Setting up a Subversion Server on OS X Leopard

OS X 10.5 Leopard includes a complete Subversion and Apache 2 installation. However, Apache is not configured to provide access to a subversion repository using the WebDAV/DeltaV protocol. This can be achieved with a few simple steps:

1. Setup the SVN Repository
2. Modify Apache’s httpd.conf
3. Create httpd-svn.conf
4. Configure Authentication

Setup the SVN RepositoryTo setup the SVN repository, open the Terminal application and launch the command

svnadmin create <PATH_TO_REPO> 

Modify Apache’s httpd.confOn OS X, the Apache configuration file httpd.conf is located in

/etc/apache2/httpd.conf 

This file is only writeble for the root user. Therefore you have to edit it using

sudo vi /etc/apache2/httpd.conf 

Add the following line in the section containing the LoadModule directives

LoadModule dav_svn_module libexec/apache2/mod_dav_svn.so 

Following the conventions of the OS X Apache installation you should add the following lines close to the end of the httpd.conf file:

Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-svn.conf 

That tells Apache to read the subversion configuration from the file located at    /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-svn.confSave the modified file and exit vi. Create httpd-svn.confAgain fire up vi creating a new file with

sudo vi /etc/apache2/extra/httpd-svn.conf 

and add the following lines

<Location /repo> DAV svn SVNPath <PATH_TO_REPO></Location>

 

Now you can access the repository using the URL http://localhost/repo