Setting Up Apache Subversion on Debian/Ubuntu 🌱

Installing Apache Subversion

1. Log into the Linux device
2. Run the following commands in a terminal:
   # update software repositories
   sudo apt update
   # install apache
   sudo apt install apache2
   # install subversion and apache modules
   sudo apt install subversion libapache2-mod-svn
   # create a new subversion group
   sudo groupadd subversion
   # add user(s) to the new group
   sudo addgroup i12bretro subversion
   # create the repository directory and set permissions
   sudo mkdir /var/lib/svn
   sudo chown -R www-data:subversion /var/lib/svn/
   sudo chmod -R 770 /var/lib/svn/
   # create a test repository
   sudo svnadmin create /var/lib/svn/Youtube_TEST
   # enable apache modules
   sudo a2enmod dav dav_svn
   # create a new svn.conf file to configure the site
   sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/svn.conf
3. Paste the following configuration into svn.conf

   Alias /svn /var/lib/svn
   
   <Location /svn>
      DAV svn
      SVNListParentPath On
      SVNParentPath /var/lib/svn
      Require all granted
      AllowOverride None
   </Location>

4. Press CTRL+O, Enter, CTRL+X to write the changes to svn.conf
5. Continue with the following commands to enable the site and restart Apache:
   # enable the svn site
   sudo a2ensite svn
   # restart apache2 service for the changes to take effect
   sudo systemctl restart apache2
6. Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP/svn/Youtube_TEST
7. A bare bones directory listing of the "Youtube_TEST - Revision 0: /" should be displayed