Setup to run PHP files on windows

Warning!: It is not advisable to run Cyber Sentinel on your host windows machine. You can run it on a virtual machine, or run it in a docker by following the steps here: https://hub.docker.com/r/5herl0ck/cybersentinel

  1. Install and Run XAMPP

    2. Download XAMPP from here: https://www.apachefriends.org/download.html, and remember the path where you're downloading it.
    Open XAMPP and start the first two services of Apache and MySQL.

  2. Download repository as zip

    3. Download Cyber Sentinel as a zip folder from GitHub here: https://github.com/SuchitReddi/cybersentinel, and extract it. Rename it to cybersentinel

  3. Place the folder in {Location of xampp}/htdocs/

    4. Now place the extracted folder inside the htdocs folder of xampp (where you installed it in the first step).

  4. Go to localhost/cybersentinel

    5. Open your browser and type localhost/cybersentinel. The database should be created automatically. If it doesn't follow the below step.

  5. Setting up the database

    6. Go to Setup/Reset DB. Click on Create/Reset database to create a new database. It will refresh the database.

  6. Sign Up

    7. You can create a new user account by clicking on "Sign Up" button present in the login.php screen.

  7. Admin login

    8. If you want to login as admin to make any changes, you can use the following credentials. (username: admin, password: password)

  8. Changing difficulty level

    9. You can change the difficulty level by going to Difficulty and selecting your preferable level from the drop down menu, and then click submit. Select low if you are a beginner.

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