Greenbone Source Edition – Documentation

The Greenbone Source Edition (GSE) covers the actual source code of the Greenbone vulnerability scanning and vulnerability management (GVM) application stack.

It is available as regularly updated source code snapshots/release archives confirmed to work and as source code checkouts directly from the source code management (SCM) system. The latter is not recommended for production scenarios as the code is edited on a daily basis and issues and incomplete functionality may appear.

The Greenbone Source Edition is adopted by third parties, for example Linux distributions like Kali, Alpine, etc.

This documentation covers the following versions of the Greenbone Vulnerability Management (GVM):

• GVM 21.04

Contents

• Background
  • GVM Architecture
    • Greenbone Vulnerability Manager Daemon (gvmd)
    • Greenbone Security Assistant (GSA)
    • OpenVAS Scanner
    • Additional Software
      • OSP Scanner
      • GMP Clients
  • Greenbone, GVM, OpenVAS and How They Are Connected
  • History of the OpenVAS project
• Building GVM 21.04
  • Prerequisites
    • Creating a User and a Group
    • Adjusting the Current User
    • Setting the PATH
    • Choosing an Install Prefix
    • Creating a Source, Build and Install Directory
    • Choosing the Installation Source
    • Installing Common Build Dependencies
    • Importing the Greenbone Signing Key
    • Setting the version
  • Building and Installing the Components
    • gvm-libs
    • gvmd
    • Greenbone Security Assistant
    • GSA
    • gsad
    • openvas-smb
    • openvas-scanner
    • ospd-openvas
    • gvm-tools
  • Performing a System Setup for GVM
    • Setting up the Redis Data Store
    • Adjusting Permissions
    • Setting up sudo for Scanning
    • Setting up PostgreSQL
    • Setting up an Admin User
    • Setting the Feed Import Owner
    • Performing an Initial Feed Synchronization
    • Starting Services with Systemd
  • Starting the Vulnerability Management
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
  • Greenbone, GVM and OpenVAS – How are they connected?
  • GVM, GSE, GSM TRIAL, GCF, GSF, GSM, GPE, … what are these things about?
  • Can you help to update my GVM version on Kali, Cent OS, XYZ distribution?
  • Please help me installing GVM and please advise on recommended platform OS, too.
  • Which release contains which component? GOS version vs. GSE version?
  • My self-compiled version of GVM isn’t working as expected. Can you help me?
  • Can I mix components from different releases?
  • I am looking for an overview about OpenVAS
• Glossary
• Changelog
  • 22.3.3 - 2022-03-31
  • 22.3.2 - 2022-03-30
  • 22.3.1 - 2022-03-21
  • 22.3.0 - 2022-03-07
  • 22.2.0 - 2022-02-24
  • 21.10.1 - 2021-10-13
  • 21.10.0 - 2021-10-12
  • 21.8.0 - 2021-08-05
  • 21.7.0 - 2021-07-05

Indices and Tables

• Index

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