FlexDeploy - Subversion Plugin Guide
- Karl Henselin
The FlexDeploy Subversion plugin makes it easy to interact with source code stored in the Subversion SCM. There is no need to install an SVN client. The plugin uses a Java based API to interact with Subversion. FlexDeploy allows users to configure Subversion repository connection details in instances which are shared by various projects. The project specific configuration is stored separately in the projects which allows for easy export and tag operations during workflow executions.
Create an SCM Instance for Subversion and define the URL, User and Password information. You can also validate the connection when creating SCM Instances.
Inside of your projects, select Subversion as SCM Type, select the instance that you created, and provide details like Trunk, Branch, Tag Path etc. which are defined as Groovy scripts. The connection there will bring across your repository URL, username, password and authentication methods.
Supported Versions
SVN Repositories version 1.7+
Java 8 is required to use this plugin
Key Features
No installation necessary
Ability to connect using svn+ssh with private key, http, or https
Executes commands using embedded Java API, so no SVN client is necessary.
Target Group Properties
FlexDeploy supports creation of SCM instances, and the following properties will be configured for each SVN Instance. These properties are available to all operations.
Property Name | Property Code | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
Subversion URL |
| Yes | Base Subversion repository URL. When connecting with svn+ssh the URL needs to follow a certain format svn+ssh://<SVN_HOSTNAME>/<ABSOLUTE_PATH_ON_SERVER_TO_REPO> Examples:
|
Subversion User |
| Yes | The username for connecting to Subversion. Username must have read write access, if you plan to perform tag operations. |
Subversion Password |
| Yes | The password for the FDSVN_USER. |
SSH Private Key |
| Yes | The private key file path for use with SSH. Passphrase for private key is not supported. Private key is generally in .ssh folder of user, which can be flexdeploy application process user or endpoint user (for plugin execution). Location must be same (different key is fine but just with same name and location). If necessary, you can generate key using (ssh-keygen -t rsa) and put public key in target user’s authorized_keys file, which should be in $HOME/.ssh folder. |
Subversion Authentication Methods |
| No | One or more SVN authentication methods. For example: Basic, Digest, Negotiate, NTLM (Optional). |
Plugin Operations
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