn/newrep.users
Require valid-user
</location>
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Step 10 » Restart apache service
[root@krizna ~]# service httpd restart
Step 11 » Now open your svn path http://yourserverip/repos/newrep in a browser( Ex: http://192.168.1.2/repos/newrep ) . you can see newrep revision page after typing username and password created (step 8).
Step 12 » Create basic repository structure with the below commands
[root@krizna ~]# mkdir -p /tmp/svn/{trunk,branches,tags}[root@krizna ~]# svn import -m 'Initializing basic repository structure' /tmp/svn/ http://localhost/repos/newrep/
Step 13 » Now you can see updated revision and structure details .
Enjoy ..
