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Nicolas Chuche, 2007-11-18 21:07
first release of mod_perl/mod_dav_svn authentication and access control


Repositories access control with apache mod dav svn and mod perl

overview

In this documentation, we will configure apache to delegate
authentication to mod_perl. It's tested on apache2 with mysql and
postgresql but should work with allmost every databases for which
there is a perl DBD module.

You need a Redmine re. 860 or later. If your Redmine is older than re .916, download Redmine.pm

You need to have a working apache on your SVN server and you must
install some modules at least mod_dav_svn, mod_perl2, DBI and DBD::mysql (or the
DBD driver for you database as it should work on allmost all
databases).

On Debian/ubuntu you must do :

  aptitude install libapache2-svn libapache-dbi-perl libapache2-mod-perl2 libdbd-mysql-perl

enabling apache modules

On debian/ubuntu :

a2enmod dav
a2enmod dav_svn
a2enmod perl

apache configuration

You need to copy "Redmine.pm" on your svn server and
add something like that to your apache configuration (for example in /etc/APACHE_DIR/conf.d/

You must change the Redmine.pm path and database informations to fit your needs.

   PerlRequire /usr/local/apache/Redmine.pm
   <Location /svn>
     DAV svn
     SVNParentPath "/var/svn" 

     AuthType Basic
     AuthName redmine
     Require valid-user

     PerlAccessHandler Apache::Authn::Redmine::access_handler
     PerlAuthenHandler Apache::Authn::Redmine::authen_handler

     ## for mysql
     PerlSetVar dsn DBI:mysql:database=databasename;host=my.db.server
     ## for postgres
     # PerlSetVar dsn DBI:Pg:dbname=databasename;host=my.db.server

     PerlSetVar db_user redmine
     PerlSetVar db_pass password
  </Location>

   # a private location in read only mode to allow Redmine browsing
   <Location /svn-private>
     DAV svn
     SVNParentPath "/var/svn" 
     Order deny,allow
     Deny from all
     # only allow reading orders
     <Limit GET PROPFIND OPTIONS REPORT>
       Allow from redmine.server.ip
     </Limit>
   </Location>

It will add add two Location directives, one /svn with authentication
and access control against the Redmine database for users and one
/svn-private in read-only with ip limitation for Redmine browsing.

And that's done. You can try to browse some public repository with :

svn ls http://my.svn.server/svn/myproject

If you try to browse some non public repository, it will ask you a password.

Updated by Nicolas Chuche over 16 years ago · 1 revisions