Setting up a subversion server;
Notes:
[font=Calibri]-[/font] I have only done this on Windows XP 32 and 64 bit, but it should be similar for Vista/Windows7.
[font=Calibri]-[/font] If you are having trouble connecting to the server from either RDP or via your CVS Client, make sure the default Windows Firewall is turned off or the port is forwarded.
[font=Calibri]-[/font] To shut down your server via RDP open the Task Manager->Shut Down->Turn Off. This way you should never have to have a monitor hooked up to your server unless there is a major problem and you cannot connect to it.
1. Navigate to (http://subversion.ap...es.html#windows)
2. Download and Install Win32Svn
3. Right click My Computer->Properties->Advanced->Environment Variables->Add system variable
a. Name: SVN_EDITOR
b. VALUE: C:\Windows\Notepad.exe
4. Click Start->Run
5. Type "cmd" and hit enter
6. Type the following command to create the repository "svnadmin create d:\Repository" (You can change the d:\Repository" to wherever you want yours to be
7. Create a .bat file on your desktop called "Server Start". Edit this batch file and put the following command in it; "svnserve -d -r d:\Repository"
8. Now it is time to set up users. Navigate to your repository (d:\Repository\conf)
9. Edit svnserve.conf
10. Scroll to [General] and remove the pound and space from # anon-access read and # auth-access = write
11. Add the following line under the auth-access;
a. password-db = passwd
12. If the "passwd" file does not exist in the conf directory, create it.
13. Edit this file
14. Enter the following to this file;
a. [users]
b. Hit enter
c. Now enter in users you want to have write access to this repository. Here is an example "Brandon=monkey"
15. Open the "authz" folder in the configuration directory. Scroll to the bottom of the file and add the following data;
a. Type(with the brackets): [repository]
b. Hit enter
c. Type: $authenticated = rw
16. Click Start->Settings->Control Panel->Scheduled Tasks->Add New Task
17. Point the new task to run that "Server Start.bat" file we created earlier and under "Perform this task;" set it to "When I log on" this way when your server starts and you log in, it will automatically start the repository
18. Right click My Computer->Properties->Remote
19. Check the "Allow users to connect remotely to this computer"
a. You MUST have a password on your user account for this to work
b. Click "Select Remote Users" and select the user accounts you want to be able to RDP to the server
20. Restart your computer to make sure everything takes effect
Configuring your client computers to use the server;
To setup remote connecting to the server
1) Using your RDP(Remote Desktop Protocol) client of choice (RoyalTS or Windows built in Remote Desktop Client) open it up
2) Set the address/host to your servers name or IP address
3) Hit connect and enter your username/password of the servers account
4) If everything was setup properly you will connect to your server
5) Close down the RDP window as you now know you can connect to it remotely
6) Download and install Tortoise SVN or your CVS client of choice
7) Right click in a directory and click "Repository Browser"
8) Enter the below into the URL replacing my servers name (xxcheste-23eada) with either your servers IP address or computer name
a. svn://xxcheste-23eada
That should be it, you should be able to check out and commit work now. Enjoy the flexibility of versioning now.
This article was written by Brandon McCulligh based off the information compiled off the Internet and makes strong reference to the article below;
http://www.jaredrich...bversion_server
Use the above link for troubleshooting information
I hope this helps some people out.
Thank you for reading and best of luck in your future endeavours.
Also, why aren't you simply installing the server as a Windows service? Makes it more comfortable (if it works)