Running SVNServe as a Service

Cerin · #1 27th May 2008, 07:37 PM

I installed subversion, but noticed the package doesn't include any service for running svnserve. Is this right? I'd like to run the daemon automatically, and find it hard to believe no one else has ever wanted to do that as well. I've found a few xinetd hacks, but would rather stick to getting it listed in the services GUI, but apparently no ones figured out how to do this.

dpant · #2 16th February 2009, 08:19 AM

I just want to comment that I have svnserve successfully up and running in my Western Digital MyBook World's gnu/linux while this very same thing seems impossible in fedora 10. I've spent more than 4 hours last night trying to configure xinetd and run svnserve as a service but no luck. If anyone really knows what is going on please give a hand.

dpant · #3 16th February 2009, 03:06 PM

Okay, here is how to setup svnserver on fedora 10:

1. in case you haven't installed it yet, use yum to do so now:

Code:

yum install subversion

2. screw xinetd, it's not going to work. Fedora likes Sys V scripts instead. Create the /etc/init.d/svnserve file and write this script in it:

Code:

#!/bin/bash

case "$1" in
	start)
		svnserve -d --listen-port=3690
		;;
	stop)
		;;
	reload|restart)
		$0 stop
		$0 start
		;;
	*)
		echo "usage: $0 start|stop|restart|reload"
		exit 1
esac
exit 0

3. grand execution permissions to the script above:

Code:

chmod a+x svnserve

4. add the svn listening port to the /etc/services file by adding the following two lines in it:

Code:

svnserve 3690/tcp    # Subversion
svnserve 3690/udp  # Subversion

5. type in the following commands:

Code:

chkconfig svnserve
service svnserve start

6. check that the service is listening:

Code:

netstat -anp | grep 3690

you can now check on your repos by using svn urls, e.g:

Code:

svn list svn://localhost/path-to-repository

or use the following url if you have setup a non-default port, e.g:

Code:

svn list svn://localhost:PORT/path-to-repository

I am still missing the STOP command in the script. Any nice ideas?

Hope that helps

Cerin · #4 16th February 2009, 04:18 PM

My condolences on xinetd. I came to the same conclusion a while ago. My solution was pretty much the same as yours.

Great work on the step-by-step guide.

Here's my svnserve script:

Code:

#!/bin/bash
#
#   /etc/rc.d/init.d/subversion
#
# Starts the Subversion Daemon
#
# chkconfig: 2345 90 10
# description: Subversion Daemon
# processname: svnserve
# pidfile: /var/lock/subsys/svnserve

source /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions

[ -x /usr/bin/svnserve ] || exit 1

### Default variables
REPO_ROOT=/path/to/your/svnrepos
#SYSCONFIG="/etc/sysconfig/subversion"

### Read configuration
#[ -r "$SYSCONFIG" ] && source "$SYSCONFIG"

RETVAL=0
prog="svnserve"
desc="Subversion Daemon"
pidfile="/var/run/$prog.pid"

start() {
   echo -n $"Starting $desc ($prog): "
   daemon $prog -d -r $REPO_ROOT --pid-file $pidfile
   RETVAL=$?
   if [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ]; then
     touch /var/lock/subsys/$prog
   fi
   echo
}

obtainpid() {
   pidstr=`pgrep $prog`
   pidcount=`awk -v name="$pidstr" 'BEGIN{split(name,a," "); print length(a)}'`
   if [ ! -r "$pidfile" ] && [ $pidcount -ge 2 ]; then	
	pid=`awk -v name="$pidstr" 'BEGIN{split(name,a," "); print a[1]}'`
	echo $prog is already running and it was not started by the init script.
   fi
}

stop() {
   echo -n $"Shutting down $desc ($prog): "
   if [ -r "$pidfile" ]; then
	pid=`cat $pidfile`
	kill -s 3 $pid
	RETVAL=$?
   else
	RETVAL=1
   fi
   [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && success || failure
   echo
   if [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ]; then
     rm -f /var/lock/subsys/$prog
     rm -f $pidfile
   fi
   return $RETVAL
}

restart() {
	stop
	start
}

forcestop() {
   echo -n $"Shutting down $desc ($prog): "

   kill -s 3 $pid 
   RETVAL=$?
   [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && success || failure
   echo
   if [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ]; then
     rm -f /var/lock/subsys/$prog
     rm -f $pidfile
   fi

   return $RETVAL
}

status() {
   if [ -r "$pidfile" ]; then
	pid=`cat $pidfile`
   fi
   if [ $pid ]; then
           echo "$prog (pid $pid) is running..."
   else
        echo "$prog is stopped"
   fi
}

obtainpid

case "$1" in
  start)
   start
   ;;
  stop)
   stop
   ;;
  restart)
   restart
   RETVAL=$?
   ;;
  condrestart)
   [ -e /var/lock/subsys/$prog ] && restart	
   RETVAL=$?
   ;;
  status)
   status
   ;;
  forcestop)
   forcestop
   ;;
  *)
   echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|forcestop|restart|condrestart|status}"
   RETVAL=1
esac

exit $RETVAL

davinken · #5 17th December 2012, 11:24 PM

On the newer Fedoras (17 in this case):

Enable the service (same as former chkconfig svnserve on)::

Code:

systemctl enable svnserve.service

Start the daemon

Code:

systemctl start svnserve.service