How to Install and Configure Subversion 1.6 on CentOS 6.2

Subversion is a open source version control system that will manages files and will keep the changes made to the files. In this post i will share the quick steps to install and configure subversion on linux CentOS 6.2 server.

1. Install subversion using yum install :

[root@svn ~]# yum install mod_dav_svn subversion -y
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * base: mirrors.hostemo.com
 * extras: mirrors.hostemo.com
 * rpmforge: mirror.oscc.org.my
 * updates: mirrors.hostemo.com
Setting up Install Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package mod_dav_svn.i686 0:1.6.11-2.el6_1.4 will be installed
---> Package subversion.i686 0:1.6.11-2.el6_1.4 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: perl(URI) >= 1.17 for package: subversion-1.6.11-2.el6_1.4.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libneon.so.27 for package: subversion-1.6.11-2.el6_1.4.i686
--> Running transaction check
---> Package neon.i686 0:0.29.3-1.2.el6 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: libpakchois.so.0 for package: neon-0.29.3-1.2.el6.i686
---> Package perl-URI.noarch 0:1.40-2.el6 will be installed
--> Running transaction check
---> Package pakchois.i686 0:0.4-3.2.el6 will be installed
--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

====================================================================================================
 Package              Arch            Version                   Repository                     Size
====================================================================================================
Installing:
 mod_dav_svn          i686            1.6.11-2.el6_1.4          CentOS6.2-Repository           79 k
 subversion           i686            1.6.11-2.el6_1.4          CentOS6.2-Repository          2.2 M
Installing for dependencies:
 neon                 i686            0.29.3-1.2.el6            CentOS6.2-Repository          120 k
 pakchois             i686            0.4-3.2.el6               CentOS6.2-Repository           21 k
 perl-URI             noarch          1.40-2.el6                CentOS6.2-Repository          117 k

Transaction Summary
====================================================================================================
Install       5 Package(s)

Total download size: 2.6 M
Installed size: 12 M
Downloading Packages:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total                                                               7.3 MB/s | 2.6 MB     00:00
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
  Installing : perl-URI-1.40-2.el6.noarch                                                       1/5
  Installing : pakchois-0.4-3.2.el6.i686                                                        2/5
  Installing : neon-0.29.3-1.2.el6.i686                                                         3/5
  Installing : subversion-1.6.11-2.el6_1.4.i686                                                 4/5
  Installing : mod_dav_svn-1.6.11-2.el6_1.4.i686                                                5/5

Installed:
  mod_dav_svn.i686 0:1.6.11-2.el6_1.4               subversion.i686 0:1.6.11-2.el6_1.4

Dependency Installed:
  neon.i686 0:0.29.3-1.2.el6      pakchois.i686 0:0.4-3.2.el6      perl-URI.noarch 0:1.40-2.el6

Complete!

2. Setting up directories

[root@svn ~]# mkdir /svn
[root@svn ~]# mkdir /svn/repos
[root@svn ~]# mkdir /svn/users
[root@svn ~]# mkdir /svn/permissions
[root@svn ~]# chown -R apache:apache /svn

3. Configure httpd Apache server as below:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin webmaster@svn.ehowstuff.local
    DocumentRoot /svn/repos
    ServerName svn.ehowstuff.local
    ErrorLog logs/svn.ehowstuff.local-error_log
    CustomLog logs/svn.ehowstuff.local-access_log common
</VirtualHost>

4. Create and Configure subversion.conf

[root@svn ~]# vi /etc/httpd/conf.d/subversion.conf
LoadModule dav_svn_module     modules/mod_dav_svn.so
LoadModule authz_svn_module   modules/mod_authz_svn.so

<Location /svn/repos>
        DAV svn
        SVNParentPath /svn/repos
        AuthType Basic
        AuthName "Authorization Realm"
        AuthUserFile /svn/users/passwords
        AuthzSVNAccessFile /svn/permissions/svnaccess
        Require valid-user
</Location>

5. Create first repository using svnadmin command

[root@svn ~]# svnadmin create /svn/repos/testrepo
[root@svn ~]# chown -R apache:apache /svn/repos/testrepo

6. Create htpasswd user to access the testsvn repository

[root@svn ~]# htpasswd -c /svn/users/passwords svnuser1
New password:
Re-type new password:
Adding password for user svnuser1

7. Create svnaccess file to access the testrepo repository

[groups]
testgroup = svnuser1

[testrepo:/]
@testgroup = rw

8. Test your subversion server from browser :

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http://svn.ehowstuff.local/svn/repos/testrepo/

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