In every software project there is need for version control system. Here we will list out steps for install SVN server on Ubuntu machine.

Install Apache

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install apache2

sudo systemctl start apache2

Install Apache Subversion

sudo apt-get install subversion libapache2-mod-svn

sudo apachectl -M

sudo a2enmod dav

sudo a2enmod dav_svn

sudo a2enmod authz_svn

sudo service apache2 restart

Create SVN Repository

Most common places for Subversion repository are: /srv/svn, /usr/local/svn and /home/svn. Here we will assume /home/svn as repository

sudo mkdir /home/svn

Create svn repository. Here we create a repository called “IEC1000”

sudo svnadmin create /home/svn/IEC1000

change ownership and permissions

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /home/svn/IEC1000/

sudo chmod -R 775 /home/svn/IEC1000

If you are using windows system use "TortoiseSVN" to create repository and add files/folders to SVN. 

If you are using Linux system use "rabbit SVN" to create repository. 

sudo apt-get install rabbitvcs-nautilus

Access via WebDAV protocol (http://)

First install the package libapache2-svn then add the following snippet in your /etc/apache2/mods-available/dav_svn.conf file:

<Location /svn>
DAV svn
SVNPath /home/svn/IEC1000
AuthType Basic
AuthName "myproject subversion repository"
AuthUserFile /etc/subversion/passwd
Require valid-user
</Location>

Create first user and passwd file using following command 
sudo htpasswd -cm /etc/subversion/passwd user_name1
create second user and onward using following command  
sudo htpasswd -m /etc/subversion/passwd user_name2

Restart Apache

sudo systemctl restart apache2

Now you can test configured SVN using local host with following URL on browser,

http://localhost/svn/IEC1000

Schedule Repository Backup

Create a backup folder.

sudo mkdir -p /etc/backcups

Change user to root user.

sudo su -

Edit crontab.

crontab -e

In the following command, we schedule svn backup midnight every day.

0 0 * * * svnadmin dump /home/svn/IEC100 > /etc/backcups/svnbackups-$(date +%Y%m%d).dump

If you need to restore svn repository from backup file use below commands.

Create a new repository.

svnadmin create /home/svn/restorerepo

Restore backup:

svnadmin load /home/svn/restorerepo < /etc/backups/svnbackups-20190204.dump