Improving your Penetration Testing Skills

How to do it...

1. To install OpenVAS on Kali Linux use the apt install openvas command:

root@kali:~# apt-get install openvas

2. Then use the openvas-setup command to set up OpenVAS, download the latest rules, create an admin user, and start up the various services:

root@kali:~# openvas-setup

3. When the setup is finished, the OpenVAS manager, scanner, and GSAD services should be listening. To start OpenVAS, use the openvas-start command:

root@kali:~# openvas-startStarting OpenVas Servicesroot@kali:~#

4. Before we can use OpenVAS inside msfconsole, we need to load the OpenVAS plugin using the load command:

msf > load openvas [*] Welcome to OpenVAS integration by kost and averagesecurityguy.[*] [*] OpenVAS integration requires a database connection. ...