RE: Newbee Install Problem

> I've installed the Redhat RPMS.
>
> Everything appears fine, but when I try to access the server from
> the browser using the suggested URL, it just times out with
> "Network Timeout"
>
> The Subversion httpd jobs are all running.
> I've tried changing the ports and domain.
>
> I think I've just missed something fundamental.
>
> Any Ideas?

Hm, I don't know how it works with installing RPMS on Redhat, but I suppose you have to do something more than just installing the software.

For instance, you'll have to create a new repository first, before you can do anything else:
svnadmin create /path/to/my/repository

And then you'll usually have to create some top-level directories to organize everything (e.g. trunk, branches and tags; or project1, project2, ... and trunk, branches, tags underneath each of them). There is no strict rule on how to do this (Subversion doesn't really care, it's all just directories for svn), but there are some common practices. See:
http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.5/svn.reposadmin.planning.html#svn.reposadmin.projects.chooselayout

Also, it's not because httpd processes are running, that they are correctly configured to serve your repository (maybe this is automatically arranged by installing the rpm's, but I don't know). You should check your apache config, and refer to http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.5/svn.serverconfig.httpd.html to know more about this ...

Maybe you did all that (or maybe it's implicit in the install), but that's not really clear from your mail.

If you need to understand more, take a look at the entire SVN book:
http://svnbook.red-bean.com/

And then experiment a little bit, without committing anything important, to get a feel for how it works ...

Regards,
Johan

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Received on 2009-07-01 10:05:00 CEST