How to configure svn in rhel 6.3 / centos 6.3

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Apache Subversion (often abbreviated SVN, after the command name svn) is a software versioning and revision control system distributed under an open source license. Developers use Subversion to maintain current and historical versions of files such as source code, web pages, and documentation. Its goal is to be a mostly compatible successor to the widely used Concurrent Versions System (CVS).

[root@station1 ~]# yum install mod_dav_svn subversion

[root@station1 ~]# vim /etc/httpd/conf.d/subversion.conf

41 <Location /svn>

42 DAV svn

43 SVNParentPath /var/www/svn

44 AuthType Basic

45 AuthName "Subversion repositories"

46 AuthUserFile /etc/svn-auth-users

47 Require valid-user

48 </Location>

[root@station1 ~]# htpasswd -cm /etc/svn-auth-users ranjith

New password:

Re-type new password:

Adding password for user ranjith

[root@station1 ~]# mkdir /var/www/svn

[root@station1 ~]# cd /var/www/svn/

[root@station1 svn]# svnadmin create testrepo

[root@station1 svn]# chown -R apache.apache testrepo

[root@station1 svn]# chcon -R -t httpd_sys_content_t /var/www/svn/testrepo

[root@station1 svn]# chcon -R -t httpd_sys_rw_content_t /var/www/svn/testrepo

[root@station1 ~]# service httpd restart

Goto http://station1.ranjihat.com/svn/testrepo address and you should see something like following, write username and password:

Configure repository

To disable anonymous access and enable access control add following rows to testrepo/conf/svnserve.conf file:

[root@station1 ~]# vim /var/www/svn/testrepo/conf/svnserve.conf

12 anon-access = none

27 authz-db = authz

Create trunk, branches and tags structure under testrepo

Create “template” directories with following command:

[root@station1 ~]# mkdir -p /tmp/svn-structure-template/{trunk,branches,tags}

Then import template to project repository using “svn import” command:

[root@station1 ~]# svn import -m 'Initial import' /tmp/svn-structure-template/ http://station1.ranjihat.com/svn/testrepo/

Authentication realm: <http://station1.ranjihat.com:80> Subversion repositories

Password for 'root':

Authentication realm: <http://station1.ranjihat.com:80> Subversion repositories

Username: ranjith

Password for 'ranjith':

Adding /tmp/svn-structure-template/trunk

Adding /tmp/svn-structure-template/branches

Adding /tmp/svn-structure-template/tags

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ATTENTION! Your password for authentication realm:

<http://station1.ranjihat.com:80> Subversion repositories

can only be stored to disk unencrypted! You are advised to configure

your system so that Subversion can store passwords encrypted, if

possible. See the documentation for details.

You can avoid future appearances of this warning by setting the value

of the 'store-plaintext-passwords' option to either 'yes' or 'no' in

'/root/.subversion/servers'.

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Store password unencrypted (yes/no)? yes

Committed revision 1.

Now refresh the webpage.

Backup (dump) SVN (Subversion) repository

[root@station1 ~]# mkdir /backups

[root@station1 ~]# svnadmin dump /var/www/svn/testrepo > /backups/testrepo.dump

* Dumped revision 0.

* Dumped revision 1.

[root@station1 ~]# gzip -9 /backups/testrepo.dump

[root@station1 ~]# ls /backups/testrepo.dump.gz

/backups/testrepo.dump.gz

[root@station1 ~]# rm -rf /var/www/svn/testrepo/

[root@station1 ~]# gunzip /backups/testrepo.dump

[root@station1 ~]# ls /backups/testrepo.dump

/backups/testrepo.dump

[root@station1 ~]# svnadmin create /var/www/svn/testrepo

[root@station1 ~]# chown -R apache:apache /var/www/svn/testrepo

[root@station1 ~]# chcon -R -t httpd_sys_content_t /var/www/svn/testrepo

[root@station1 ~]# chcon -R -t httpd_sys_rw_content_t /var/www/svn/testrepo

[root@station1 ~]# svnadmin load /var/www/svn/testrepo < /backups/testrepo.dump

<<< Started new transaction, based on original revision 1

* adding path : branches ... done.

* adding path : tags ... done.

* adding path : trunk ... done.

------- Committed revision 1 >>>

[root@station1 ~]# ls /var/www/svn/testrepo/

conf db format hooks locks README.txt 

 

Automatic SVN (Subversion) Repository Backups

[root@station1 ~]# crontab -e
@daily svnadmin dump /var/www/svn/testrepo | gzip -9 > /backups/testrepo-$(date +"%Y-%m-%d-%T").dump.gz
[root@station1 ~]# service crond restart
[root@station1 ~]# crontab -l
@daily svnadmin dump /var/www/svn/testrepo | gzip -9 > /backups/testrepo-$(date +"%Y-%m-%d-%T").dump.gz