HOWTO : OpenVAS on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

OpenVAS is a framework of several services and tools offering a comprehensive and powerful vulnerability scanning and vulnerability management solution.


Install

To install OpenVAS 8 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS :

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mrazavi/openvas

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install xsltproc sqlite3 openvas

sudo openvas-nvt-sync
sudo openvas-scapdata-sync
sudo openvas-certdata-sync

sudo service openvas-scanner restart
sudo service openvas-manager restart
sudo openvasmd --rebuild --progress

To run it :

Open browser to point to https://localhost:443

* username and password are both "admin"


Update/Upgrade

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

sudo openvas-nvt-sync
sudo openvas-scapdata-sync
sudo openvas-certdata-sync

sudo service openvas-scanner restart
sudo service openvas-manager restart
sudo openvasmd --rebuild --progress


Reference

You can disable OpenVAS auto startup on every boot and start it manually. Please note that if OpenVAS is running, shutdown process will take time.

For example :

sudo update-rc.d openvas-scanner disable
sudo update-rc.d openvas-manager disable

To start up manually :

sudo service openvas-scanner start
sudo service openvas-manager start

To stop manually :

sudo service openvas-scanner stop
sudo service openvas-manager stop


That's all! See you.