Re: Subversion: via Apache

I point my browser to http://hk.pimco.mobi/organic-asia/pc and it loads
fine. I ssh into the server and sudo bash. Here are the versions of
httpd.conf that are sitting in the /etc/apache2 directory:
*[root_at_pimco:/etc/apache2]: **Dir httpd.conf*
-rw-r--r--+ 1 root wheel 55592 Apr 23 08:25 httpd.conf
-r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 60360 Jul 21 2009 httpd.conf.default
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 55989 Jul 15 16:09 httpd.conf.subversion
[root_at_pimco:/etc/apache2]: mv httpd.conf httpd.conf.good
*
Here is a diff to show exaclty the changes that I have made to the
httpd.conf file to enable subversion processing:
*[root_at_pimco:/etc/apache2]: diff httpd.conf.good httpd.conf.subversion
127c127
< #LoadModule dav_module libexec/apache2/mod_dav.so

---
 > LoadModule dav_module libexec/apache2/mod_dav.so
154c154
< #LoadModule dav_svn_module libexec/apache2/mod_dav_svn.so
---
 > LoadModule dav_svn_module libexec/apache2/mod_dav_svn.so
1501a1502,1515
 >
 > # This spells out where the subversion repositories go
 > <Location /svn>
 >   DAV svn
 >   # any "/svn/foo" URL will map to a repository /var/svn/foo
 >   SVNParentPath /var/svn
 >   # how to authenticate a user
 >   AuthType Digest
 >   AuthName "Subversion repository"
 >   AuthDigestDomain /svn/
 >   AuthUserFile /etc/svn-auth-file
 >   # only authenticated users may access the repository
 >   Require valid-user
 > </Location>
[root_at_pimco:/etc/apache2]:
*These are the only changes I made to any apache configuration files to 
enable subversion.
Here is what I did to make the 'subversion' version of httpd.conf the 
active one:
*[root_at_pimco:/etc/apache2]: copy httpd.conf.subversion httpd.conf
[root_at_pimco:/etc/apache2]: apachectl restart*
*
*As of this point my browser can no longer access the web page that it 
accessed at the start of this test; instead of giving me a web page it 
gives me a blank page. I pointed my browser to http://hk.pimco.mobi/svn 
and that also gives me just a blank page. View Page Source shows a total 
blank file; not even any <http> tag. Indeed pointing the browser to 
http://hk.pimco.mobi/foobar gives me the same result; not even a 404.
The last entry in /var/log/apache2/error_log reads:
*[Sun Jul 17 19:47:05 2011] [notice] caught SIGTERM, shutting down*
which comes from the "apachectl restart" command. No error log entry for 
going to my web site no error log entry for going to /svn both of which 
give me a blank page. Nothing in /var/log/apache2/access_log in that 
time frame.
The command
*    svnserve --version*
gives this reply:
*    svnserve, version 1.6.5 (r38866)
        compiled Oct 16 2009, 02:54:10*
The command
*    svn --version*
gives this reply:
*    svn, version 1.6.5 (r38866)
        compiled Oct 16 2009, 02:54:10*
These are the timestamps on the mod_dav files:
*-rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  356432 Feb 11  2010 mod_dav.so
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  198160 Feb 11  2010 mod_dav_fs.so
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  429632 Oct 16  2009 mod_dav_svn.so*
I don't know how to get version numbers out of them.
On 07/17/2011 06:31 PM, Andy Levy wrote:
>
> Resending as I forgot reply all
>
> On Jul 17, 2011 7:30 AM, "Andy Levy" <andy.levy_at_gmail.com 
> <mailto:andy.levy_at_gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Jul 17, 2011 5:01 AM, "Andy Canfield" <andy.canfield_at_pimco.mobi 
> <mailto:andy.canfield_at_pimco.mobi>> wrote:
> > >
> > > WHOA! Near as I can tell, if you have an apache2 server offering 
> web sites
> > > http://example.com/alpha
> > > http://example.com/beta
> > > http://example.com/gamma
> > > and you configure the apache2 web server for Subversion support, 
> suddenly you can no longer access alpha and beta and gamma. DOES 
> SUBVERSION TAKE OVER THE ENTIRE APACHE SERVER????? Apparently so. Yet 
> the book makes no mention of this!
> >
> > Only true if you configure subversion under a <location /> block. If 
> you use <location /something> it won't take anything over.
> >
> > I'm fairly sure the book covers this but perhaps you didn't 
> interpret it properly.
> >
> > > Well, we can not have subversion stealing our apache server; after 
> all we plan to use subversion to maintain a web site being hosted by 
> that very server.
> >
> > Indignation doesn't win friends.
>