Any good Subversion 1.5 virtual appliance recommendations?

Question

I'm looking for a quick-and-dirty solution to this, I have to set up a Subversion server really quickly, like by the end of the day tomorrow. My initial thought was to just download a virtual appliance that we could load onto our host machine. The problem I am having however is that all the appliances I have found so far are stuck in svn version 1.4 or lower.

Does anybody know of an appliance that has svn 1.5 running? I don't need any of the other bits like issue tracking, WebSVN or any of that stuff.

Thanks, Wally

EDIT: To answer some of the questions, I would prefer for the host OS to be some flavour of Linux so that I can avoid having to purchase an additional Windows license.

Answer 1

You should consider this, it is really ZIRRO friction and it integrates well in various scenarios.
Not to mention it is free of charge.

http://www.visualsvn.com/server/

Cheers,
Dragos

Answer 2

I'm not quite sure this is what you want, but Tigris.org, which hosts the Svn project, has an MSI installer for Subversion 1.5. It includes bindings for Apache.

Perhaps you could also clarify what OS your host machine is running, etc.?

Answer 3

I second the Visual SVN Server suggestion. It packages SVN with an Apache server (with SSL support!) and a really nice, easy to use control panel. You can be up in running in less than 10 minutes. It even integrates with Active Directory or your local Windows accounts very nicely.

http://www.visualsvn.com/server/

Answer 4

I would simply go with installing SVN, and using the SVN Daemon, and completely ignoring Apache. There should be no appliance needed. Very simple to install, very easy to configure. Just take a vanilla windows/linux box and install the subversion server. It'll probably take all of 1/2 and hour to set up.

Answer 5

I would agree with Kibbee. I wanted to jump in with SVN so I installed the daemon and had everything up and running in no time. It took me longer to get all the commands down for adding and committing files than the installation.

Answer 6

With Appliance, we normally think about something like this:

http://www.garghouti.co.uk/vmTrac/

There is not much info about versions and such though. But as others have pointed out, it is dead easy to install svn and svndeamon on an server that already exists, Svn takes very little resources, and can easily be put on an fileserver. Apache is not needed at all.

Answer 7

WANdisco have just launched a Subversion Appliance:

http://www.wandisco.com/subversion/appliance/

They have a free webinar at:

http://www.wandisco.com/webinar/subversion

Some of the marketing blurb:

Download, Turn on, Use WANdisco's Subversion MultiSite Software Appliance provides immediate, real and tangible benefits to organizations by minimizing ongoing maintenance and administration costs and dramatically reducing deployment time. A globally distributed IT organization can literally be up and running in minutes. Just download it, turn it on, and it works. Features: Includes Subversion, Apache, a fully supported version of Linux and WANdisco's unique multi-site replication technology that allows distributed developers to collaborate at LAN-speed over a WAN, instead of working in silos. Combines the zero-latency deployment offered by hosted Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions for Subversion, with all of the flexibility, control and security of traditional behind the firewall implementations. Eliminates environmental dependencies, making installation, deployment and ongoing maintenance a snap. Fully supported Just Enough Operating System (JeOS) based on Linux provides everything needed for deployment under a VM, or on industry standard hardware. Available for any target virtualization environment including VMware ESX, Citrix XenServer, and Windows with Hyper-V. Ongoing maintenance and support are also dramatically simplified with automatic updates for all appliance components, including Subversion, Apache, Linux and WANdisco. There's no more one-off manual upgrades and patches. An entire multi-site implementation can be monitored and administered from a single location. Sites can be brought online, or taken offline for maintenance without disrupting user access. Built-in continuous hot backup and automated recovery features virtually eliminate downtime, making third party disk mirroring solutions unnecessary. Transparent implementation approach doesn't change Subversion's functionality, so no user retraining is required. Supported

Supported: VMware (R) Virtual Appliance VMware (R) ESX Server Virtual Appliance Microsoft (R) VHD Virtual Appliance Citrix XenServer (TM) Appliance Virtual Iron Virtual Appliance Installable ISO/CD/DVD (directly on the server)

Answer 8

Jumpbox.com has completely set up virtual appliances for 'virtually' all kinds of applications including Subversion.

Answer 9

No need to use an appliance, use the free BitNami one click Subversion installer (supports Linux, Windows, Mac...)