Setting up OpenVAS/gvm the easy way using Virtualbox .

mach1982
2 min readMar 14, 2021

Greenbone Security maintains OpenVAS now called Greenbone Security Manage (GSM) they have a Virtual Machine called Greenbone Security Manager TRIAL (GSM TRIAL) , you download the .ova file. Once launched you can log on the web management system an preform a scan . I’m used Virtual-box.

  1. Download the OVA .
  2. In Virtual box import the OVA

File -->Import Appliance

3.Once imported check the networking setting.

Right click --> Settings -->Network

4. Set the adapter to the one your using .

5. Launch the VM.

6. Logon with user name: admin, password: admin , note the IP address at the top fro later.

5.The first time you run it it will ask you to set a up a new user , then you be presented with the below screen . Select Yes .

6.Select skip

7. Open up a web browser with IP that was displayed before you logged and with the user name and password you created log on .

8.You can now run scans

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