Documentation

Getting Started

Read the Getting Started guide

Licensing

• VisualSVN Server 5.2 Licensing Overview
• How the licensing model changes in VisualSVN Server 4.0
• Enterprise Multinode license overview
• How VisualSVN Server calculates the number of active users

Upgrade and Migration

• Upgrading to VisualSVN Server 5.4
• Upgrading to VisualSVN Server 5.4 in a multisite environment
• Migrating VisualSVN Server to another computer
• Migrating from CollabNet® Subversion Edge to VisualSVN Server

Network and Certificates

• Understanding VisualSVN Server network settings
• Configuring a custom DNS name for VisualSVN Server in Active Directory
• Configuring SSL Certificates for VisualSVN Server
  • Understanding the private key for the SSL certificate
• TLS/SSL compatibility levels in VisualSVN Server
  • Changes to TLS/SSL compatibility levels related to the deprecation of TLS 1.0/1.1
• Configuring redirection from HTTP to HTTPS
• HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) support in VisualSVN Server

Authentication and Authorization

• VisualSVN Server authentication modes
• Subversion authentication mode settings
  • Using password policy with Subversion authentication
• Windows authentication mode settings
  • Сonfiguring Integrated Windows Authentication in VisualSVN Server
  • Understanding advanced settings for Windows authentication methods
• Access Control and Permissions
  • Understanding Effective Access permissions in VisualSVN Server
  • Implicit list folder permission for parents of readable paths
• Understanding password guessing attack protection in VisualSVN Server

Repositories and Storage

• Understanding VisualSVN Server storage settings
• Repository types available in VisualSVN Server
• Importing repositories into VisualSVN Server
• Subversion repository types and formats
• Upgrading the filesystem format of a repository
• Storing repositories on a network share

Backup and Restore

• Getting started with Backup and Restore
• Storing repository backups in the Azure Files cloud storage

Background Jobs

• Backup Repository Job
  • Selecting repositories to backup
  • Choosing backup destination
  • Backup encryption
  • Backup types in VisualSVN Server
  • Scheduling Backup Repository Jobs
  • Backup retention policy
  • Understanding advanced backup schedule settings
• Verify Repository Job
• Verify Backup Job
• Pack Repository Job
• Cleanup Transactions Job
• Background Jobs scheduling
• Background Jobs email notifications
  • Configuring administrative email notifications
  • Understanding SMTP profiles in VisualSVN Server

Repository Hooks

• Repository hooks in VisualSVN Server
  • Configuring post-commit hook for email notifications
  • Configuring pre-commit hook for log messages validation
  • Configuring pre-commit hook for file name validation
• Running external programs and scripts in repository hooks
• VisualSVN Server Manager bypasses execution of Subversion hooks

Web Interface

• Browsers supported by VisualSVN Server Web Interface
• VisualSVN Server Web Interface settings
• Uploading files in VisualSVN Server Web Interface
• Browsing repository at any revision in the web interface

Full-Text Search

• Getting started with full-text search
• Searching in VisualSVN Server Web Interface
• Understanding VisualSVN Server search syntax
• Configuring VisualSVN Search Index Service to run under a dedicated user account

Multisite Repository Replication (VDFS)

• VDFS replication settings
• Getting started with Multisite Repository Replication
  • Getting started with VDFS replication in an Active Directory environment
  • Getting started with VDFS replication in a non-domain environment
  • Deploying VDFS slave repositories using replication seeds
• Performing disaster recovery for distributed VDFS repositories
• Comparing VDFS with master-master replication solutions
• Access permissions for slave VDFS repositories
• Hook scripts for VDFS repositories
• Certificate-based authentication for replication
• Replication Certificates
• Access permissions for distributed VDFS repositories

Repository Management Delegation

• Getting started with Repository Management Delegation
• Automated deployment of VisualSVN Repository Configurator using Group Policy

Remote Server Administration

• Configuring Remote Administration
  • Configuring User Access Rights to Enable Remote Administration
  • Configuring Windows Firewall to Enable Remote Administration
  • Configuring Remote Administration with VisualSVN Server PowerShell

PowerShell Scripting and Automation

• Using VisualSVN Server PowerShell module
• VisualSVN Server PowerShell Cmdlet Reference

Other Settings

• VisualSVN Server performance settings
• VisualSVN Server logging settings
• Configuring antivirus exclusions for VisualSVN Server

Troubleshooting and common issues

• Where VisualSVN Server logs are stored

Troubleshooting client connectivity issues

• Subversion client errors caused by inappropriate repository URL
• Troubleshooting the error ERR_SSL_KEY_USAGE_INCOMPATIBLE in Chrome and Edge web browsers
• Troubleshooting delays when accessing VisualSVN Server over HTTPS
• Troubleshooting certificate issues related to TLS 1.3 support
• Сertificate key usage violation in Subversion clients built against GnuTLS
• 'HTTP status 400 Bad Request' error when a user connects to VisualSVN Server
• 'tlsv1 alert protocol version' error when connecting to the server with an outdated Subversion client

Troubleshooting Integrated Windows Authentication

• Integrated Windows Authentication does not work over the HTTP protocol
• Single Sign-On to VisualSVN Server may not work in Internet Explorer
• Single Sign-On to VisualSVN Server may not work in Mozilla Firefox
• Troubleshooting Integrated Windows Authentication errors in the Eclipse IDE
• Single Sign-On fails when you run VisualSVN Server under a dedicated user account

Troubleshooting Multisite Repository Replication (VDFS)

• Unable to create a slave VDFS repository linked to an outdated VisualSVN Server version
• Troubleshooting timeout errors when committing to a VDFS slave repository
• VDFS replication on a slave server halts due to an issue in the RPC runtime library
• Troubleshooting certificate-based replication: slave is not authorized
• Troubleshooting certificate-based replication: authentication by certificate is disabled
• Troubleshooting certificate-based replication: mutual authentication failed
• Troubleshooting certificate-based replication: replication certificate is expired
• Troubleshooting certificate-based replication: no permissions to the private key
• Access is denied to the remote VDFS service
• Access is denied to the master VDFS repository
• Failed to access the local VDFS service when creating a slave VDFS repository
• RPC server is unavailable when connecting to the remote VDFS service
• Troubleshooting 'Master repository does not match the slave' error message
• Troubleshooting the E160033: Unknown FS type 'vdfs' error

Troubleshooting Repository Management Delegation

• Troubleshooting VisualSVN Repository Configurator connection failures

Troubleshooting Remote Server Administration

• Browse is not available when connected to VisualSVN Server remotely
• Remote VisualSVN Server Manager is unable to access repositories on a network share
• Troubleshooting Remote Administration in a Non-Domain Environment

Troubleshooting VisualSVN Server PowerShell

• PowerShell Execution Policy does not allow to run VisualSVN Server cmdlets

Troubleshooting VisualSVN Server Web Interface

• Reaching search scope limit when finding files in the Web Interface

Troubleshooting Full-Text Search

• Search indexing is disabled on the server
• Search indexing is disabled for a repository
• Initial indexing is in progress
• Search index error
• Search is not available