Greenbone / OpenVAS Scanner Appliance Build Script

📦 Auto Setup Link

(Do NOT run scripts as root, scripts will prompt for sudo)

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/itiligent/Easy-OpenVAS-Installer/main/openvas-install.sh && chmod +x openvas-install.sh && ./openvas-install.sh

📦 Auto Upgrade Link

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/itiligent/Easy-OpenVAS-Installer/main/openvas-upgrade.sh && chmod +x openvas-upgrade.sh  && ./openvas-upgrade.sh 

📋 Prerequisites

• Script defaults will build a full appliance with the most current OpenVAS release
• Script supports the following OS:
  • Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy) | 23.04 (Lunar) | 24.04 LTS (Noble)
  • Debian 11.x (Buster) | 12.x (Bookworm)
  • Raspbian (Buster | Bookworm)
• Required Packages:
  • curl & sudo
• Hardware Requirements:
  • Minimum 8GB RAM
  • Minimum 80GB Storage
• Network Requirements:
  • IPv6 enabled
  • Avoid multiple NICs
• Permissions:
  • Run script with a user account in the sudo group, do not run as root. 🛡️
• Optional:
  • Email reports require an O365 email-enabled account & email relay permitted from the scanner IP address
  • A private DNS entry for your appliance (helps avoid browser HTTPS errors - also requires client side certificate import, see below)

📖 Customising Your Build

All script customisation options are managed in the top section of this script under the CUSTOM CONFIG SETTINGS section. Both the install and upgrade scripts will check GitHub for the latest releases for each module, although specific module versions can also forced in the OVERRIDE LATEST RELEASE AUTO SELECTION

📧 Adding Email Reporting to the Community Edition

(normally a pro version feature)

A Postfix MTA is installed by default. Simply configure the included template script add-email-reports-o365.sh with your own O365 app password and mail relay configuration.

⬆️ Upgrading & Updating the Scanner

• A CVE feed update is scheduled by the installer once daily at a random time, and this can be manually adjusted via cron.
• To upgrade the full appliance, run openvas-upgrade.sh from the link above..

🔒 Web Management Console HTTPS Security

The install script will automatically configure a HTTP redirect to HTTPS on port 443 and create the required certificates base on the options in the CUSTOM CONFIG SETTINGS section. . Instructions for importing browser certificates into Windows and Linux clients (to avoid browser HTTPS warnings) are provided on-screen when the build script completes. If you wish you change the system's DNS name or IP address, or if certificates need to be renewed, simply run update-certificates.sh

💻 How To Run Authenticated Scans Against Windows Hosts

(normally a pro version feature)

To perform vulnerability scans against Windows hosts using SMB authentication, follow these steps:

1. Run the included PowerShell script prepare-smb-cred-scan.ps1 to make Windows systems available for scanning with SMB credentials. (The pro version provides an equivalent .exe for mass deployment)
2. Create a GVM service account on all Windows hosts and add this account to the local Administrators group on each host (this service account must NOT be a built-in Windows account).
3. Create a new credentials configuration object in the GVM management console reflecting the new Windows service account's details.
4. Add Windows hosts to a new scanning target, then select the new credetials object created above under "Credentials for authenticated checks" to apply these credentials to the scan.
5. Create a new scanning task for the scan target(s) above, then run or schedule it.