Subversion - Administration - Part 2

Course information

Subversion Administration

This course describes the administration concepts for Subversion and assumes understanding of the basic concepts (see the Clearvision Subversion Fundamentals and Advanced courses).

This training course is split into multiple sessions, the module descriptions below reflect the content of the entire course and will not all be delivered within this session.

Subversion Administration Public Training Course Outline

SV-W-CC-01 – Subversion Architecture and Repository Basics

• The Repository Context

• WebDav and DeltaV

• FSFS versus BDB
• How FSFS implements
  • Locking
  • Transactions
  • Revisions and revision properties

SV-W-CL-01 Lab

• Study the Beavhiour of Transactions

SV-W-CC-02 – Installs

• Comparison of available servers
• Client server compatibility
• Apache SVN Server Installation/Configuration
  • Includes Subversion install
• svnserve server Installation /Configuration
• Visual Server SVN Demo

SV-W-CL-02 Lab

• Apache server install
• svnserve install

SV-W-CC-03 – Repository Creation

• Review of administration commands
  • svn subcommands used during administration
  • svnadmin sub commands
  • svnlook sub commands
  • svnsync
  • svndumpfilter
• Repository Creation in Detail
  • Process
  • Authentication and Authorisation
  • Templates, data import, hooks and properties

SV-W-CL-03 Lab

• Setting up Apache users and groups manually

SV-W-CC-04 – Backing up and restoring the Repository

• Why/where/when to create backups
• Creating full and incremental backups
  • using svnadmin dump
  • using svnadmin hotcopy
• Pros and cons of available option
• Restoring backups
• Backing up and restoring revision properties
• Automating backups

SV-W-CL-04 Lab

• Backups Using Hotcopy and Incremental Dumpfiles

SV-W-CC-05 – Going Further with the Dumpfiles and Repository Replication

• How to Merge repositories
• How to Split repositories
• Editing text in a dumpfile
• Rolling back the repository
• Read Only Repository Replication
• Write Through Proxy Replication

SV-W-CL-05 Lab

• Merge two reositories
• Replicate a repository

SV-W-CC-06 – Hooks

• Understand the purpose of ‘svnlook’
• Review of ‘svnlook options
• how hooks work
• What events call hooks
• Review of available hooks

SV-W-CL-06 Lab

• Exploring svnlook
• Interrogating Transaction Contents
• A Hook to Back up Revision Properties