This is a cookbook for a SubVersion (aka svn) installation on debian and apache2 with LDAP integration authentication.

  1. Install subversion

    apt-get install subversion

  2. Configure subversion

    mkdir /var/lib/svn
svnadmin create /var/lib/svn/repos
chown www-data:www-data /var/lib/svn/repos/ -R

  3. Install Apache2

    apt-get install apache2

  4. Set apache2 modules

    apt-get install libapache-mod-ldap libapache-auth-ldap libapache2-svn

    If needed enable modules

    a2enmod ldap
a2enmod auth_ldap

  5. Setup Apache2 website

    • Create folder

      mkdir /var/www/svnwebsite

    • Create website configuration file usually in /etc/apache2/sites-available

      NameVirtualHost svnserver.dev
<VirtualHost svnserver.dev>
   ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost

DocumentRoot /var/www/svnserver

<Directory />
   Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
   Order allow,deny
   allow from all

   ### LDAP AUTHENTICATION SPECIFICS
   # Do not check other data besides LDAP
   AuthLDAPAuthoritative on
   # Do basic password authentication in the clear
   AuthType Basic
   # The name of the protected area or "realm"
   AuthName "SVN"
   # AD requires an authenticating DN to access records
   AuthLDAPBindDN "cn=user,ou=Users,dc=domain
   # This is the password for the AuthLDAPBindDN user in AD
   AuthLDAPBindPassword "password"
   # The LDAP query URL
   AuthLDAPURL "ldap://ldapserver:389/ou=Users,dc=domain
   #authorization
   require valid-user
</Directory>

<Location /repos >
  DAV svn
  SVNParentPath /var/lib/svn/
  AuthzSVNAccessFile /etc/apache2/dav_svn.authz
</Location>

    • Enable new website

      a2ensite svnserver

    • Reload new configuration

      /etc/init.d/apache2 reload

LINKS https://www.debian-administration.org/articles/374 https://cedar-solutions.com/JSPWiki/Wiki.jsp?page=SubversionApache2 https://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Apache2_with_subversion_SVN_and_DAV https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_auth_ldap.html