SVN Setup on Xserve 10.5.5
I have been attempting to setup and run a Subversion server on my Xserve 10.5.5. I followed the very robust instructions located at the following url to setup svn:
http://blog.paploo.net/2007/10/how-to-manage-your-own-subversion.html
Unfortunately, after receiving MANY "svn:301 moved permanently" errors, I finally gave up and decided to come here.
Initially, I wanted my svn repositories to be shared using AFP. When doing so, I could connect to the repositories just fine, but would receive "svn: can't get exclusive lock on file" errors. After doing extensive research, I found that AFP and SVN don't go together well.
I also attempted to host an svn directory on a site hosted by the Xserve but continually received the 301 error.
I wanted to know if anyone has successfully setup and run SVN on an Xserve and exactly how did you set it up?
Have you used multiple repositories successfully?
Where did you store your parent svn directory and repository folders?
How do your users access it? AFP? https?
Does anyone have any advice to help me setup SVN properly?
As I am still unable to get SVN working properly, I thought I would post a reply that would show my current status and implementation method. I am hoping that someone will see this, and help me finalize the setup process. The domain name has been changed to domain.com to simplify the setup.
I've created an svn parent directory at:
/Users/Shared/svn
I then created a repository, and allowed apache to write to the directory by running the following commands:
$> mkdir /Users/Shared/svn/domain.com
$> svnadmin create /Users/Shared/svn/domain.com
$> chown -R www:www /Users/Shared/svn/domain.com
I have then created a website (via Server Admin) that loads /Users/Shared/svn as it's "Web Folder." This website is accessible via the svn subdomain, example:
http://svn.domain.com/
In Server Admin, I then enabled WebDAV for this specific site.
I then ran the following command to create a user/password file to authenticate svn users:
$> htpasswd -cm /etc/apache2/svn-auth-file.passwd username
Last but not least, I went into the associated .conf file and made the following changes. Please note, the configuration file is named specific to this site (example: 0002_<ip address>_svn.domain.com.conf). I did not modify httpd.conf or load an extra .conf file.
<Directory "/Users/Shared/svn">
AllowOverride None
Options All -Includes -ExecCGI +MultiViews +Indexes
DAV svn
SVNParentPath /Users/Shared/svn
AuthName "SVN Repository"
AuthUserFile /etc/apache2/svn-auth-file.passwd
<Limit GET HEAD OPTIONS CONNECT POST PROPFIND PUT DELETE PROPPATCH MKCOL COPY MOVE LOCK UNLOCK>
Require valid-user
</Limit>
AuthType Basic
</Directory>
Here's where things get strange. I stop and restart apache, and attempt to access the svn repository via browser at: http://svn.domain.com/domain.com. When I access the url I am prompted for a password. Both OD users and the user I setup using the svn-auth-file.passwd login fine, and then display:
Revision 0:/
Powered by Subversion 1.4.4 (r25188).
So, it seems everything is working fine via browser. (Tested in Firefox 3 & Safari)
But, if I attempt to access the repository using the svn checkout command and the same username/password combination I receive 301 Moved Permanently errors. Example:
$> svn checkout http://svn.domain.com/domain.com
$> Password for 'username':
svn: PROPFIND request failed on '/domain.com'
svn: PROPFIND of '/domain.com': 301 Moved Permanently (http://svn.domain.com)
$>
I receive the same errors when attempting to access the repository using Coda (http://www.panic.com/coda/).
The error logs show the following lines on failed attempts:
[Mon Nov 03 13:41:10 2008] [error] [client 10.1.1.5] modauthapple: User username: authentication failure for "/domain.com": User not found by checkpw
[Mon Nov 03 13:41:10 2008] [error] [client 10.1.1.5] modauthapple: User username: authentication failure for "/domain.com": Password mismatch according to htaccess file
Does anyone have any suggestions as to why this would be happening? And/or what I can do to alleviate these issues and get svn setup properly?
If you have any experience with svn setup, please don't hesitate to help me out. I am approaching desperate.
Thank you.
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Check here for an illustration: http://www.flickr.com/photos/88064208@N00/37339947/
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