General Information

This is a guide on how to setup an OpenBSD 3.9 based Subversion 1.40 and Apache 2.2.X Source Code Respository server that uses the fsfs db format with no authentication/security.  Should you need Authentication you can read the FreeBSD Subversion guide on this site until I create the 4.0 based guide.  This is not a definitive guide but a how to.  Considering this, the methods used here may not be the best ones or the most correct and assume you have some knowledge of unix.  If you have any updates and such, please e-mail them to me.

Requirements

1. OpenBSD 3.9
   
2. Apache 2.2.X
3. neon-0.25.5
4. subversion-1.4.0
   
5. libltdl-1.5.22p1
6. libtool-1.5.22
7. libxml-2.6.16p8
8. python-2.3.5p3
9. swig-1.3.24p1
10. gmake-3.80p1
11. wget-1.10.2p0(makes web download so much easier)

Installation

Install OpenBSD on a PC with at least 1 network interface card and assign it an IP address and make sure it has internet access (http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq4.html).  Then login to the console and add/install the packages above via pkg_add

# # # # # # #

pkg_add http://openbsd.mirrors.pair.com/ftp/3.9/packages/i386/libltdl-1.5.22p1.tgz pkg_add http://openbsd.mirrors.pair.com/ftp/3.9/packages/i386/libtool-1.5.22.tgz pkg_add http://openbsd.mirrors.pair.com/ftp/3.9/packages/i386/libxml-2.6.16p8 pkg_add http://openbsd.mirrors.pair.com/ftp/3.9/packages/i386/python-2.3.5p3 pkg_add http://openbsd.mirrors.pair.com/ftp/3.9/packages/i386/swig-1.3.24p1 pkg_add http://openbsd.mirrors.pair.com/ftp/3.9/packages/i386/gmake-3.80p1 pkg_add http://openbsd.mirrors.pair.com/ftp/3.9/packages/i386/wget-1.10.2p0.tgz

Download and install Neon 25.5

# # # #

wget http://webdav.org/neon/neon-0.25.5.tar.gz tar xfz neon-0.25.5.tar.gz cd neon-0.25.5 ./configure --with-ssl && make && make install && cd ..

Download and install Apache 2.2.X

# # # # #

wget http://apache.mirrors.pair.com/httpd/httpd-2.2.X.tar.gz tar xfz cd httpd-2.2.X ./configure --enable-dav --enable-dav-fs --enable-vhost-alias --enable-headers --enable-so \ --enable-maintainer-mode --enable-ssl --enable-deflate && make && make install && cd..

Download and install Subversion 1.40

# # # # # # #

wget http://subversion.tigris.org/downloads/subversion-1.4.0.tar.gz tar xfz subversion-1.4.0.tar.gz cd subversion-1.4.0 ./configure --with-apr=/usr/local/apache2/bin/apr-1-config --with-apr-util=/usr/local/apache2/bin/apu-1-config \ --with-zlib --with-apxs=/usr/local/apache2/bin/apxs --with-swig=/usr/local/bin/swig \ --enable-swig-bindings=perl,python --enable-maintainer-mode --with-httpd=/root/httpd-2.2.3 gmake && gmake install && cd ..

Configuration

Configure Subversion user/group and repository.

# # # # # #

useradd -u3690 -g=uid -c"Subversion" -d/var/empty -s/sbin/nologin _svn mkdir /var/svn && mkdir /var/svn/svnrepos svnadmin create /var/svn/svnrepos/svnrepo0 svnadmin create /var/svn/svnrepos/svnrepo1 svnadmin create /var/svn/svnrepos/svnrepo2 chown -R _svn:_svn /var/svn/svnrepos

Edit the Apache2 httpd.conf to read subversion repositories

/usr/local/apach2/conf/httpd.conf:

Apache Module Config:

# LoadModule foo_module modules/mod_foo.so LoadModule dav_svn_module     modules/mod_dav_svn.so LoadModule authz_svn_module   modules/mod_authz_svn.so

Apache User & Group Config

# If you wish httpd to run as a different user or group, you must run # httpd as root initially and it will switch. # # User/Group: The name (or #number) of the user/group to run httpd as. # It is usually good practice to create a dedicated user and group for # running httpd, as with most system services. # User _svn Group _svn

Apache SVN Directive Config

<Location /svnroot>     DAV svn     SVNListParentPath on     SVNParentPath /var/svn/svnrepos #    AuthzSVNAccessFile /home/YOUR_USERNAME/svn/obj-sh/subversion/tests/cmdline/svn-test-work/authz #    AuthType Basic #    AuthName "SVN repos" #    AuthUserFile /home/YOUR_USERNAME/svn/dav_svn.passwd #    Require valid-user </Location>

Start Apache2 to start svn repo

#	/usr/local/apache2/apachectl start

Add Apache2 to startup and shutdown scripts

/etc/rc.local:

if [ -x /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd ]; then         echo -n ' Apache2 & Subversion';        /usr/local/apache2/apachectl start fi

/etc/rc.shutdown:

if [ -x /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd ]; then         echo -n ' Apache2 & Subversion';        /usr/local/apache2/apachectl stop fi

Reboot the system to test and enjoy!

This guide is © 2006 - 2008 Amir Mesry.

Author: Amir Mesry
starkiller at web-illusions dot net