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Dvwa bug hunting lab download
1: Download the XAMPP Server.
Website: https://www.apachefriends.org/download.html
2: Install the XAMPP Server.
3: Download the DVWA from GitHub.
Website: https://github.com/digininja/DVWA
4: Extract the DVWA-master folder (Downloaded from GitHub).
5: Copy the DVWA-master folder.
6: Open the XAMPP folder where you installed XAMPP.
7: Then open the htdocs folder in the XAMPP folder.
8: Paste the DVWA-master folder.
9: Rename the DVWA-master folder to dvwa.
10: Open the dvwa folder.
11: Open the config folder in the dvwa folder.
12: Rename the config.inc.php.dist file to config.inc.php
13: Download Notepad++.
Website: https://notepad-plus-plus.org/downloads/
14: Open the config.inc.php file into the Notepad++.
15: Open the XAMPP.
16: Start the Apache and MySQL.
17: Open the MySQL Admin.
18: Go to the User accounts.
Link: http://localhost/phpmyadmin/index.php?route=/server/privileges&viewing_mode=server&lang=en
19: Open the Add new user account.
20: Set up the Username, Host name and Password.
21: Also, change the config.inc.php file password.
22: Save the config.inc.php file.
23: Restart the Apache and MySQL in the XAMPP Control Panel.
24: Open the DVWA.
Website: http://localhost/dvwa
25: Log in to the DVWA account.
26: Username and Password?
Username: dvwa
Password: dvwa
27: Create the Database.
28: Log in to the DVWA again.
Username: admin
Password: password
