The script will update NVT's, rebuild the database and start the web frontend. For your (and my) convenience I poured these commands into a small shellscript which you can download below. I have installed my Nessus service on my Ubuntu Virtual Machine, here is my code (I hide my accesskey and secretkey): import json import warnings from urllib3.exceptions import InsecureRequestWarning. If you reboot and want to start OpenVAS again it is a bit tedious since it requires quite a few commands. I want to use a Python Script to access Nessus API and start a scanning. There is one more thing I should mention. Please see the openvas-adduser(8) man page for the rules syntax.Įnter the rules for this user, and hit ctrl-D once you are done:Īll done, you can now open your browser and point it at '' and you will be presented with the Greenbone Security Assistant frontend for OpenVAS. Openvassd has a rules system which allows you to restrict the hosts that b33f has the right to test.įor instance, you may want him to be able to scan his own host only. Using /var/tmp as a temporary file holder.

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