How can I set up the Subversion Apache server to start automatically on reboot?

To set up the server so that it starts automatically when rebooted, you will need to have root/sudo access and follow these steps.

1. Edit the configuration. When a process is started at server startup it runs as root. You do not want the CSVN console to run as root, you want it to run as a specific user -- whatever your login user is.
   1. To do this, edit the file data/conf/csvn.conf.
      • $ vi data/conf/csvn.conf
   2. Scroll down a little bit until you see #RUN_AS_USER= . Uncomment it out and add your username.

      Example:

      RUN_AS_USER=user1
   3. Save the changes.
2. Install the application.
   • $ export JAVA_HOME
   • $ sudo -E bin/csvn install

   This installs the application so that it will run at startup. The script will swap to the user specified before it starts the console. Please note the JAVA_HOME requirement - you must have set the environment variable for your profile (or the entire system) so that it will be visible when the process starts.

   When you install csvn as a service, you can control it with these commands:

   • $ sudo service csvn status
   • $ sudo service csvn start
   • $ sudo service csvn stop