How to copy Subversion repositories to another server

David Dietrich — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 11:51:02 +0000

Ensure you have a working Subversion installation with Apache installed on your system.

On the source machine, dump each repository:

> svnadmin dump /path/to/repository > repository-name.dmp

Copy repository-name.dmp to the target server.

Load the repository into the new server:

> cd /path/to/new-repository
> svnadmin create repository-name
> svnadmin load repository-name < repository-name.dmp

Reassign apache permissions:

> chown -R apache.apache repository-name

You are now ready to begin using your repository on the new server!

How to install Subversion with Apache HTTPD

David Dietrich — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 10:32:48 +0000

Ensure you have Apache installed on your system.
Ensure you have mod_dav_svn installed:
```
> yum -y update mod_dav_svn
```

Edit /etc/httpd/conf.d/subversion.conf and append the following lines to the end of your config file:


DAV svn
SVNParentPath /var/svn
AuthType Basic
AuthName "Subversion repository"
AuthUserFile /etc/svn-auth-file
AuthzSVNAccessFile /etc/svnserve.conf
Require valid-user

Create a file called /etc/svn-auth-file
Assign permission:

> chown root.root /etc/svn-auth-file
> chmod 644 /etc/svn-auth-file

Add users to /etc/svn-auth-file (one per line) in the form:
tom:$apr1$hDMIx…$abctozvZbC9J6/heHBBe481You can use htpasswd to do this automatically:

> ### First time: use -cm to create the file
> ### Use -m to use MD5 encryption of the password, which is more secure
> htpasswd -m /etc/svn-auth-file harry
New password: *****
Re-type new password: *****
Adding password for user harry
> htpasswd /etc/svn-auth-file -m sally
New password: *******
Re-type new password: *******
Adding password for user sally
>

Create a file called /etc/svnserve.conf
Fill it with:
```
[/]
*=
svnUser=rw
```
The user svnUser is being granted read and write access to all projects, while all other users (*) are being denied access.

Assign permissions:

> chown root.apache /etc/svnserve.conf
> chmod 640 /etc/svnserve.conf

Create /var/svn.

> mkdir -p /var/svn
> chmod 755 /var/svn

If you are running SELinux, run:

> chcon -R -h -t httpd_sys_content_t /var/svn

You are now ready to being adding Subversion repositories!

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How to copy Subversion repositories to another server

How to install Subversion with Apache HTTPD