How To Install openvas-manager on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install openvas-manager on CentOS 7.
What is openvas-manager
The OpenVAS Manager is the central service that consolidates plain vulnerability scanning into a full vulnerability management solution. The Manager controls the Scanner via OTP and itself offers the XML-based, stateless OpenVAS Management Protocol (OMP). All intelligence is implemented in the Manager so that it is possible to implement various lean clients that will behave consistently e.g. with regard to filtering or sorting scan results. The Manager also controls a SQL database (sqlite-based) where all configuration and scan result data is centrally stored.
We can use yum or dnf to install openvas-manager on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install openvas-manager.
Install openvas-manager on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install openvas-manager using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install openvas-manager
Install openvas-manager on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install openvas-manager using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install openvas-manager
How To Uninstall openvas-manager on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the openvas-manager package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove openvas-manager
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install openvas-manager on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
