How To Install Subversion 1.9.x On CentOS 7

Create yum repository (/etc/yum.repos.d/wandisco-svn.repo)

[WandiscoSVN]
name=Wandisco SVN 
baseurl=http://opensource.wandisco.com/centos/7/svn-1.9/RPMS/$basearch/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0

Remove previous version to avoid conflict

sudo yum remove subversion

sudo yum clean all

Installing subversion

sudo yum install mod_dav_svn subversion

checking svnserve version

svnserve --version

  or

svn --version

Creating Respository
1. make a directory for repositories

sudo mkdir /srv/svn/repos 

cd /srv/svn/repos 

sudo svnadmin create TEST0001V0

Set file permission

sudo chown -R root:svngrp /srv/svn/repos

sudo chmod -R g+rws /srv/svn/repos

2. Modified configuration files
    2.1 TEST0001V0/conf/authz

[groups]

rd2     = tony
[/]

tony    = rw

@rd2    = rw

* =

[repository:/]

@test   = r

* =

 2.2 TEST0001V0/conf/passwd

[users]

tony    = tonypassword

test    = testpassword

2.3 TEST0001V0/conf/svnserve.conf

[general]

anon-access = none

auth-access = write



password-db = passwd

check svn process (looking for svnserve)

sudo ps aux | grep svn

check svn service (default port 3690)

sudo netstat -ntlp | grep -i svn

stop svn server

sudo killall -9 svnserve

start svn server

sudo svnserve -d

How to start svnserve with systemctl systemd

1. /etc/systemd/system/svnserve.service

[Unit]
Description=Subversion protocol daemon
After=syslog.target network.target

[Service]
Type=forking
RuntimeDirectory=svnserve
#PIDFile=/run/svnserve/svnserve.pid
EnvironmentFile=/etc/default/svnserve
#ExecStart=/usr/bin/svnserve $DAEMON_ARGS
#ExecStart=/usr/bin/svnserve -d -r /srv/svn/repos
ExecStart=/usr/bin/svnserve -d
User=svnuser
Group=svngrp
KillMode=control-group
Restart=on-failure

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
#Alias=svnserve.service




2. /etc/default/svnserve

# svnserve options
DAEMON_ARGS="--daemon --pid-file /run/svnserve/svnserve.pid --root /srv/svn/repos --log-file /var/log/svnserve/svnserve.log"

3. log file

mkdir /var/log/svnserve

chown someone /var/log/svnserve

4. To end with log rotation configuration /etc/logrotate.d/svnserve

/var/log/svnserve/*.log {
    daily
    missingok
    rotate 14
    compress
    notifempty
    create 640 svn adm
    sharedscripts
    postrotate
            if /bin/systemctl status svnserve > /dev/null ; then \
                /bin/systemctl restart svnserve > /dev/null; \
            fi;
    endscript
}

5. Edit /usr/lib/firewalld/services/svnserve.xml for subversion (add port 3690)
    PS: svnserve.xml will add a "svnserve" item on firewalld GUI

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<service>
  <short>svnserve</short>
  <description>This option allows you to access subversion (svn, svnserve).</description>
  <port protocol="udp" port="3690"/>
  <port protocol="tcp" port="3690"/>
</service>

6. Add svnserve service for firewalld and reload firewalld

sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-service=svnserve
sudo firewall-cmd --reload
sudo systemctl status firewalld

7. Stop and start svn again
stop svn server

sudo killall -9 svnserve

start svn server

sudo svnserve -d

8. check svn service (default port 3690) again

sudo netstat -ntlp | grep -i svn

Refer to:
  1. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38197727/how-to-start-svnserve-with-systemctl-systemd/40584047
  2. http://www.voidcn.com/article/p-kwmdzbek-bbu.html
  3. https://www.vultr.com/docs/how-to-setup-an-apache-subversion-svn-server-on-centos-7