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>

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 ..