In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps to install IconCaptcha on Debian Latest. IconCaptcha is a simple and secure captcha system that uses icons instead of text.
Before we begin, make sure you have root access to your Debian server and have installed Apache, PHP, and MySQL.
The first step is to download the IconCaptcha package from the official website. You can download the latest version of IconCaptcha by visiting https://www.fabianwennink.nl/projects/IconCaptcha/ and clicking on the "Download" button.
Before we can install IconCaptcha, we need to install its dependencies. To do this, open the terminal and run the following commands:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install php-gd
Once you have downloaded IconCaptcha, extract the contents of the zip file to your web server's root directory. You can do this using the following command:
sudo unzip IconCaptcha.zip -d /var/www/html/
IconCaptcha requires access to a MySQL database. To configure MySQL, run the following command:
sudo mysql_secure_installation
This will prompt you to set a root password, remove anonymous users, disallow remote root login, and remove test databases. Follow the on-screen prompts to complete the configuration.
Now that MySQL is configured, we need to create a new user and database for IconCaptcha. To do this, log into MySQL using the following command:
sudo mysql -u root -p
Enter the root password you set in Step 4. Once you're logged in, run the following commands to create a new database and user:
CREATE DATABASE iconcaptcha;
CREATE USER 'iconcaptcha'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON iconcaptcha.* TO 'iconcaptcha'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
Replace "password" with a strong password of your choosing.
Finally, we need to update the IconCaptcha configuration file with the details of the MySQL user and database. To do this, open the file /var/www/html/IconCaptcha/includes/db.php in a text editor and update the following lines:
define('DBHOST', 'localhost');
define('DBNAME', 'iconcaptcha');
define('DBUSER', 'iconcaptcha');
define('DBPASS', 'password');
Replace "password" with the password you set for the MySQL user in Step 5.
That's it! You are now ready to test IconCaptcha. Open a web browser and navigate to http://yourdomain.com/IconCaptcha/example1.php. You should see a page with a working IconCaptcha.
Congratulations, you have successfully installed IconCaptcha on Debian Latest!
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