Quick and easy setup of Mercurial server on Windows

by Gilles QUERRET Installing Mercurial on a Linux server is a matter of minutes (depending on your Linux distro). But I had to install it on a Windows server, and there are subtle pitfalls you’re likely to encounter when doing that. This post is by no mean a full and detailed installation process for every configuration, itContinue reading “Quick and easy setup of Mercurial server on Windows”

Setting up a Mercurial server under IIS7 on Windows Server 2008 R2

This guide walks you through setting up a Mercurial server under IIS7 on Windows Server 2008 R2. Note: This post uses Mercurial 1.4.3 and Python 2.5.4, although this process will also work with Mercurial 1.5 and Python 2.6.4 Install Mercurial First you’ll need to download and install Mercurial. I won’t walk through this as it’sContinue reading “Setting up a Mercurial server under IIS7 on Windows Server 2008 R2”

Install SVN Server in Ubuntu Server

Subversion Subversion is an open source version control system. Using Subversion, you can record the history of source files and documents. It manages files and directories over time. A tree of files is placed into a central repository. The repository is much like an ordinary file server, except that it remembers every change ever madeContinue reading “Install SVN Server in Ubuntu Server”

Configuring Subversion with Active Directory Authentication

Subversion with AD Auth is the holy-grail for main Microsoft-based organizations.  However, the setup can be a bit tricky and there aren’t a lot of good walk-throughs out there.  This post guides you through the process of installing Subversion and configuring AD authentication on a Windows 2003 server. This post is NOT specific to SublimeContinue reading “Configuring Subversion with Active Directory Authentication”

Setting up Subversion on Windows

When it comes to readily available, free source control, I don’t think you can do better than Subversion at the moment. I’m not necessarily advocating Subversion; there are plenty of other great source control systems out there — but few can match the ubiquity and relative simplicity of Subversion. Beyond that, source control is sourceContinue reading “Setting up Subversion on Windows”