• Install the following packages: subversion, apache2, libapache2-svn subversion-tools (if you are going to install Trac too, install it now as well). This can be done either via the package manager, or use the console (easier in my opinion). To install these packages via the console (Terminal), enter the following:

su
<it will prompt for your root (administrator) password>
apt-get update
apt-get install apache2 subversion libapache2-svn subversion-tools

• Two files are missing from Debian's Apache2 installation: apache2-ssl-certificate and ssleay.cnf (click here to download them as an archive). These must be downloaded and placed in /usr/sbin and /usr/share/apache2/, respectively. Apache2-ssl-certificate's permissions must be set to 766 and ssleay.cnf's permissions should be 644. In the console, this can be achieved via the following commands:

cd /usr/sbin/
wget http://hdrlab.org.nz/assets/Articles/SVNInstall/apache2-ssl-certificate
chmod 766 apache2-ssl-certificate
cd /usr/share/apache2/
wget http://hdrlab.org.nz/assets/Articles/SVNInstall/ssleay.cnf
chmod 644 ssleay.cnf

• Next, create the directory /etc/apache2/ssl:

mkdir /etc/apache2/ssl
cd /etc/apache2/ssl

•  Now create a self-signed certificate:

apache2-ssl-certificate

• The apache2-ssl-certificate script will ask for a few details to include in the certificate such as organization name, etc. Enter the appropriate details.
• Enable SSL in apache and restart the server:

a2enmod ssl

• Add "Listen 443" to /etc/apache2/ports.conf. This file can be modified by entering "gedit /etc/apache2/ports.conf" (without the quotes) into the console.
• Now a new virtual host must be set up for the secure server. Download this file and save it in /etc/apache2/sites-available/. This file can be modified if you wish to put the SVN repository somewhere other than /home/svn. In the console, this step can be achieved via the following commands:

cd /etc/apache2/sites-available
wget http://hdrlab.org.nz/assets/Articles/SVNInstall/ssl
chmod 644 ssl

• Enable the newly created site, and restart the server:

a2ensite ssl
/etc/init.d/apache2 force-reload

• Create the root directory for all SVN project/repositories:

cd /home
mkdir svn
chown www-data svn

•  At least one user will need to be created (replace "yourusername" with whatever you wish to have as user-name:

su www-data -c "htpasswd -c -m /home/svn/.dav_svn.passwd yourusername"

•  To add additional users, use the following line ('-c' has been removed so that it does not recreate the password file; replace "user2" with the desired user-name):

su www-data -c "htpasswd -m /home/svn/.dav_svn.passwd user2"

•  In order to test the setup, create a new project (replace newproject with the desired project name):

cd /home/svn
su www-data -c "svnadmin create newproject"

• Test the repository by opening a browser, and entering the URL , e.g., http:mysvnserver.com/svn/newproject (replace mysvnserver.com with the URL of your server, and newproject with the new project name). The web browser will warn you that the certificate is certified by an "unknown authority." This "unknown authority" is yourself (it is a self-signed certificate). Permanently accept the certificate. If everything was successful, your web browser should look something like the following:

• The installation is complete. It is now time to install Trac, or start using Subversion.