First make sure the dav_module is loaded. For this, insert in httpd.conf:
LoadModule dav_module libexec/httpd/libdav.so
AddModule mod_dav.c
Also make sure that this line exists which is the file used for
locking DAV operations:
DAVLockDB "/usr/local/apache2/temp/DAV.lock"
On Debian these steps can be performed with:
Enable the dav and dav_fs modules of apache:
$ a2enmod dav_fs
(just to be sure. dav_fs might be unneeded, I don't know)
$ a2enmod dav
The DAV lock is located in /etc/apache2/mods-available/dav_fs.conf:
DAVLockDB /var/lock/apache2/DAVLock
Of course, it can point somewhere else, but the string is actually just a
prefix in some Apache configurations, and therefore the directory has to
be writable by the user Apache runs as.
Then, add something like this to your httpd.conf
<Location /my-new-repo.git>
DAV on
AuthType Basic
AuthName "Git"
AuthUserFile /usr/local/apache2/conf/passwd.git
Require valid-user
</Location>
On Debian:
Create (or add to) /etc/apache2/conf.d/git.conf :
<Location /my-new-repo.git>
DAV on
AuthType Basic
AuthName "Git"
AuthUserFile /etc/apache2/passwd.git
Require valid-user
</Location>
Debian automatically reads all files under /etc/apache2/conf.d.
The password file can be somewhere else, but it has to be readable by
Apache and preferably not readable by the world.
Create this file by
$ htpasswd -c /usr/local/apache2/conf/passwd.git <user>
On Debian:
$ htpasswd -c /etc/apache2/passwd.git <user>
You will be asked a password, and the file is created. Subsequent calls
to htpasswd should omit the -c option, since you want to append to the
existing file.
You need to restart Apache.
To test the WebDAV part, do:
$ apt-get install litmus
$ litmus http://<servername>/my-new-repo.git <username> <password>
A command-line tool to test WebDAV is cadaver. If you prefer GUIs, for
example, konqueror can open WebDAV URLs as "webdav://…" or
"webdavs://…".
If you’re into Windows, from XP onwards Internet Explorer supports
WebDAV. For this, do Internet Explorer → Open Location →
http://<servername>/my-new-repo.git [x] Open as webfolder → login .