Hi Andreas, thanks for your reply.
Your details (replicating hooks, httpd config, etc) are too vague for
someone like me who knows very very little SVN server internals. Would it
be possible to have the procedure in written form?
OTOH, another mail said that if replication for VisualSVN does not work if
Windows Authentication. Do you use Windows Authentication?
Thanks
On 17 January 2015 at 01:14, Andreas Stieger <andreas.stieger_at_gmx.de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> A replicating setup with write-through proxies is possible with VisualSVN
> Server standard and standard tools, I had this in production for years. Set
> up the replicating hooks.
> On slaves, adjust the custom httpd config to load the required modules
> (proxy, http) and add a receiving location for the sync.
>
> Andreas
>
> Am 17.01.2015 um 00:55 schrieb STF SVN <lapsap7+svn_at_gmail.com>:
>
> I forgot some important questions:
>
> On 17 January 2015 at 00:47, STF SVN <lapsap7+svn_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I know this mailing-list has nothing to do with VisualSVN server, but I
>> really need some help.
>>
>> I need to set up SVN replication on the fly, aka write-through proxying,
>> using VisualSVN server. I know the new version of VisualSVN server
>> supports replication, but for technical reason, I'm still using old version
>> 2.7.
>>
>> I have found some articles here and there, eg
>> http://www.visualsvn.com/support/svnbook/reposadmin/maint/#svn.reposadmin.maint.replication
>> and
>> http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.7/svn.serverconfig.httpd.html#svn.serverconfig.httpd.extra.writethruproxy
>> etc etc and tried to follow them but failed. Maybe because those
>> procedures are for Linux-based SVN server? And how much are those articles
>> relevant to VisualSVN server, ie Windows-based SVN server?
>>
>
> I've read
> http://www.visualsvn.com/support/svnbook/reposadmin/maint/#svn.reposadmin.maint.replication
> several times, but I have a doubt. Does it apply totally? Can I consider
> VisualSVN Server like a *generic* Apache HTTP server? Or VisualSVN Server
> has some special modification to Apache such that something wouldn't work?
>
> I have also found this article:
>
> http://www.cardinalpath.com/how-to-use-svnsync-to-create-a-mirror-backup-of-your-subversion-repository/
> but it didn’t talk about putting the SVNMasterURI variable inside HTTPD
> config on the slave server. And as a matter of fact, I’ve gone through
> this procedure but I cannot commit to the slave server!
>
>
>> Has anyone managed to do this (ie Write-through proxying with VisualSVN
>> Server)?
>>
>> I could restart the whole setting from zero. Could someone point me out
>> the correct procedure to configure VisualSVN Server, ie in Windows, to
>> support write-through proxying, please?
>>
>> Thanks a lot
>>
>
>
Received on 2015-01-21 20:59:01 CET