To debug your SVN connection, it is useful to enable logging. Modify the system property while launching the Java VM with:

$java -Djava.util.logging.config.file=path/to/logging.properties.disabled

To do this:
1) Download the logging.properties.disabled file attached to this document.

The logging.properties.disabled file contains a system property svnkit.level used to control the log level:

• FINE (default) — the level for non-detailed logging
• FINER — the level for more detailed logging
• FINEST ---  the level for full logging

2) Configure Bamboo to start with the -Djava.util.logging.config.file=*path/to/*logging.properties.disabled command, where "path/to/" refers to the absolute path to the logging.properties.disabled file from step (1).

The method of doing this depends on which operating system you are using:

• If you are running Bamboo under Linux:
  Modify the bamboo .sh script to pass in the logging parameter. To do this, find the following section:

  RUN_CMD="java -Xms256m -Xmx512m -XX:MaxPermSize=256m -Djava.awt.headless=true -classpath $CLASSPATH -Dorg.mortbay.xml.XmlParser.NotValidating=true -Djetty.port=8085 com.atlassian.bamboo.server.Server 8085 ./webapp /"

  Change the RUN_CMD variable to:

  RUN_CMD="java -Xms256m -Xmx512m -XX:MaxPermSize=256m -Djava.awt.headless=true -classpath $CLASSPATH -Dorg.mortbay.xml.XmlParser.NotValidating=true -Djava.util.logging.config.file=*path/to/*logging.properties.disabled -Djetty.port=8085 com.atlassian.bamboo.server.Server 8085 ./webapp /"

• If you are running Bamboo under Windows:
  Modify the <Bamboo_install_Home>/conf/wrapper.conf file to add the logging parameter. To do this, find the following section:

  ........................... wrapper.java.classpath.1=../lib/*.jar wrapper.java.classpath.2=../lib wrapper.java.classpath.3=../webapp/WEB-INF/classes wrapper.java.classpath.4=../webapp/WEB-INF/lib/*.jar wrapper.java.library.path.1=../lib wrapper.java.additional.1=-Dorg.mortbay.xml.XmlParser.NotValidating=true wrapper.java.additional.2=-XX:MaxPermSize=256m wrapper.java.additional.3=-Djava.awt.headless=true ...........................

  Add the following line to the end of the section:

  wrapper.java.additional.4=-Djava.util.logging.config.file=*path/to/*logging.properties.disabled

3) Save your changes, and restart Bamboo for your changes to take effect.

4) You will find the SVNKit log file in USER_HOME/svnkit.0.log (where USER_HOME is the home directory of the user running Bamboo or logged in e.g: /home/user/svnkig.0.log).