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Asked: 2026-06-01T10:21:37+00:00

I just hooked together Apache and SVN. Not sure what I was expecting, but

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I just hooked together Apache and SVN. Not sure what I was expecting, but something a little more exciting, I suppose. Makes me wonder what’s the use – according to Jeff Atwood, in the comments:

Setting up svn in Apache is more complicated…what does that get us? Some kind of web UI? Use of port 80?

and it turns if I want a UI, there’s several PHP interfaces already written…which begs the question, are there any advantages to Apachifying an SVN installation? Security?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Usually, I setup Apache as a front-end for my various VCS for:

    • https communication (point-to-point encryption)
    • Authentication:
      • you can demand for a “Valid-user” for your service you expose through http
      • you can link that authentication to your company LDAP in order to use the same login/password than for your Windows session
    • Service listing (you can aggregate many services behind your domain, https://yourdomain/svn being just one of them: https://yourdomain/jira, https://yourdomain/fisheye, …)
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