HOWTO : SVN over HTTPS

Create the repository

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1. $ svnadmin create /home/svn/repo/svn  

$ svnadmin create /home/svn/repo/svn

Install RPM mod_dav_svn

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1. $ yum install mod_dav_svn  

$ yum install mod_dav_svn

Config who can access the repository and their permissions (r or w) /home/svn/conf/users-access-file

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1. [/]  
2. gulden = rw  
3. other = r  
4. [/privaterepo]  
5. *=  

[/]
gulden = rw
other = r
[/privaterepo]
*=

• "gulden" user can access the the "/" repository with read and wright (rw) permissions
• "other" can access the the "/" repository with read (r) permission
• No one can access the "/privaterepo" repository

Create the Users password file

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1. $ htpasswd /home/svn/conf/passwd gulden  

$ htpasswd /home/svn/conf/passwd gulden

Edit Apache configuration file: /etc/httpd/conf.d/subversion.conf

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1. LoadModule dav_svn_module     modules/mod_dav_svn.so  
2. LoadModule authz_svn_module   modules/mod_authz_svn.so  
3.   
4. <virtualhost 443="">  
5. ServerName myhost.com  
6. ServerAlias svn.myhost.com  
7. <location>  
8.  Order allow,deny  
9.  Allow from all  
10.  DAV svn  
11.  SVNParentPath /home/svn/repo  
12.  # our access control policy  
13.  AuthzSVNAccessFile /home/svn/conf/users-access-file  
14.  # try anonymous access first, resort to real  
15.  # authentication if necessary.  
16.  Satisfy Any  
17.  Require valid-user  
18.  #  how to authenticate a user  
19.  AuthType Basic  
20.  AuthName "My Subversion repository"  
21.  AuthUserFile /home/svn/conf/passwd  
22. </location>  
23. </virtualhost>  

LoadModule dav_svn_module     modules/mod_dav_svn.so
LoadModule authz_svn_module   modules/mod_authz_svn.so


ServerName myhost.com
ServerAlias svn.myhost.com

 Order allow,deny
 Allow from all
 DAV svn
 SVNParentPath /home/svn/repo
 # our access control policy
 AuthzSVNAccessFile /home/svn/conf/users-access-file
 # try anonymous access first, resort to real
 # authentication if necessary.
 Satisfy Any
 Require valid-user
 #  how to authenticate a user
 AuthType Basic
 AuthName "My Subversion repository"
 AuthUserFile /home/svn/conf/passwd

Checkout a project

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1. $ svn co https://svn.myhost.com/svn/foo/trunk  

 $ svn co https://svn.myhost.com/svn/foo/trunk