nixos/doc: Rudimentary documentation for Subversion-inside-Apache HTTP.
Content thanks to: Aaron Andersen
This commit is contained in:
Mike Sperber
parent
da04a8e397
commit
aaad9fd0da
@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
|
||||
<xi:include href="xfce.xml" />
|
||||
<xi:include href="networking.xml" />
|
||||
<xi:include href="linux-kernel.xml" />
|
||||
<xi:include href="subversion.xml" />
|
||||
<xi:include href="../generated/modules.xml" xpointer="xpointer(//section[@id='modules']/*)" />
|
||||
<xi:include href="profiles.xml" />
|
||||
<xi:include href="kubernetes.xml" />
|
||||
|
||||
140
nixos/doc/manual/configuration/subversion.xml
Normal file
140
nixos/doc/manual/configuration/subversion.xml
Normal file
@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
|
||||
<chapter xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
|
||||
xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
|
||||
xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
|
||||
version="5.0"
|
||||
xml:id="module-services-subversion">
|
||||
<title>Subversion</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
<link xlink:href="https://subversion.apache.org/">Subversion</link>
|
||||
is a centralized version-control system. It can use a <link
|
||||
xlink:href="http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.7/svn-book.html#svn.serverconfig.choosing">variety
|
||||
of protocols</link> for communication between client and server.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
<section xml:id="module-services-subversion-apache-httpd">
|
||||
<title>Subversion inside Apache HTTP</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
This section focuses on configuring a web-based server on top of
|
||||
the Apache HTTP server, which uses
|
||||
<link xlink:href="http://www.webdav.org/">WebDAV</link>/<link
|
||||
xlink:href="http://www.webdav.org/deltav/WWW10/deltav-intro.htm">DeltaV</link>
|
||||
for communication.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>For more information on the general setup, please refer to
|
||||
the <link
|
||||
xlink:href="http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.7/svn-book.html#svn.serverconfig.httpd">the
|
||||
appropriate section of the Subversion book</link>.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>To configure, include in
|
||||
<literal>/etc/nixos/configuration.nix</literal> code to activate
|
||||
Apache HTTP, setting <xref linkend="opt-services.httpd.adminAddr" />
|
||||
appropriately:
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
<programlisting>
|
||||
services.httpd.enable = true;
|
||||
services.httpd.adminAddr = ...;
|
||||
networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [ 80 443 ];
|
||||
</programlisting>
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>For a simple Subversion server with basic authentication,
|
||||
configure the Subversion module for Apache as follows, setting
|
||||
<literal>hostName</literal> and <literal>documentRoot</literal>
|
||||
appropriately, and <literal>SVNParentPath</literal> to the parent
|
||||
directory of the repositories,
|
||||
<literal>AuthzSVNAccessFile</literal> to the location of the
|
||||
<code>.authz</code> file describing access permission, and
|
||||
<literal>AuthUserFile</literal> to the password file.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
<programlisting>
|
||||
services.httpd.extraModules = [
|
||||
# note that order is *super* important here
|
||||
{ name = "dav_svn"; path = "${pkgs.apacheHttpdPackages.subversion}/modules/mod_dav_svn.so"; }
|
||||
{ name = "authz_svn"; path = "${pkgs.apacheHttpdPackages.subversion}/modules/mod_authz_svn.so"; }
|
||||
];
|
||||
services.httpd.virtualHosts = {
|
||||
"svn" = {
|
||||
hostName = HOSTNAME;
|
||||
documentRoot = DOCUMENTROOT;
|
||||
locations."/svn".extraConfig = ''
|
||||
DAV svn
|
||||
SVNParentPath REPO_PARENT
|
||||
AuthzSVNAccessFile ACCESS_FILE
|
||||
AuthName "SVN Repositories"
|
||||
AuthType Basic
|
||||
AuthUserFile PASSWORD_FILE
|
||||
Require valid-user
|
||||
'';
|
||||
}
|
||||
</programlisting>
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
The key <code>"svn"</code> is just a symbolic name identifying the
|
||||
virtual host. The <code>"/svn"</code> in
|
||||
<code>locations."/svn".extraConfig</code> is the path underneath
|
||||
which the repositories will be served.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para><link
|
||||
xlink:href="https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Subversion">This
|
||||
page</link> explains how to set up the Subversion configuration
|
||||
itself. This boils down to the following:
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Underneath <literal>REPO_PARENT</literal> repositories can be set up
|
||||
as follows:
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
<screen>
|
||||
<prompt>$ </prompt> svn create REPO_NAME
|
||||
</screen>
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
<para>Repository files need to be accessible by
|
||||
<literal>wwwrun</literal>:
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
<screen>
|
||||
<prompt>$ </prompt> chown -R wwwrun:wwwrun REPO_PARENT
|
||||
</screen>
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
The password file <literal>PASSWORD_FILE</literal> can be created as follows:
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
<screen>
|
||||
<prompt>$ </prompt> htpasswd -cs PASSWORD_FILE USER_NAME
|
||||
</screen>
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Additional users can be set up similarly, omitting the
|
||||
<code>c</code> flag:
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
<screen>
|
||||
<prompt>$ </prompt> htpasswd -s PASSWORD_FILE USER_NAME
|
||||
</screen>
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
The file describing access permissions
|
||||
<literal>ACCESS_FILE</literal> will look something like
|
||||
the following:
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
<programlisting>
|
||||
[/]
|
||||
* = r
|
||||
|
||||
[REPO_NAME:/]
|
||||
USER_NAME = rw
|
||||
</programlisting>
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
<para>The Subversion repositories will be accessible as <code>http://HOSTNAME/svn/REPO_NAME</code>.</para>
|
||||
</section>
|
||||
</chapter>
|
||||
Loading…
Reference in New Issue
Block a user