SVN Server Setup on Windows

In this tutorial, we will discuss how a subversion server and a subversion client can be configured on a Windows system.

If you are not familiar with version control, read our tutorial at Introduction to Version Control.

Here, we will install the following tools:

VisualSVN: This tool is preferred to set up and maintain Apache Subversion on the Windows platform.

TortoiseSVN: It is a GUI-based Apache Subversion client implemented for the Windows platform based on the Windows shell extension.

Here is this tutorial, we are going to discuss VisualSVN only.

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VisualSVN

To install the VisualSVN server, first, download the executable file from this link, then start installing the application. The step-by-step screenshots is given below.

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After accepting the agreement you will get the following screen. You will get two options, (a) VisualSVN Server and Administration Tools and (b) Administration Tools only.

Choose the first option to install both the server and administration tools. Moreover, we will suggest you tick the checkbox to add the command-line tools in the environment PATH variable.

After clicking the next button, you will get another screen where you have to select one of the two editions: (a) Standard Edition and (b) Enterprise Edition.

As a beginner, we will suggest you select Standard Edition.

In the next window, you have to provide the paths where the server will be installed, the repository will be kept and the path where the backup copy will be stored.

Moreover, you have to make sure that port number 443 is not being used by any other application. If port 443 is being used by another application, you can change it to your desired port number which is not in use.

Then follow the next steps, where you have nothing to do.

Now tick the checkbox in the following window to start VisualSVN Server Manager.

The repositories, users, groups, and jobs can be configured using the above window.

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To check, whether the SVN server setup works properly or not, check out the SVN Server setup Test tutorial.

Happy Exploring!