Steps to Setup SVN Server on CentOS 6

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Install SVN Packages

# yum -y install subversion mod_dav_svn

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Create directory for first SVN Repository

# mkdir /svnrepos
# cd /svnrepos
# chown -R apache.apache /svnrepos
# svnadmin create repo1

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Enable Permissions through selinux

# chcon -R -h -t httpd_sys_content_t /svnrepos

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Modify the SVN Configuration File

# vi /etc/httpd/conf.d/subversion.conf
LoadModule dav_svn_module     modules/mod_dav_svn.so
LoadModule authz_svn_module   modules/mod_authz_svn.so

<Location />
   DAV svn
   SVNParentPath /svnrepos
   SVNListParentPath on
   AuthType Basic
   AuthName "Subversion repositories"
   AuthUserFile /etc/svn-auth-users
   Require valid-user
</Location>

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Create User for SVN Access

# htpasswd -cm /etc/svn-auth-users svnuser

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Restart Apache Web Server

# service httpd restart 

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Open Firewall to allow access to port 80

# iptables -I INPUT 5 -p tcp -m state --state NEW -m tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT
# service iptables save
# service iptables restart

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Access the SVN Repository from the URL

http://<machine-IP>/repo1/

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