Sucess: Subversion, apache2, SSL, ubuntu 7.10/8.04, with users

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UPDATE: 6/21/08

I followed my instructions for Ubuntu 8.04 and everything seems to work a-ok!  Make sure if you’re on ubuntu 8.04, do all the security updates before you start!

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I’m setting up a subversion source control server at home because I need some sort of version control system. I know there’s lots of tutorials out there on doing this, but none of them seemed to work start to finish from a super uber fresh ubuntu 7.10 machine… It’s understandable, most people already have live systems running.. So after all subversion/ssl/apache research, I’m basing this post on two (very exceptional) tutorials:

HOWTO – Apache2 + Subversion + SSL

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=51753

Subversion over Apache 2 on Ubuntu

http://davidwinter.me.uk/articles/2006/02/16/subversion-over-apache-2-on-ubuntu/

I’m going to take the approach that you’ve just installed Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon and starting out fresh. This setup is overkill for one guy using one source control server, but, in case one day I want to setup an Enterprise Subversion server.. well I can say that I have done it.. sooo here we go!

Apache + Subversion + SSL + Certificates + users
.. just for me.. ha ha ha ha
First!!!!…

 - Boot your freshly installed Ubuntu machine

 - Install all the updates with that handy dandy popup that ubuntu gives you in the upper
right hand corner and then grab a beverage of choice:
 [ beer | wine | box juice | mineral water | coffee | tea ]

 - Reboot if needed, then open a shell!

Install openssh-server

sudo apt-get install openssh-server

Install apache2

sudo apt-get install apache2

Install subversion

sudo apt-get install subversion

Install libapache2-svn

sudo apt-get install libapache2-svn

Restarting apache

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

Now lets enable SSL

sudo a2enmod ssl

At this point if you cat the file /etc/apache2/ports.conf, it should say the following:

jwoo@monkfish:~$ cat /etc/apache2/ports.conf
Listen 80
<IfModule mod_ssl.c>
    Listen 443
</IfModule>

Ok, now we have to run this apache2-ssl-certificate, here’s what I did:

cd
mkdir temp
cd temp
wget http://launchpadlibrarian.net/7477840/apache2-ssl.tar.gz
tar -xzvf apache2-ssl.tar.gz
sudo cp ssleay.cnf /usr/share/apache2/.
sudo mkdir /etc/apache2/ssl
sudo ./apache-ssl-certificate
[ Fill in your custom information ]

Modify your own ssl site (/etc/apache2/sites-available/myown-ssl)

cd /etc/apache2/sites-available
sudo cp default myown-ssl
sudo gedit myown-ssl

Change this from: NameVirtualHost *
To:                       NameVirtualHost *:443

Change this from: <VirtualHost *>
To:                       <VirtualHost *:443>

Right before </VirtualHost>, add in:

SSLEngine on
SSLCertificateFile /etc/apache2/ssl/apache.pem
SSLProtocol all
SSLCipherSuite HIGH:MEDIUM

	(save, quit)

Now,

sudo a2ensite myown-ssl
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

Now modify your dav_svn.conf file

sudo gedit /etc/apache2/mods-available/dav_svn.conf

<Location /svn>
	DAV svn
	SVNPath /var/lib/svn
	AuthType Basic
	AuthName "Subversion Repository"
	AuthUserFile /etc/apache2/dav_svn.passwd
	Require valid-user
</Location> 

(save and exit)

Now lets create the directory that svn will use

sudo mkdir /var/lib/svn
sudo svnadmin create /var/lib/svn
sudo chown -R www-data /var/lib/svn

Now to create a user, use the following:

sudo htpasswd -cm /etc/apache2/dav_svn.passwd jwoo

	(use any user name you want, don't use mine.. unless you have the same name as me)

Now, restart!

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

Ok. now at this point, you should be able to use firefox to go to:

https://yourserver/svn

and login with the user name and password you just created

So, now we can start adding in a structure for our source control server.

svn mkdir https://yourserver/svn/project -m "new project"
svn mkdir https://yourserver/svn/project/trunk -m "trunk"
svn mkdir https://yourserver/svn/project/branches -m "branches"
svn mkdir https://yourserver/svn/project/tags -m "tags"

Part 2, I’ll get trac going.