How-To: Install, Configure, and Import your first SVN (Subversion) repo on CentOS 5

This might only be useful to me, I don't know but at least I will know its out there and when I have to do this again I will know what to do.

Use wget to pull down the latest source.

tar xzfv subversion.1.2.3.4.tar.gz

cd subversion.1.2.3.4/

./configure

make && make install

svnadmin create --fs-type fsfs /path/to/repo

touch /path/to/repo/.htpasswd

htpasswd /path/to/repo username

svn import -m "First Import" --username=username /source/path/ file:///path/to/repo

Setup the apache config file. Since I use named virtual hosts and typically have multple repos here is a sample.

<VirtualHost *:80>

        ServerName svn.yourhost.com

        DocumentRoot "/var/www/html"

        ServerPath /html/

        DirectoryIndex index.php index.htm

        <Location /svn/repo1>

                DAV svn

                SVNPath /path/to/repo/repo1

                AuthType Basic

                AuthName "repo1 Repository"

                AuthzSVNAccessFile /path/to/svn-acl-conf

                AuthUserFile /path/to/repo/repo1/.htpasswd

                Require valid-user

        </Location>

        <Location /svn/repo2>

                DAV svn

                SVNPath /path/to/repo/repo2

                AuthType Basic

                AuthName "repo2 Repository"

                AuthzSVNAccessFile /path/to/svn-acl-conf

                AuthUserFile /path/to/repo/repo1/.htpasswd

                Require valid-user

        </Location>

        <Location /svn/repo3>

                DAV svn

                SVNPath /path/to/repo/repo3

                AuthType Basic

                AuthName "repo3 Repository"

                AuthzSVNAccessFile /path/to/svn-acl-conf

                AuthUserFile /path/to/repo/repo3/.htpasswd

                Require valid-user

        </Location>

</VirtualHost>

The /path/to/svn-acl-conf file contains

[repo1:/]

username = rw

[repo2:/]

username = rw

[repo3:/]

username =rw

This file needs to be updated everytime a new repository is added with the appropriate username and permissions.

I am sure I have missed some steps with this, but it's a decent starting point.