This howto describes how to install subversion on debian with the repository on a mounted nfs share.
1. Installation
aptitude install subversion libapache2-svn
2. Create the repository
mkdir /mnt/nfsshare/svn/ svnadmin create --fs-type fsfs /mnt/nfsshare/svn/project1
The path /mnt/nfsshare is the mountpoint of the NFS share, please make sure you use the fsfs filesystem type for your repository. You need this type for NFS support.
3. Permissions
chown -R www-data:www-data /mnt/nfsshare/svn/* chmod -R 770 /var/svn-repos/*
4. Enable WebDAV
a2enmod dav a2enmod dav_svn
5. Access Controll
Create an htaccess password file:
htpasswd2 -c /etc/apache2/svn.passwd your_username
6. Configurate SVN
<location /project1>
DAV svn
SVNPath /mnt/nfsshare/svn/project1
AuthType Basic
AuthName "Subversion Repository"
AuthUserFile /etc/apache2/svn.passwd
Require valid-user
SSLRequireSSL
</location>
Edit the file “/etc/apache2/mods-available/dav_svn.conf”:
7. Restart the Apache Webserver
/etc/init.d/apache2 restart
8. Connect to your subversion server
Now you can create a connection to your subversion server with your subversion client.
9. Problems
9.1 “svn: Can’t get exclusive lock on file ‘/mnt/nfsshare/svn/project1/db/txn-current-lock’: No locks available”
Check the logs on your NFS server:
tail /var/log/messages
kernel: lockd: cannot monitor nfs -Client-Name/IP
You get this error because there is a problem with the rpc.statd service.
Check if it is running:
ps -ef | grep stat
You can start this service per hand by running:
/sbin/rpc.statd
Now your subversion commit should work.
This service is part of “nfs-common” you start this service on system startup:
update-rc.d nfs-common defaults