Changelog#

All notable changes to this documentation will be listed in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Calendar Versioning.

Latest#

Fix tab title in Setting up sudo for Scanning section from Debian/CentOS to Debian/Ubuntu.

Unify the directory layout of the documentation files
Use distinct installation directories for each component
Add missing python3-gnupg as dependency to ospd-openvas
Don’t display copy button for GPG verification output
Fix PostgreSQL setup and make it possible to copy and paste the corresponding commands again
Use new greenbone-feed-sync script for the feed data download
Use ospd-openvas 22.4.6, notus-scanner 22.4.4 and gvm-libs 22.4.4
Remove 21.4 from the architecture docs
Try to fix installation of ospd-openvas, notus-scanner, gvm-tools and greenbone-feed-sync again due to issues with distributions patching Python installation paths. See discuss.python.org for more details.
Switch Choosing an Install Prefix and Setting the PATH section in source build to allow using $INSTALL_PREFIX when setting the $PATH.

Set table_drive_lsc = yes setting for openvas scanner to enable local security checks scanning via notus scanner
Remove docs for 21.04 because it is end-of-life and wont get any updates anymore.
Extend FAQ for no results after finished scan
Update systemd service files to start the daemons in foreground to avoid issues with systemd tracking the started processes
Use ospd-openvas 22.4.5
Update ospd-openvas.service file to depend on the mosquitto and notus-scanner services

Fix setting executable permission for setup and install script after the download
Check for docker being installed in setup and install script
Download the setup and install script to the current working directory
Add license header to docker startup script
Fix variable name typo in docker startup script
Fix the checks for required programs in the setup script
Use ospd-openvas 22.4.2 for 22.4 source build
Add HTML and Open Graph meta information
Fix: Remove -rf statements within $INSTALL_DIR to prevent deletion of root.
Update gsad systemd service file to start gsad in foreground to avoid issues with systemd tracking the started processes
Add: docker init process to prevent nmap, grep zombie processes in the ospd-openvas container
Add troubleshooting for ospd-openvas connection issue with containers
Add troubleshooting pages for source builds
Add hostname to ospd-openvas container, to avoid error Could not get a bpf, ethernet address used in non-ether expression
Extend troubleshooting for source build
Update docker compose requirement to 1.29.0

Improve feed sync documentation for source build
Use feed data containers for feed sync in Greenbone Community Containers docs
Extract workflows and troubleshooting to own pages for Greenbone Community Container docs
Require docker-compose 1.27.0 or later to avoid issues with the ospd-openvas startup
Use notus-scanner 22.4.1 and ospd-openvas 22.4.1 for 22.4 source build

Add workflow for exposing the gvmd unix socket from the container
Add an API page for links to our other community documentation
Fix path of the notus-scanner product advisories directory for the 22.4 container setup
Add gvm-tools container and usage workflow documentation

New Greenbone Community Containers documentation
Update index page, history, architecture, faq and glossary for adjusted terms and naming.
Allow to copy & paste commands via a button click
Re-arrange page structure and therefore the URLs of the documents

Drop usage of gsa-node-modules. These tarballs are only useful for specific nodejs versions.

Update for GVM 21.4.2 and 20.8.3 releases
Changed feed look file location to /var/lib/gvm/feed-update.lock. This file is used by gvmd and greenbone-feed-sync
Add option -f to all curl commands to fail if an URL is not available
Change permission of /run/gvm initially because otherwise gvmd can’t create the admin user