Install SVN Server on CentOS

Install SVN

Install mod_dav_svn right away which is required to make SVN work with Apache.
$ yum install mod_dav_svn subversion

Create a repository
$ svnadmin create /path/to/

Permissions to access the repository
$ chown -R apache:apache /path/to/



Setup SVN Users

Config file for the repository to allow users access to it

$ vi /path/to//conf/svnserve.conf




Uncomment the lines like so:

auth-access = write

password-db = passwd




Create a htpasswd file which will hold users and passwords for accessing to this repository

$ htpasswd -c /path/to//conf/passwd




Configure Apache

Edit the following file:

$ 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
DAV svn
SVNPath /path/to/
Authtype Basic
AuthName "My Repository"
AuthUserFile /path/to//conf/passwd
Require valid-user

 

The path /svn is where the repository will be served out of.

Finally, restart apache for new configuration to take affect:

$ service httpd restart