h0h4/svn-apache repository overview

⁠SVN Apache

Subversion with apache in a docker container.

This container is meant as a simple appliance to get svn up and running over webdav. The apache web-server is used for the webdav interface.

Important: This container should not be used as a stand-alone solution in production. It is configured to use basic authentication over an unencrypted connection. Please either change the configuration or use this container with an SSL-proxy.

⁠Configuration

The main apache configuration file is located at /etc/apache2/httpd.config. The rest of this section assumes that you are using the configuration file provided with the container.

⁠Port

With the default configuration port 80 is exposed.

⁠SVN repository directory

The default repository directory is /var/svn. You can mount a host volume to this path using the -v argument (e.g. -v /custom/path:/var/svn).

⁠Authentication

The default authentication scheme is basic. The password file is located at /etc/svn/auth.htpasswd. New users can be added using the following command:

htpasswd -c -m /etc/svn/auth.htpasswd <username>

⁠Authorization

The default is configuration relies on path authorization using the file /etc/svn/authorization. A simple example file for path authorization looks like this:

[/]
* = r
<username> = rw

⁠Running the container

This is a simple example mounting host volumes for the svn repository and configuration. The default port (80) is mapped to 8080 on the host.

docker run --name svn -v /custom/repo/path:/var/svn -v /custom/config/path:/etc/svn -p 8080:80 -d svn-apache

⁠Administration

You can do administrative tasks by launching a shell in the running container.

docker exec -it <name of svn container> sh

⁠Create a new repository

From within the container execute

svnadmin create <name of repository>