See a Subversion repository from Redmine

NOTE: The Approach A sections referred to below do not apply to Bitnami native installers. Users of Bitnami native installers should refer only to the Approach B sections.

NOTE: The Windows installer for the Bitnami Redmine Stack no longer includes Subversion. Linux and Mac OS X installers for this stack continue to include Subversion as before.

Redmine lets users check repository changes and link to cases. Simply configure the “Repository URL” in the project’s “Settings -> Repositories” tab.

SCM: Subversion
URL: http://your_repository
Login: repository_login
Password: repository_password

Configure Redmine for advanced integration with Subversion

Before starting this guide, take into account that this is not necessary to see the repository changes in the Redmine application. If you only want to see the repository changes and link to the issues, it is only necessary to configure the project repository: “Project -> Settings -> Repository -> URL and Control Version System”.

This Redmine configuration is for automatic repository creation and rights management. Since v1.1.3-1, Redmine Stack ships all required modules for this configuration. This guide has been updated to work with Redmine 2.1.4.

Follow these steps:

• Install the ActiveResource gem:

    $ sudo installdir/ruby/bin/gem install activeresource
  

• Make sure that the mod_dav module is enabled in your Apache configuration file (httpd.conf). This module should be loaded before the modules mentioned in the next step.

    LoadModule dav_module modules/mod_dav.so
  

• Add the following lines in the Apache configuration file:

    LoadModule dav_svn_module modules/mod_dav_svn.so
    LoadModule perl_module modules/mod_perl.so
  

• You will also need to add the following lines to the installdir/apache2/bin/envvars file, depending on your installation type.

  NOTE: The paths may change depending on the stack version.

  • Approach A (Bitnami installations using system packages):

      LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/usr/lib/perl/lib/5.16.3/x86_64-linux-thread-multi/CORE/:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
      export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
    

  • Approach B (Self-contained Bitnami installations):

      LD_LIBRARY_PATH="installdir/perl/lib/5.16.3/x86_64-linux-thread-multi/CORE/:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
      export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
    

• Copy the Redmine.pm file into the Perl modules folder. Depending on your installation type, execute the following commands:

  • Approach A (Bitnami installations using system packages):

      $ cp installdir/redmine/extra/svn/Redmine.pm /usr/lib/perl/lib/site_perl/5.16.3/x86_64-linux-thread-multi/Apache2/
    

  • Approach B (Self-contained Bitnami installations):

      $ cp installdir/apps/redmine/htdocs/extra/svn/Redmine.pm installdir/perl/lib/site_perl/5.16.3/*/Apache2/
    

• Create a directory for the repository, for instance:

    $ sudo mkdir -p installdir/repository/svn
    $ sudo chmod -R 0755 installdir/repository
    $ sudo chown -R root:daemon installdir/repository
  

  If you installed the stack using a non-root user account, replace the root:daemon username in the command above with the username you used at installation time.

• Add the lines below to the Apache configuration files for Redmine:

  NOTE: Depending on your installation type, the Redmine configuration files for Redmine can be found in the following locations:

  • Approach A (Bitnami installations using system packages): installdir/apache2/conf/vhosts/redmine-vhost.conf and installdir/apache2/conf/vhosts/redmine-https-vhost.conf

  • Approach B (Self-contained Bitnami installations): installdir/apps/redmine/conf/httpd-app.conf

    PerlLoadModule Apache2::Redmine
    <Location /svn>
      DAV svn
      SVNParentPath "installdir/repository/svn"
      Order deny,allow
      Deny from all
      Satisfy any
  
      PerlAccessHandler Apache::Authn::Redmine::access_handler
      PerlAuthenHandler Apache::Authn::Redmine::authen_handler
      AuthType Basic
      AuthName "Redmine SVN Repository"
  
      #read-only access
      <Limit GET PROPFIND OPTIONS REPORT>
         Require valid-user
         Allow from all
         # Allow from another-ip
         Satisfy any
      </Limit>
      # write access
      <LimitExcept GET PROPFIND OPTIONS REPORT>
        Require valid-user
      </LimitExcept>
  
      ## for mysql
      RedmineDSN "DBI:mysql:database=bitnami_redmine;host=localhost;mysql_socket=installdir/mysql/tmp/mysql.sock"
  
      RedmineDbUser "bitnami"
      RedmineDbPass "bitnami_database_password"
      #You can find this value at config/database.yml
    </Location>
  

• Restart the server:

      $ sudo installdir/ctlscript.sh restart apache
  

• Log in to the Redmine application as administrator and navigate to “Settings -> Repositories -> Enable WS for repository management”.

• Click “Generate a key” and save the key.

• Add the following line in the crontab, depending on your installation type. You can edit the crontab using the command crontab -e:

  NOTE: Replace the localhost, YOUR_APACHE_PORT and YOUR_API_KEY placeholders with the actual domain of your Redmine server, the port used by Apache and the Redmine API key, respectively.

  • Approach A (Bitnami installations using system packages):

      */2 * * * * installdir/ruby/bin/ruby installdir/redmine/extra/svn/reposman.rb --redmine http://localhost:YOUR_APACHE_PORT --svn-dir installdir/repository/svn --owner root --group daemon --command="installdir/subversion/bin/svnadmin create --pre-1.6-compatible --fs-type fsfs" --url http://localhost:YOUR_APACHE_PORT/svn --key="YOUR_API_KEY" --verbose >> /var/log/reposman.log
    

  • Approach B (Self-contained Bitnami installations):

      */2 * * * * installdir/ruby/bin/ruby installdir/apps/redmine/htdocs/extra/svn/reposman.rb --redmine http://localhost:YOUR_APACHE_PORT --svn-dir installdir/repository/svn --owner root --group daemon --command="installdir/subversion/bin/svnadmin create --pre-1.6-compatible --fs-type fsfs" --url http://localhost:YOUR_APACHE_PORT/svn --key="YOUR_API_KEY" --verbose >> /var/log/reposman.log
    

  If you have configured Redmine for access over SSL, you can specify --redmine https://localhost in the previous crontab line.

  If you installed the stack using a non-root user account, replace the root username and daemon group name in the command above with the ones you used at installation time.

Check that everything works properly creating a project from the Redmine application and checking the /var/log/reposman.log file.

Thanks to Jedbifa who posted a complete guide in the Bitnami forums.