UCB fails to connect to repository - [Possible cause - self-signed ssl cert]

When entering the SVN url for UCB to connect to my repository, I get this error, "Repo is not accessible. Please check your URL and repo settings."

I have made a read-only svn account and double-checked the credentials.
I'm not sure what the cause of the problem is.
My best guess is that since our ssl cert is self-signed (which normally causes a browser warning), UCB does not accept the invalid ssl cert (and rightfully so).

I would like to confirm this is the problem before starting the process of getting a valid ssl cert for this one tool.
Are there any further troubleshooting steps I can take?

Thanks

 

Thanks for the follow-up David.

I'm not completely sure what you mean by SVN server being unicode-enabled. I can say that our repository does handle unicode. i.e. we can submit a file with non-English characters and it is stored/handled properly in the repository.

Re: https. I would have to discuss with the team, but my first guess is that the lack of SSL will prevent us from using the service. Using http to transport our code base to an external service sounds very risky.

 

Sounds good. Thank you for clarifying.

 

Has this been fixed? I think I'm getting the same problem but with Perforce.

 

I'm possibly also seeing a similar issue with Perforce. My Perforce server is running using SSL with a self-signed certificate. I'm not behind any VPN; I'm hosting my server at home but I have the port open to the world. I am able to connect from different locations (e.g. home, office, cafe, etc). I'm also using a non-standard port. I would imagine using a self-signed certificate would be a pretty common situation. I'll log a ticket with my details.

 

If you need a valid certificate and don't want to spend any money on it, you can get one from the StartSSL guys (http://www.startssl.com/?app=1). You probably won't need an EV certificate for your VCS server so the free certificate from them would be enough to solve your issues. They usually issue it within a few minutes as the whole process is automated.

And no, I'm not getting money from them.

 

Thanks for the tip. I got a free cert from them for my SVN server and UCB connected to it without issue.

I'm not getting money from them either--and they're not getting any money from me! LOL!

 

Note that that won't help with Perforce, because you can't connect via SSL to a Perforce server without explicitly calling `p4 trust` on the command-line (or the appropriate API call if you're using a library). However, I believe they've fixed the Perforce issues.