[Openvas-commits] r10543 - trunk/doc/website

scm-commit@wald.intevation.org scm-commit at wald.intevation.org
Tue Mar 15 14:27:39 CET 2011


Author: mwiegand
Date: 2011-03-15 14:27:38 +0100 (Tue, 15 Mar 2011)
New Revision: 10543

Modified:
   trunk/doc/website/setup-and-start.htm4
Log:
Add documentation for --server parameter and for checking for running services. Update examples. Remove now superfluous "Launching services" section.


Modified: trunk/doc/website/setup-and-start.htm4
===================================================================
--- trunk/doc/website/setup-and-start.htm4	2011-03-15 12:24:58 UTC (rev 10542)
+++ trunk/doc/website/setup-and-start.htm4	2011-03-15 13:27:38 UTC (rev 10543)
@@ -48,7 +48,9 @@
 
 <p>
 openvas-check-setup will now analyze the state of your OpenVAS 4 installation
-and propose fixes should it detect any errors or misconfigurations.
+and propose fixes should it detect any errors or misconfigurations. It will also
+check if all required OpenVAS services are running and listening on the correct
+ports.
 </p>
 
 <p>
@@ -57,6 +59,17 @@
 <a href="http://lists.wald.intevation.org/mailman/listinfo/openvas-discuss">OpenVAS Users Mailing List</a>.
 </p>
 
+<p>
+If you want to install the OpenVAS services on a server and you do not need
+clients like OpenVAS CLI or GSD in your installation you can skip the checks for
+these modules by starting openvas-check-setup with the --server parameter
+instead:
+</p>
+
+<pre>
+./openvas-check-setup --server
+</pre>
+
 <h3>Examples of openvas-check-setup results</h3>
 
 <p>
@@ -69,7 +82,7 @@
 </h4>
 
 <pre>
-openvas-check-setup 0.3.0
+openvas-check-setup 2.0.1
   Test completeness and readiness of OpenVAS 4
 
   Please report us any non-detected problems and
@@ -78,21 +91,24 @@
 
   Send us the log-file (/tmp/openvas-check-setup.log) to help analyze the problem.
 
+  Use the parameter --server to skip checks for client tools
+  like GSD and OpenVAS-CLI.
+
 Step 1: Checking OpenVAS Scanner ... 
-        OK: OpenVAS Scanner is present in version 3.2.1.
+        OK: OpenVAS Scanner is present in version 3.2.3.
         OK: OpenVAS Scanner CA Certificate is present as /var/lib/openvas/CA/cacert.pem.
-        OK: NVT collection in /var/lib/openvas/plugins contains 20004 NVTs.
+        OK: NVT collection in /var/lib/openvas/plugins contains 20380 NVTs.
 Step 2: Checking OpenVAS Manager ... 
-        OK: OpenVAS Manager is present in version 2.0.0.
+        OK: OpenVAS Manager is present in version 3.0.0.
         OK: OpenVAS Manager client certificate is present as /var/lib/openvas/CA/clientcert.pem.
         OK: OpenVAS Manager database found in /var/lib/openvas/mgr/tasks.db.
         OK: sqlite3 found, extended checks of the OpenVAS Manager installation enabled.
-        OK: OpenVAS Manager database is at revision 39.
-        OK: OpenVAS Manager expects database at revision 39.
+        OK: OpenVAS Manager database is at revision 42.
+        OK: OpenVAS Manager expects database at revision 42.
         OK: Database schema is up to date.
         OK: xsltproc found.
 Step 3: Checking OpenVAS Administrator ... 
-        OK: OpenVAS Administrator is present in version 1.1.0.
+        OK: OpenVAS Administrator is present in version 1.1.2.
         OK: At least one user exists.
         ERROR: No admin user found. You need to create at least one admin user to log in.
         FIX: Create a user using 'openvasad -c 'add_user' -n <name> -r Admin'
@@ -113,7 +129,7 @@
 </h4>
 
 <pre>
-openvas-check-setup 0.3.0
+openvas-check-setup 2.0.1
   Test completeness and readiness of OpenVAS 4
 
   Please report us any non-detected problems and
@@ -122,29 +138,42 @@
 
   Send us the log-file (/tmp/openvas-check-setup.log) to help analyze the problem.
 
