Steps to configure DVWA on windows
Steps to configure DVWA in Windows
1. install Xampp.
2. Download dvwa Link=> http://www.dvwa.co.uk/
3. Extract and rename folder to dvwa, Move it to location c:/xampp/htdocs/
4. Open config.inc.php.
Location C:\xampp\htdocs\dvwa\config\config.inc.php
remove password
make it like this $_DVWA[ 'db_password' ] = '';
5. Update ReCAPTCHA Settings
6. Open php.ini.
7. Start/Restart Apache and Mysql from xampp control panel.
8. Type http://localhost/dvwa
1. install Xampp.
2. Download dvwa Link=> http://www.dvwa.co.uk/
3. Extract and rename folder to dvwa, Move it to location c:/xampp/htdocs/
4. Open config.inc.php.
Location C:\xampp\htdocs\dvwa\config\config.inc.php
remove password
make it like this $_DVWA[ 'db_password' ] = '';
5. Update ReCAPTCHA Settings
# Get your keys at https://www.google.com/recaptcha/admin/create
or use below
$_DVWA['recaptcha_public_key'] = "12345678";
$_DVWA['recaptcha_private_key'] = "12345678";
6. Open php.ini.
Location c:/xampp/php/php.ini
search for allow_url_include
and make it allow_url_include=On
7. Start/Restart Apache and Mysql from xampp control panel.
8. Type http://localhost/dvwa