subversion on apache - checkout failed: 405 Method Not Allowed

Question

I try to setup subversion on an apache server. I followed this guide: [http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Subversion][1]

If I try to checkout afterwards with Tortoise SVN a project I get the following Error:

Unexpected HTTP status 405 'Method Not Allowed' on '/repos 

If I try to use the svn client on the linux server itself I get the follwing error:

svn: Server sent unexpected return value (405 Method Not Allowed) in response to OPTIONS request for 'https://server.ch/repos' 

My current configuration on the apache server look like this:

LoadModule dav_svn_module modules/mod_dav_svn.so LoadModule authz_svn_module modules/mod_authz_svn.so <VirtualHost *:443> ... <Directory "/var/www/svn/"> Order allow,deny Allow from all AllowOverride all AuthType Basic AuthName "Authorization Realm" AuthUserFile /etc/subversion/svn-auth-conf Require valid-user </Directory> <Location /repos> DAV svn SVNParentPath /var/www/svn/repos SVNListParentPath on SSLRequireSSL AuthType Basic AuthName "Authorization Realm" AuthUserFile /etc/subversion/svn-auth-conf Require valid-user </Location> </VirtualHost> 

Thank you for any suggestion or help in advance

regards Mark

Answer 1

I found the issue, the Location and SVNParentPath has been wrongly set. I followed the solution here [http://www.wandisco.com/svnforum/threads/35525-Stuck-with-error-%E2%80%9C405-Method-Not-Allowed%E2%80%9D][1]

the correct config on apache looks like this:

<VirtualHost *:443> ... <Location /svn> DAV svn SVNParentPath /var/www/svn SVNListParentPath on SSLRequireSSL AuthType Basic AuthName "Authorization Realm" AuthUserFile /etc/subversion/svn-auth-conf Require valid-user </Location> </VirtualHost> 

Answer 2

Somewhere in your Apache config disable this OPTIONS method used by SVN. You may enable this method inside <Directory "/var/www/svn/">

<Directory "/var/www/svn/"> ...other config here <Limit OPTIONS> Order Deny,Allow Allow from all </Limit> ...other config here </Directory> 

You must know what security implication to enable this METHOD. For all HTTP methods used by SVN, please refer to official documentation.