How to setup SVN using HTTPS on FC5

[abhijitnt]

Hi Guys,
I got my latest SVN 1.3.2 working on FC5 with Apache 2.2.0 over SSL,
so decided to just share the same with all.
Here we go,

1) To install SVN do
yum install subversion.

2) To create a SSL certificate for Apache do -
Step one - create the key and request:
openssl req -new > new.cert.csr

Step two - remove the passphrase from the key (optional):
openssl rsa -in privkey.pem -out new.cert.key

Step three - convert request into signed cert:
openssl x509 -in new.cert.csr -out new.cert.cert -req -signkey new.cert.key -days 1024
place the keys to following locations & edit the /etc/httpd/conf.d/ssl.conf as follows -

SSLCertificateFile /etc/pki/tls/certs/new.cert.cert
SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/pki/tls/private/new.cert.key

Test the certificate.

3) create /home/subversion/repository & /home/subversion/permissions

chown -R apache:apache /home/subversion/repository
svnadmin create /home/subversion/repository
svn import /tmp/project1 file:///home/subversion/repository/project1 -m "initial import"
svn checkout file:///home/subversion/repository/project1 project1

4) Edit httpd.conf as follows

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

<Location /svn>
DAV svn
SVNPath /home/subversion/repository/
# our access control policy
AuthzSVNAccessFile /home/subversion/permissions/svnauthorz.conf
#how to authenticate the users
AuthType Basic
AuthName "Subversion Repository"
AuthUserFile /var/www/.htpasswd
# only authenticated users access the SVN
Require valid-user
SSLRequireSSL
</Location>

use following command to create users for authentication
htpasswd /var/www/.htpasswd john
& put following style entry in svnauthorz.conf
[/]
john = rw
liza = r


thats it, restart the httpd service & your SVN is ready to use for developers.

Regards
Abhijit

[boftx]

I was under the impression that SVN would not run with Apache 2.2, did you have any problems related to that?

Jim

[abhijitnt]

No Man,
its running absolutely fine with apache 2.2
can you tell me the exact problem you are getting.

[boftx]

I just did a bit more research and it appears that I missed the fact that mod_dav_svn is now available for Apache 2.2. This was not the case just 2 or 3 weeks ago when I was last installing SVN. It might also be that what I saw was that mod_dav_svn was/is not available for Windows Apache 2.2. (Before you all go "EWWWWWWW" keep in mind that I have no choice on some of the platforms I must work with ).

Jim


Thanks for the response!

[axiopisty]

Hi, I'm having trouble finding mod_dav_svn to install with Apache 2.2.x. I can not find mod_dav_svn.so anywhere on my system. So, after searching on google and reading forums, this is the closest I've come to finding what I need. This is the last thing that I did:

[root@localhost /]# yum install mod_dav_svn
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Parsing package install arguments
Resolving Dependencies
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Downloading header for mod_dav_svn to pack into transaction set.
mod_dav_svn-1.4.3-2.fc6.i 100% |=========================| 13 kB 00:00
---> Package mod_dav_svn.i386 0:1.4.3-2.fc6 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check
Dependencies Resolved
================================================== ===========================
Package Arch Version Repository Size
================================================== ===========================
Installing:
mod_dav_svn i386 1.4.3-2.fc6 updates 70 k

Transaction Summary
================================================== ===========================
Install 1 Package(s)
Update 0 Package(s)
Remove 0 Package(s)

Total download size: 70 k
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
(1/1): mod_dav_svn-1.4.3- 100% |=========================| 70 kB 00:00
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
Installing: mod_dav_svn ######################### [1/1]

Installed: mod_dav_svn.i386 0:1.4.3-2.fc6
Complete!
[root@localhost /]# locate mod_dav_svn
[root@localhost /]#
[root@localhost /]# svn --version
svn, version 1.4.3 (r23084)
compiled Mar 23 2007, 09:29:55

[root@localhost /]# locate mod_dav
~/servers/httpd-2.2.6/modules/arch/netware/mod_dav.def
~/servers/httpd-2.2.6/modules/dav/fs/mod_dav_fs.c
~/servers/httpd-2.2.6/modules/dav/fs/mod_dav_fs.dsp
~/servers/httpd-2.2.6/modules/dav/lock/mod_dav_lock.c
~/servers/httpd-2.2.6/modules/dav/lock/mod_dav_lock.dsp
~/servers/httpd-2.2.6/modules/dav/main/mod_dav.c
~/servers/httpd-2.2.6/modules/dav/main/mod_dav.dsp
~/servers/httpd-2.2.6/modules/dav/main/mod_dav.h
/usr/lib/httpd/modules/mod_dav.so
/usr/lib/httpd/modules/mod_dav_fs.so
[root@localhost /]#

I don't know what to do from here. Any help is appreciated.

Thanks,
Axiopisty

[cr4ck3r]

Hi axiopisty,
The locate command did not use the *live* database of filesystem, you need to run the command updatedb as root to update the database and run the locate again.
Btw, the mod_dav_svn.so should be in the /etc/httpd/modules/ directory after you install it from the repo.
Tinh.