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This is a guide on setting up XVWA on a LAMP server running Arch Linux.

Prepare the Environment¶

• Make sure the system is up to date:
  

  pacman -Syu
  

• Install a LAMP stack
  NOTE: Make sure add a xvwa database

• Install git:
  

  pacman -S git
  

Install XVWA¶

• Edit the PHP config:
  

  nano /etc/php/php.ini
  

  • And make sure the following values are set:
    

    file_uploads = On 
    allow_url_fopen = On 
    allow_url_include = On
    

• Edit the XVWA config:
  

  nano /srv/http/xvwa/config.php
  

  • And adjust the following values:
    

    <?php
    $XVWA_WEBROOT = '';
    $host = "localhost";
    $dbname = 'xvwa';
    $user = 'root';
    $pass = 'SuperSecretPassword';
    $conn = mysqli_connect($host,$user,$pass);
    $conn = mysqli_select_db($dbname);
    $conn1 = new PDO("mysql:host=$host;dbname=$dbname", $user, $pass);
    $conn1->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
    ?>
    

    
    NOTE: Make sure to adjust the mysqli_connect and mysqli_select_db functions

• Open a web browser and go to http://xvwa.example.com/xvwa/setup and click the Submit/Reset button

• Now XVWA will be available at http://xvwa.example.com/xvwa

Resources¶

• https://github.com/s4n7h0/xvwa