how to host svn server on my computer?

Question

I have VisualSVN Server and I want to create an internet facing repository on my computer but I can't seem to get it right. I created the repository, disabled https, and I'm trying to access the server through:

svn://xxx.xx.xxx.xxx:8080/svn/repo/trunk or http://xxx.xx.xxx.xxx:8080/svn/repo/trunk

but each case gives me an error.

In the case of svn protocol:

Can't connect to host 'xxx.xx.xxx.xxx': No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.

And in the http case:

OPTIONS of 'http://xxx.xx.xxx.xxx:8080/svn/repo': could not connect to server (http://xxx.xx.xxx.xxx:8080)

What am I missing?
Do I need to configure an Apache server or something like that in order to be able to make the server public?

Update: I'm running on Windows 7, windows firewall is disabled, no other firewall is installed

John John · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-21T01:03:25

The easiest way to do this is to configure Apache to serve out the SVN repository. Example configuration:

LoadModule dav_module modules/mod_dav.so
LoadModule dav_svn_module modules/mod_dav_svn.so
<Location /svn>
  DAV svn
  SVNPath /usr/local/subversion/repos
  <LimitExcept GET PROPFIND OPTIONS REPORT>
    AuthType Basic
    AuthName "Subversion Repository"
    AuthUserFile /etc/svn-auth-file
    Require valid-user
  </LimitExcept>
</Location>

how to host svn server on my computer?

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