Installing OpenVAS

Installing Package

1. First, we can start by installing the tool:

z3tssu@htb[/htb]$ sudo apt-get update && apt-get -y full-upgrade
z3tssu@htb[/htb]$ sudo apt-get install gvm && openvas

1. Next, to begin the installation process, we can run the following command below:

z3tssu@htb[/htb]$ gvm-setup

1. This will begin the setup process and take up to 30 minutes.

Starting OpenVAS

Finally, we can start OpenVas:

z3tssu@htb[/htb]$ gvm-start