Installing and configuring Apache Subversion in standalone mode on Linux

Procedure

Install the subversion package.
On Ubuntu:
```
# apt-get install subversion
```
On Red Hat or CentOS:
```
# yum install subversion
```
Create an svn directory, at the root of your system for example.
```
# mkdir /home/svn
```
Create a new SVN repository, my_repo for example.
```
# svnadmin create /home/svn/my_repo
```
Run the following command.
```
$ cd /home/svn/my_repo/conf
```
Give the permissions to read and edit the svn directory.
```
# chmod 777 /home/svn -R
```
Information noteWarning: This command gives permissions to read and edit the directory to all users.
Open the passwd file.
```
# vi passwd
```
Add the usernames and their passwords in the passwd file. For example:
```
test1=Talend123
test2=Talend123
```
Open the authz file.
```
# vi authz
```
Add the usernames you just added and give them permissions in the authz file. For example:
```
test1=r 	#Reading permission only
test2=rw	#Reading and writing permissions
```
Information noteTip: Depending on your settings, you may need to add *= to the file to make sure other users have no permissions.
Open the SVN configuration file.
```
# vi svnserve.conf
```
Uncomment the following parameters.
```
anon-access = read
auth-access = write
password-db = passwd
authz-db = authz
```
Information noteTip: Depending on your settings, you may need to uncomment the following parameter and specify the path of the repository directory: realm = /home/svn.

Restart Apache Subversion.

# svnserve -d --listen-port 3690 -r /home/svn

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