If you are running a few projects, there is no doubt that today or tomorrow you shall need a version control system. A version control system keeps track of the different versions of a project. It is now a days a crucial tool in software development. In this post we shall see how we can install subversion on Ubuntu.
To follow this tutorial you shall need:
- Ubuntu server
- Root access or sudo privilege
- A command line text editor (like nano)
Subversion depends on the apache web server. So, before we get started, we are going to install apache first. Type this command on your terminal and press enter:
sudo apt-get install libapache2-svn apache2
Subversion requires secure connection with the client so it needs SSL. We can enable SSL in apache using this command on Ubuntu:
sudo a2enmod ssl
Now open the configuration file for SSL and define the port as 443:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/ports.conf
Once open edit the file like this:
<IfModule mod_ssl.c>
Listen 443
</IfModule>
Now, we have directed apache to run SSL on port 443, we need to generate some SSL certificates. Use the following commands one after one:
sudo apt-get install ssl-cert sudo mkdir /etc/apache2/ssl sudo /usr/sbin/make-ssl-cert /usr/share/ssl-cert/ssleay.cnf /etc/apache2/ssl/apache.pem
We’re done dealing with the secure connection. We shall next move to create virtual host for our server. Please use the following commands:
sudo cp /etc/apache2/sites-available/default /etc/apache2/sites-available/svnserver sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/svnserver
The last command shall open up a text file, Change: “NameVirtualHost *” to “NameVirtualHost *:443″ and
SSLEngine on SSLCertificateFile /etc/apache2/ssl/apache.pem SSLProtocol all SSLCipherSuite HIGH:MEDIUM
Now let’s enable site and restart apache:
sudo a2ensite svnserver sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
We have successfully setup a svn server on a Ubuntu machine. On a later post, we shall see how we can create svn repos and manage them.