+  Use the parameter --server to skip checks for client tools
+  like GSD and OpenVAS-CLI.
+
 Step 1: Checking OpenVAS Scanner ... 
-        OK: OpenVAS Scanner is present in version 3.2.1.
+        OK: OpenVAS Scanner is present in version 3.2.3.
         OK: OpenVAS Scanner CA Certificate is present as /var/lib/openvas/CA/cacert.pem.
-        OK: NVT collection in /var/lib/openvas/plugins contains 20004 NVTs.
+        OK: NVT collection in /var/lib/openvas/plugins contains 20380 NVTs.
 Step 2: Checking OpenVAS Manager ... 
-        OK: OpenVAS Manager is present in version 2.0.0.
+        OK: OpenVAS Manager is present in version 3.0.0.
         OK: OpenVAS Manager client certificate is present as /var/lib/openvas/CA/clientcert.pem.
         OK: OpenVAS Manager database found in /var/lib/openvas/mgr/tasks.db.
         OK: sqlite3 found, extended checks of the OpenVAS Manager installation enabled.
-        OK: OpenVAS Manager database is at revision 39.
-        OK: OpenVAS Manager expects database at revision 39.
+        OK: OpenVAS Manager database is at revision 42.
+        OK: OpenVAS Manager expects database at revision 42.
         OK: Database schema is up to date.
         OK: xsltproc found.
 Step 3: Checking OpenVAS Administrator ... 
-        OK: OpenVAS Administrator is present in version 1.1.0.
+        OK: OpenVAS Administrator is present in version 1.1.2.
         OK: At least one user exists.
-        OK: At least admin user exists.
+        OK: At least one admin user exists.
 Step 4: Checking Greenbone Security Assistant (GSA) ... 
-        OK: Greenbone Security Assistant is present in version 2.0+rc4.
+        OK: Greenbone Security Assistant is present in version 3.0.0.
 Step 5: Checking OpenVAS CLI ... 
         OK: OpenVAS CLI version 1.1.2.
 Step 6: Checking Greenbone Security Desktop (GSD) ... 
-        OK: Greenbone Security Desktop is present in Version 1.1+beta2.
+        OK: Greenbone Security Desktop is present in Version 1.1.1.
+Step 7: Checking if OpenVAS services are up and running ... 
+        OK: netstat found, extended checks of the OpenVAS services enabled.
+        OK: OpenVAS Scanner is running and listening on all interfaces.
+        OK: OpenVAS Scanner is listening on port 9391, which is the default port.
+        OK: OpenVAS Manager is running and listening on all interfaces.
+        OK: OpenVAS Manager is listening on port 9390, which is the default port.
+        OK: OpenVAS Administrator is running and listening on all interfaces.
+        OK: OpenVAS Administrator is listening on port 9393, which is the default port.
+        OK: Greenbone Security Assistant is running and listening on all interfaces.
+        OK: Greenbone Security Assistant is listening on port 9392, which is the default port.
 
 It seems like your OpenVAS 4 installation is OK.
 
@@ -154,105 +183,3 @@
 Please attach the log-file (/tmp/openvas-check-setup.log) to help us analyze the problem.
 </pre>
 
-<h3>Launching services</h3>
-
-<p>
-Once you have made sure that your OpenVAS 4 installation is in a working state,
-you may start the individual services which make up OpenVAS 4.
-</p>
-
-<p>
-Keep in mind that this is only one way to start the services. You may choose
-different ports and use further command line parameters for specific behaviour
-of the daemons. Furthermore, your distribution may already provide optimized
-scripts for starting the OpenVAS services.
-</p>
-
-<ol>
-
-<li> <p><b>Launch Scanner daemon:</b></p>
-
-     <pre>
-openvassd
-     </pre>
-
-     <p>
-     This may take several minutes when starting for the first time.
-     The scanner daemon now runs in the background
-     and serves requests at port 9391.
-     </p>
-
-     <p>
-     Check whether it is running properly:
-     </p>
-
-     <pre>
-netstat -tlp | grep 9391
-     </pre>
-</li>
-
-<li> <p><b>Launch Manager daemon:</b></p>
-
-     <pre>
-openvasmd
-     </pre>
-
-     <p>
-     The manager daemon now runs in the background
-     and serves requests at port 9390.
-     </p>
-
-     <p>
-     Check whether it is running properly:
-     </p>
-
-     <pre>
-netstat -tlp | grep 9390
-     </pre>
-</li>
-
-<li> <p><b>Launch Administrator daemon:</b></p>
-
-     <pre>
-openvasad
-     </pre>
-
-     <p>
-     The administrator daemon now runs in the background
-     and serves requests at port 9393.
-     </p>
-
-     <p>
-     Check whether it is running properly:
-     </p>
-
-     <pre>
-netstat -tlp | grep 9393
-     </pre>
-</li>
-
-<li> <p><b>Launch GSA daemon:</b></p>
-
-     <pre>
-gsad -p 8000
-     </pre>
-
-     <p>
-     The GSA daemon now runs in the background
-     and serves requests at port 8000.
-     </p>
-
-     <p>
-     Check whether it is running properly:
-     </p>
-
-     <pre>
-netstat -tlp | grep 8000
-     </pre>
-
-     <p>
-     Or simply open "https://localhost:8000" in your browser.
-     </p>
-</li>
-
-</ol>



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