Instructions for Linux, Mac OS, and Windows - ACM@UIUC

How to Install DVWA on Your Personal Machine for Testing: Instructions for Linux, Mac OS, and Windows Sigpwny UIUC September 18, 2014

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BSD, Plan 9, non-Mainstream OS Users

You have my respect. Figure this shit out yourself.

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Linux Users

Install XAMPP Go to the XAMPP download page and grab the linux .run file. Open a terminal and navigate to the folder you chose to download it to. Then ”chmod +x xampp-linux-x64versionnumber-installer.run.” This will mark the file as an executable so you can run it. Then do a ”sudo ./xampp-linux-x64-versionnumber-installer.run.” A GUI will pop up and you can install the software. Then you will want to ”cd /opt/lampp/” and then ”./xampp start” Congrats. Xampp should now be running. You can now check by going to http://localhost/ in your browser and you should see the xampp logo.

Install DVWA Download DVWA (linked version in this PDF is 1.0.8 - the latest as of the time of this writing, but may not be the latest for you). Extract the zip file. Now copy and paste the dvwa folder 1

into \opt\lampp\htdocs

Configure DVWA Go to your browser, then go to http://127.0.0.1/dvwa/login.php Username is admin, password is password. You should recieve a mysql error: that’s okay. Open up \opt\lampp\htdocs\dvwa\config\config.inc.php and find the line that says: $ DVWA[ ’db password’ ] = ’p@ssw0rd’; and change it to: $ DVWA[ ’db password’ ] = ”; Now you should be able to set up the sql tables in dvwa in the browser.

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Mac OS X Users

Install/Run XAMPP Go to the XAMPP download page and grab the Mac OS .dmg file. Run the installer. The default install path is /Applications/XAMPP. That will be important later. When you launch the application, select the tab that says ”Manage Servers.” Start Apache and MySQL. Open up a web browser and go to http://localhost/xampp/index.php and you should see xampp.

Install DVWA Download DVWA (linked version in this PDF is 1.0.8 - the latest as of the time of this writing, but may not be the latest for you). Extract the zip file. Now copy and paste the dvwa folder into \Applications\XAMPP\xamppfiles\htdocs You should be able to see the mysql error if you navigate to http://localhost/dvwa/login.php.

Configure DVWA To fix the mysql error, open up \Applications\XAMPP\xamppfiles\htdocs\dvwa\config\config.inc.php and find the line that says: $ DVWA[ ’db password’ ] = ’p@ssw0rd’; and change it to: $ DVWA[ ’db password’ ] = ”; Now you should be able to set up the sql tables in dvwa in the browser.

Install Linux Mac OS sucks.

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Windows Users

Install XAMPP Go to the XAMPP download page and grab the windows exe file. Run the installer. If you get a message about User Access Control, install it, and then search the start menu for UAC and ”change user account control settings” and turn the UAC to never. (Remember to re-enable it after you’re done with DVWA).

Run XAMPP Go to the start menu, search xampp and launch the ”XAMPP Control Panel” application. Click on the red x next to Apache and MySQL and install them and allow them through the firewall. Then in the control panel, then hit the start button to start apache and mysql.

Install DVWA Download DVWA (linked version in this PDF is 1.0.8 - the latest as of the time of this writing, but may not be the latest for you). Extract the zip file. Now copy and paste the dvwa folder into C:\xampp\htdocs

Configure DVWA Go to your browser, then go to http://127.0.0.1/dvwa/login.php Username is admin, password is password. You should recieve a mysql error: that’s okay. Open up C:\xampp\htdocs\dvwa\config\config.inc.php and find the line that says: $ DVWA[ ’db password’ ] = ’p@ssw0rd’; and change it to: $ DVWA[ ’db password’ ] = ”; Now you should be able to set up the sql tables in dvwa in the browser.

Install Linux Windows sucks.