Archlinux/Raspberry Pi - Setup SCM-Manager

SCM-Manager

SCM-Manager is a lightweight version control server. SCM-Manager manages 3 systems: GIT, Subversion and Mercurial.

And it provides an easy installation and plugin support for stuff like LDAP authentication and much more.

Links/Download

• SCM-Manager Homepage
• SCM-Manager Wiki
• Java Commons Daemon (JSVC) ArchPackage
• JSVC 1.0.15-2 direct link

JSVC: Needed to execute SCM-Manager in daemon mode, but not shipped for arm cpu

Set-By-Step

1. Download required software First download required software (SCM-Manager and JSVC) like:

   wget https://www.scm-manager.org/download-action/?download=/scm-server/1.46/scm-server-1.46-app.tar.gz
   wget http://mirror.archlinuxarm.org/armv6h/extra/java-jsvc-1.0.15-2-armv6h.pkg.tar.xz
   

2. Create directories and unpack

   # untar downloaded archives
   tar -zxvf scm-server-1.46-app.tar.gz
   tar -xvJf java-jsvc-1.0.15-2-armv6h.pkg.tar.xz
   
   # move folder to opt
   sudo mv -v scm-server /opt/scm-server
   
   # create basedir for server
   sudo mkdir /var/scm
   
   # move jsvc to server libs
   sudo mv -v  usr/bin/jsvc /opt/scm-server/libexec/jsvc-linux-armv6l
   rm -Rv usr
   
   # optional: remove downloaded
   

   rm scm-server-1.46-app.tar.gz

3. Create new group and user scm for server

   sudo useradd -rUs /usr/bin/nologin scm
   

4. Add your user to group scm

   sudo gpasswd -a $USER scm
   

   Relogin after this step

5. Change directory owner and permissions

   # configure like tomcat http://superuser.com/a/825867/550494
   
   sudo chown -Rhcv root:scm /opt/scm-server
   sudo chmod -cv 750 /opt/scm-server
   
   sudo chown -hcv root:scm /opt/scm-server/README.txt
   sudo chmod -cv 640 /opt/scm-server/README.txt
   
   sudo chown -Rhcv root:scm /opt/scm-server/bin
   sudo chmod -Rcv 740 /opt/scm-server/bin
   
   sudo chown -Rhcv root:scm /opt/scm-server/conf
   sudo chmod -Rcv 640 /opt/scm-server/conf
   
   sudo chown -Rhcv root:scm /opt/scm-server/lib
   sudo chmod -Rcv 640 /opt/scm-server/lib
   
   sudo chown -Rhcv root:scm /opt/scm-server/libexec
   sudo chmod -Rcv 750 /opt/scm-server/libexec
   
   sudo chown -Rhcv root:scm /opt/scm-server/var
   sudo chmod -Rcv 660 /opt/scm-server/var
   sudo chmod -R gu+S /opt/scm-server/var
   
   sudo chown -Rhcv scm:scm /opt/scm-server/work
   sudo chmod -Rcv 660 /opt/scm-server/work
   sudo chmod -R gu+S /opt/scm-server/work
   
   sudo chmod -Rcv ug+X /opt/scm-server
   
   sudo chown -Rhcv scm:scm /var/scm
   sudo chmod -Rcv 6770 /var/scm
   sudo chmod -Rcv gu+s /var/scm
   

6. Configure server
   Change the user to scm and set working dir

   nano /opt/scm-manager/bin/scm-server

   bash sh
   

7. Start daemon

   # scm-server <start|stop>
   sudo /opt/scm-server/bin/scm-server start
   

8. Check logs

   sudo tail -fn 50 /opt/scm-server/var/log/scm-server.out
   

9. Open SCM-Manager

   name	value
   server	http://[server]:8080
   adminuser	scmadmin
   password	scmadmin