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Hi, I have a Virtual machine at xxx.co.uk with Debian Lenny and Apache2. I am trying to install SVN and have been following this guide:
http://wiki.slicehost.com/doku.php?id=install_and_setup_apache_with_ssl_and_subversion
The part where I get stuck is the virtual hosts. I have tried reading loads of guides/posts on this but everybody seems to do it a different way httpd.conf/apache2.cong/sites-enabled. Some say its an issue with DNS some say DNS doesn't matter its all on Pache side. I am just really confused.

Well I have installed SVN and http://example.com/websites as a quick fix inside dav_svn.conf file:

<Location /websites>
	DAV svn
	SVNPath /var/svn/websites

	AuthType Basic
	AuthName "Subversion Repository"
	AuthUserFile /etc/apache2/dav_svn.passwd

	# Required authentication
	Require valid-user

	# Require encryption
	#SSLRequireSSL
</Location>

So I next I create a file in /etc/apache2/sites-available/svn.example.com

NameVirtualHost xxx.co.uk:80
<VirtualHost xxx.co.uk:80>
      ServerAdmin webmaster@xxx.co.uk

      #SSLEngine On
      #SSLCertificateFile /etc/apache2/ssl/apache.pem

      <Location /websites>
        DAV svn
        SVNPath /var/svn/websites

        AuthType Basic
        AuthName "Subversion Repository"
        AuthUserFile /etc/apache2/dav_svn.passwd

        # Required authentication
        Require valid-user

        # Require encryption
        #SSLRequireSSL

      </Location>
      ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/error.log

      LogLevel warn

      CustomLog /var/log/apache2/access.log combined
      ServerSignature On

</VirtualHost>
$ sudo a2ensite svn.example.com

Can anybody shed any light on this? What am I missing? thanks very mcuh for any help people may be able to give.

Edited by ~s.o.s~ because: Snipped out confidential information as per user request
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Hi web2works,
For it to work over the internet, the virtual host name should resolve. So, you will need to get the dns fixed.
However, for testing your SVN setup, I would suggest that you update the "/etc/hosts" file in your debian system to point the "hostname" to localhost and verify checkout / commit functionalities. You should be able to create a code repository in the SVN area and then test it out and you should be able to use "svn.web2works.vm.bytemark.co.uk" as the hostname when using your SVN.

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