Subversion (SVN) over SSL in 10 small steps
I have installed SVN on Centos4 (RHEL4) following these small and short steps.
1. Check out svnbook. This is the place where all your later questions will be answered.
2. Using Centos/RHEL and still not using Dag Wieers and RPMForge’s RPM repository?
3. Install using YUM or Apt the following packages:
mod_dav_svn
subversion
mod_ssl
distcache
neon
4. Create your SVN repository root directory and cd to there: "mkdir /var/www/svn ; cd /var/www/svn"
5. Create your new repository. I’ve used the name "projects" and I maintain the name later on. If you decide on another name, make sure to change wherever valid later: "svnadmin create projects"
6. Change ownership to Apache: "chown -R apache.apache projects"
7. Rename /etc/httpd/conf.d/subversion.conf to /etc/httpd/conf.d/subversion.conf.old
8. Edit /etc/httpd/conf/ssl.conf and add the following lines:
–Near the beginning, add these two lines:
LoadModule dav_svn_module modules/mod_dav_svn.so
LoadModule authz_svn_module modules/mod_authz_svn.so
–Just above the line saying </VirtualHost> enter the following:
<Location />
DAV svn
SVNParentPath /var/www/svn
SSLRequireSSL
AuthType Basic
AuthName "Company"
AuthUserFile /etc/httpd/conf.d/passwd
Require valid-user</Location>
9. Check Apache to verify you didn’t destroy anything. No need, by the way, to create SSL self-signed certificate, as the installation of mod_ssl creates one for you: "apachectl -t". If you get "Ok", you’re Ok.
10. Add users by using the utility "htpasswd". The first time will require the flag "-c" which tells htpasswd to create the file. Later on, no need for this flage. Exmaple: The first user will require: "htpasswd -c /etc/httpd/conf.d/passwd user1". The 2nd user will require just "htpasswd /etc/httpd/conf.d/passwd user2".
Done. All you need to do is point your SVN client to https://<IP or Name>/projects and you’re good to go (of course – as soon as you specify your username and password).