Subversion : Access to Repositories via HTTP2024/07/24

	Access to Repositories via HTTP, without running [svnserve]. This setting is not effective to the case you access via [svn://] or [file://].
[1]	Install Apache2, refer to here.
[2]	Configure SSL/TLS to Apache2, refer to here. (Optional for this setting)
[3]	Install required packages.

root@dlp:~#

apt -y install libapache2-mod-svn

[4]	Configure Apache2. For example, Set HTTP access to [/var/svn/repos/project] repository.

root@dlp:~#

vi /etc/apache2/conf-available/subversion.conf

# create new

<Location /project>
    DAV svn
    AuthType Basic
    AuthName "DAV SVN"
    AuthUserFile /var/svn/.svnpasswd
    Require valid-user
    SVNPath /var/svn/repos/project
</Location>

root@dlp:~#

a2enmod dav_svn

root@dlp:~#

a2enconf subversion

root@dlp:~#

chown -R www-data:www-data /var/svn/repos/project

root@dlp:~#

systemctl restart apache2

# add users

root@dlp:~#

htpasswd -c /var/svn/.svnpasswd ubuntu

New password:
Re-type new password:
Adding password for user ubuntu

[5]	If also set access permission, Configure like follow.

root@dlp:~#

vi /var/svn/repos/project/conf/authzsvn.conf

# create new
# set group

[groups]
developer = ubuntu,debian
operator = noble

# everyone can [Read] access on root directory

[/]
* = r

# only [developer] group can [Read/Write] under the [trunk] directory

[project:/trunk]
@developer = rw

# only [operator] group can [Read/Write] under the [branches] directory

[project:/branches]
@operator = rw

# only [operator] group can [Read/Write] under the [tags] directory

[project:/tags]
@operator = rw

root@dlp:~#

vi /etc/apache2/conf-available/subversion.conf

<Location /project>
    DAV svn
    AuthType Basic
    AuthName "DAV SVN"
    AuthUserFile /var/svn/.svnpasswd
    Require valid-user
    SVNPath /var/svn/repos/project
    # add the line
    AuthzSVNAccessFile /var/svn/repos/project/conf/authzsvn.conf
</Location>

root@dlp:~#

systemctl reload apache2

[6]	Verify settings to access via HTTP/HTTPS from any Hosts.

noble@node01:~$

svn --username ubuntu list https://dlp.srv.world/project

Authentication realm: <https://dlp.srv.world:443> DAV SVN
Password for 'ubuntu': ********

branches/
tags/
trunk/

noble@node01:~$

echo 'store-plaintext-passwords = no' >> ~/.subversion/servers

noble@node01:~$

mkdir work

noble@node01:~$

cd work

noble@node01:~/work$

svn --username ubuntu co https://dlp.srv.world/project

Authentication realm: <https://dlp.srv.world:443> DAV SVN
Password for 'ubuntu': ********

A    project/branches
A    project/tags
A    project/trunk
A    project/trunk/index.html
Checked out revision 4.

noble@node01:~/work$

cd project/trunk

# after creating or editing any files under the repository,
# try to [commit] with [noble] user

noble@node01:~/work/project/trunk$

echo index.html >> index.html

noble@node01:~/work/project/trunk$

svn --username noble ci index.html -m "update by noble"

Authentication realm: <https://dlp.srv.world:443> DAV SVN
Password for 'noble': ********

Sending        index.html
Transmitting file data .svn: E195023: Commit failed (details follow):
svn: E195023: Changing file '/home/noble/work/project/trunk/index.html' is forbidden by the server
svn: E175013: While preparing '/home/noble/work/project/trunk/index.html' for commit
svn: E175013: Access to '/project/!svn/txr/4-4/trunk/index.html' forbidden
# denied normally as settings

# [commit] with [debian] user

noble@node01:~/work/project/trunk$

svn --username debian ci index.html -m "update by debian"

Authentication realm: <https://dlp.srv.world:443> DAV SVN
Password for 'debian': ********

Sending        index.html
Transmitting file data .done
Committing transaction...
Committed revision 5.
# done normally as settings

[7]	It's also possible to access on Web browser (read only).

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