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This Howto describe how to install a subversion server on CentOS

[edit] Using yum

At the time of writing, these are the respective version:

• CentOS 4.4
• Subversion 1.1.4

Install subversion using yum

yum install subversion 

Install the Apache module mod_dav_svn

yum install mod_dav_svn

Install Virtualmin SubVersion Repositories for Webmin

Activate subversion repository for host. This will automatically create repository and add the require configuration to the virtualhost section of apache's httpd.conf.

(See also Setup subversion repository permission)

[edit] Manually

Alternatively, edit /etc/httpd/conf.d/subversion.conf and enable the following lines

<Location /repos>
   DAV svn
   SVNParentPath /var/www/svn

   # Limit write permission to list of valid users.
   <LimitExcept GET PROPFIND OPTIONS REPORT>
      # Require SSL connection for password protection.
      # SSLRequireSSL

      AuthType Basic
      AuthName "Authorization Realm"
      AuthUserFile /path/to/passwdfile
      Require valid-user
   </LimitExcept>
</Location>

Manually create repository and htpasswd file.

mkdir -p //var/www/svn/repos
svnadmin create /var/www/svn/repos
svn mkdir file://localhost/var/www/svn/repos/trunk -m "create"
svn mkdir file://localhost/var/www/svn/repos/branches -m "create"
svn mkdir file://localhost/var/www/svn/repos/tags -m "create"
chown -R apache:apache /var/www/svn/repos
htpasswd -c /path/to/passwdfile username