HOWTO : Install DVWA on Ubuntu Server 12.04 LTS

Step 1 :



Download DVWA.



wget https://github.com/RandomStorm/DVWA/archive/v1.0.8.zip



Step 2 :



Install essential packages if you do not install LAMP when installing the Ubuntu Server.



sudo apt-get install apache2 mysql-server php5 unzip php5-mysql php-pear*



* make sure you remember the root password of MySQL, e.g. dvwapass



Step 3 :



Extract DVWA.



sudo cp v1.0.8.zip /var/www/

unzip v1.0.8.zip




Step 4 :



sudo nano /var/www/DVWA/config/config.inc.php



Change the "db_password" to the captioned root password, e.g. dvwapass.



sudo nano /etc/apache2/conf.d/php.ini



change "allow_url_include = Off" to "allow_url_inclue = On".



sudo chmod -R 777 /var/www/DVWA/hackable/uploads/



Step 5 :



Create Database.



mysql -u root -p

create database dvwa;

quit




Step 6 :



Point your Firefox to "http://192.168.0.10/DVWA/setup.php" to create/reset database.



* where 192.168.0.10 is the IP address of the Ubuntu Server



Step 7 :



Then point your Firefox to "http://192.168.0.10/DVWA/index.php".



User name is "admin" and Password is "password".



That's all! See you.