Openvas-manager not starting in F26

asked 2017-10-18 08:12:01 -0600

dconti2008
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updated 2017-10-19 04:25:02 -0600

I have installed Fedora26 Security Spin and also Fedora 26 XFCE spin and followed the same installation steps as I used to do on Fedora 25 XFCE to install openvas and greenbone security assistant.

However on Fedora 26 after running openvas-check-setup I arrived to the point where I need to start openvar-manager and this is failing

Steps gone through

systemctl restart redis
openvas-check-setup --v9
systemctl restart openvas-scanner
ps -leaf | grep openvas                        ( see NVTs loading )
openvas-check-setup --v9
openvasmd --rebuild                            ( seems nothing is done )
systemctl restart openvas-manager            ( fails to start )

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Fails to start, or just hangs / seems to do nothing? What is the message?

linuxfabrik ( 2017-10-18 09:20:04 -0600 )edit

Openvas-manager fails to start. openvasmd --rebuild seems to do nothing as this should rebuild the NVT and take quite some time to finish

dconti2008 ( 2017-10-18 09:57:40 -0600 )edit

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answered 2017-10-19 01:17:10 -0600

linuxfabrik

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updated 2017-10-19 03:09:06 -0600

Maybe you should try to configure GPG manually, before running openvas-setup - I have in mind that there are some errors in the openvas-setup:

# add more entropy
yum -y install rng-tools
rngd --rng-device /dev/urandom

# create some missing directories
mkdir -p /usr/share/openvas/gsa/locale
mkdir -p /var/lib/openvas/openvasmd/gnupg
mkdir -p /var/lib/openvas/scap-data/private

# fix permissions and run gpg agent
chmod 0700 /var/lib/openvas/openvasmd/gnupg
gpg-agent --homedir=/var/lib/openvas/openvasmd/gnupg --daemon

After that:

openvas-setup

EDIT: after that, if building the database is ok, but for example certificates are missing, try this:

openvas-check-setup
gpg --enable-special-filenames --batch --no-sk-comment --homedir /var/lib/openvas/gnupg --status-fd 17 --no-tty --charset utf8 --enable-progress-filter --gen-key -- -&18

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answered 2017-10-19 03:50:40 -0600

dconti2008
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Thanks for your updates as now it finally works.

Steps done :

dnf -y install gnutls-utils
openvas-manage-certs -a openvasmd          ( to start openvas-manager)
systemctl restart openvas-gsa
openvas-check-setup --v9

seems all ready to run !!!

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Would be nice to upvote the answers that helped you to find the solution.

linuxfabrik ( 2017-10-23 08:59:48 -0600 )edit

Dear @dconti2008, your posts would be more appropriate to be posted as 'comments' rather than 'answers'. Also, it'd be great if you Accept @linuxfabrik's answer by clicking on the tick button besides his/her answer.

hedayat ( 2017-10-26 16:49:00 -0600 )edit

thanks for youe comments. first time using a forum. I have updated the comments in the answer provided above. Maybe all this answer can be deleted now

dconti2008 ( 2017-10-29 00:45:30 -0600 )edit

Thanks :) Welcome to Ask Fedora!

hedayat ( 2017-10-29 12:48:51 -0600 )edit

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answered 2017-10-19 02:25:15 -0600

dconti2008
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Dear linuxfabrik

Thanks for your answer and in fact it seems to have built the NVT database correctly after creating the directory structure.

Now it seems the openvas-check-setup --v9 requires the Openvas certificate which should be built by 'openvas-manage-certs -a'.

However this command is failing as it requires 'certtool'

Regards

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I edited my answer.

linuxfabrik ( 2017-10-19 03:09:43 -0600 )edit

If you just need certtool, you can install it using dnf -y install gnutls-utils.

linuxfabrik ( 2017-10-19 03:19:35 -0600 )edit

It'd be great if you update your answer with this suggestion. Thanks! :) (And please let me know if you did it).

hedayat ( 2017-10-26 16:49:56 -0600 )edit

Thanks for your updates as now it finally works.

Steps done :

dnf -y install gnutls-utils
openvas-manage-certs -a openvasmd          ( to start openvas-manager)
systemctl restart openvas-gsa
openvas-check-setup --v9

seems all ready to run !!!

dconti2008 ( 2017-10-29 00:43:42 -0600 )edit

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