Pentesting using Docker
You will learn how to configure vulnerable web applications (DVWA) with the help of docker in easy
steps. Docker is a third-party tool developed to create an isolated environment to execute any
application. These applications are run using containers. These containers are unique because they bring
together all the dependencies of an application into a single package and deploy it. Hit these commands
to install and configure it as;
- apt update
- apt install docker.io
- systemctl start docker
- systemctl enable docker
Configure DVWA on Docker
Damn Vulnerable Web Application (DVWA) is a PHP/MySQL web application that is damn vulnerable. Its main goal is to be an aid for security professionals to test their skills and tools in a legal environment, help web developers better understand the processes.
- Search the DVWA docker image
docker search web-dvwa
docker pull vulnerables/web-dvwa
- Start the docker service for DVWA
docker run -p 80:80 vulnerables/web
Without docker, we have to run many commands to install DVWA but here it done injust couple of steps
as following;
Published on 23-Sep-2020 16:08:05
