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Agent OpenVas

OpenVAS is a network security and vulnerability scanner.


agent-openvas

This repository is an implementation of the OpenVas agent.

Getting Started

To perform your first scan, simply run the following command.

oxo scan run --install --agent agent/ostorlab/openvas ip 8.8.8.8

This command will download and install agent/ostorlab/openvas and target the ip 8.8.8.8. For more information, please refer to the OXO Documentation

Usage

Agent OpenVas can be installed directly from the oxo agent store or built from this repository.

Install directly from oxo agent store

oxo agent install agent/ostorlab/openvas

You can then run the agent with the following command:

oxo scan run --agent agent/ostorlab/openvas ip 8.8.8.8

Build directly from the repository

  1. To build the openvas agent you need to have oxo installed in your machine. if you have already installed oxo, you can skip this step.
pip3 install ostorlab
  1. Clone this repository.
git clone https://github.com/Ostorlab/agent_openvas.git && cd agent_openvas
  1. Build the agent image using oxo cli.
oxo agent build --file=ostorlab.yaml

You can pass the optional flag --organization to specify your organisation. The organization is empty by default.

  1. Run the agent using one of the following commands:
    • If you did not specify an organization when building the image:
    oxo scan run --agent agent//openvas ip 8.8.8.8
    • If you specified an organization when building the image:
    oxo scan run --agent agent/[ORGANIZATION]/openvas ip 8.8.8.8

License

Apache