Re: Hosting multiple subdomains with a common SVNParentPath under apache

On 3/10/2011 12:59 PM, Daniel F. Garcia wrote:
> I have an apache server that has an alias of *.mydomain.com. What I want is to setup svn paths that switch to different repositories according to the subdomain. E.g.
>
> http://subdomain1.mydomain.com/svn -> /var/svn/subdomain1
> http://subdomain2.mydomain.com/svn -> /var/svn/subdomain2
> http://subdomain2.mydomain.com/svn -> /var/svn/subdomain3
>
> I setup a repository that used the SVNParentPath directive, then had a bunch of mod_rewrite rules to do all the mapping. I almost got it working. It worked in a web browser and repo browser but I could not do a checkout.
>
> Any ideas for a different approach? Has anyone done this successfully?
>
> Daniel F Garcia
>

I don't use SVNParentPath because I have a limited number of
repositories and don't add them on a regular basis. Instead I use
VirtualHost directives:

<VirtualHost 1.2.3.4:80>
   ServerName subdomain1.mydomain.com
<Location /svn>
     DAV svn
     SVNPath /var/svn/subdomain1
     ...
</Location>
   ...
</VirtualHost>

Note that VirtualHost directives are incompatible with https: access
because the destination host name is encrypted with the rest of the
packet data and Apache can't decrypt the packets before directing them.

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