I am not going to talk about the benefits of version control in your projects, those you can search and read about elsewhere. In this HowTo I am simply going to describe the steps necessary to setup your own svn repository accessible from anywhere in the world using the apache server. This will assume you are using apache installed with xampp the all-in-one installer of your WAMP (Windows Apache,MySQL,PHP) setup.
- First of all download and install Xampp, Subversion and ToirtoiseSVN
- After installing Xampp, point your browser at http://localhost to make sure that your server is running.
- Copy the files mod_authz_svn.so and mod_dav_svn.so found under your subversion bin directory (e.g. C:/Program Files/Subversion/bin/) to the C:\xampp\apache\modules directory,
- Now edit your Apache httpd.conf found under C:\xampp\apache\conf (keep a backup for peace of mind) and enable the lines
LoadModule dav_svn_module modules/mod_dav_svn.so
LoadModule authz_svn_module modules/mod_authz_svn.so
If you can’t see these lines copy-paste them from here. Then go at the end of the file and add the following lines:
# Configure Subversion repository
<Location /svn>
DAV svn
SVNPath “C:\svn”
AuthType Basic
AuthName “Subversion repository”
AuthUserFile “c:\svn_conf\passwd”
Require valid-user
</Location>
- Save and close the httpd.conf file, then restart Apache.
NOTE: In case apache does not start this means that there is something wrong in the httpd.conf file. Go to the xampp/apache/bin folder in your drive and run apache from the command line to see exactly at which line the problem is. In my Vista box for example I had to remove the quotes on the above lines to get it to work. So you need to experiment until apache gets up and running correctly.
Also note that If you have Skype running you might not be able to start any of the Xampp service due to some strange conflict. Close skype, start the xampp services you want and then start skype again. This should solve it.
- Now create two folders in your C:\ drive, one called svn and the other called svn_conf.
- In order to password protect your repository fire up a command prompt and browse into the apache/bin folder C:\xampp\apache\bin and then type htpasswd -c C:\svn_conf\passwd yourname
- Now it’s time to create your first repository. Go in the C:\svn folder just created and right-click in it. From the drop-down menu choose ToirtoiseSVN ->Create repository here. If all goes fine ToirtoiseSVN will inform you that the repository was created sucessfuly.
- Finally in order to import the directory where you keep your source code into your repository right-click on the source code directory and choose ToirtoiseSVN->Import. In the window that shows up type the path to your svn repository, that is file:///C:/svn.
Test your setup by pointing your browser to http://localhost/svn and entering the username/password combination that you have defined.
inspiration & credits:lifehacker
Filed under: HowTos | Tagged: apache, subversion, svn, toirtoisesvn, xampp
Skype uses port 80 by default for some incoming connections.
Turn it off in preferences.
Tools – Options – Connection – Use 80 and 443 ports ….
P.S.: Reboot your comp after copying *.so files.
new *.so files will probably be different from those that already there in apache/modules/. Consider making backups.
Could you please tell me how I can specify the preveilgies (read/write/no access) of repository’s folders?
As you mentioned above you talked about preveilgies of whole repository but you didn’t talk about its folders.
Note:
I tried to use VisualSVN it’s free but not open source and it’s too easy specially when you want to manage groups and users. For that i’m looking for open source distro give same easy management for SVN users and groups. Do you know open source product just like VisualSVN
Xampp is a good software
But I have Checked few other of PHP local servers and
came to conclusion that WAMP Server IS the best out there.
Easy to install, Intuitive to work with.
Great software for all PHP developers out there.
If you using Skype while working on developing
Make sure to start WHAP before Skype (and not the other way around).
That the only “bug” I have found.
Strongly recommend to use it!
What do you think?
Как по мне – тема раскрыта четко, спасибо за пост!
Thanks for the info. I had some trouble with the lines I had to add to the httpd.conf at the end. When I copied/pasted from the web page, the double-quotes were not correct for some reason.
I deleted the quotes and manually typed them in and they looked different. So, issue resolved by replacing the quotes manually.
I am using Notepad++ for text editor. I haven’t experimented, but I think Notepad++ interpreted the double-quotes as something different when pasted?
I have done as you described.. but get a error :
“Could not open the requested SVN filesystem”
Anyone who knows how this can be fixed ?
Thank you for the guide serk01!
I also had the same problem as Chris. I am on Vista and had to delete quotes and manually enter them for Apache to start. Hope this information is helpful to someone else.
@Bo: I experienced same problem, turns out the issue is that the link in the post is pointing toward an old version of Subversion. Go here to get the latest version: http://subversion.tigris.org/