[Openvas-distro] Testing OpenVAS OBS packages

[Stephan Kleine]

On Thursday February 10 2011 08:22:20 Matthew Mundell wrote:
> > > 2) Create client certificates and the om user for the manager so it can
> > > talk to the scanner.
> > 
> > openvas-mkcert-client is in -scanner so -manager can't rely on it being
> > installed.
> 
> Surely the Manager package depends on the Scanner package, so
> openvas-mkcert-client will be installed.

No, cause there's no reason that -scanner has to be installed on the same 
machine.

> > > 3) Start the scanner so it builds the initial cache.
> > 
> > It should do that automatically when it needs to do that upon start.
> 
> Michael is saying that the Manager install should ensure that the Scanner
> is running before starting the Manager.  This is something that the package
> should take care of, it's definitely out of the scope of the Manager.

Same as above.

> > > 4) Start openvas-manager with --rebuild to initialize the manager DB.
> > 
> > It should do that automatically when it needs to do that upon start.
> 
> This could be a good idea.  Maybe some sort of --auto-rebuild option.
> However, the Manager would need some way of knowing when it needs to.  To
> do this properly would require a change to OTP, so it's far off.
> 
> > I know of no package that would do that. While it is understandable that
> > it should be as easy as possible OpenVAS isn't for "Joe Sixpack" but a
> > tool for security professionals and those should be able to read a
> > manual. I never read that compendium (so I don't know if it already has
> > such a page) but those steps could get summarized on some quickstart
> > page on openvas.org.
> 
> There is http://www.openvas.org/setup-and-start.html but OpenVAS should be
> easy to install for everyone.  If new users can install easily they can
> help us with tasks like docs, client programming and basic support.
> 
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