Step 1: Configure OBS Repository
(as user root, only once)
echo “deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/security:/OpenVAS:/STABLE:/v4/Debian_5.0/ ./” >> /etc/apt/sources.list
apt-key adv –keyserver hkp://keys.gnupg.net –recv-keys BED1E87979EAFD54
sudo apt-get update

Step 2: Quick-Install OpenVAS
(as user root, only once)
apt-get -y install greenbone-security-assistant gsd openvas-cli openvas-manager openvas-scanner openvas-administrator sqlite3 xsltproc

To install support packages for report generation (downloads around 30 MB of additional packages):
apt-get -y install texlive-latex-base texlive-latex-extra texlive-latex-recommended htmldoc

To install support for autogenerated LSC credential packages:
apt-get -y install alien rpm nsis fakeroot

Step 3: Quick-Start OpenVAS
(copy and paste whole block as user root, during first time you will be asked to set a password for user “admin”)
test -e /var/lib/openvas/CA/cacert.pem || openvas-mkcert -q
openvas-nvt-sync
test -e /var/lib/openvas/users/om || openvas-mkcert-client -n om -i
/etc/init.d/openvas-manager stop
/etc/init.d/openvas-scanner stop
openvassd
openvasmd –migrate
openvasmd –rebuild
killall openvassd
sleep 15
/etc/init.d/openvas-scanner start
/etc/init.d/openvas-manager start
/etc/init.d/openvas-administrator restart
/etc/init.d/greenbone-security-assistant restart
test -e /var/lib/openvas/users/admin || openvasad -c add_user -n admin -r Admin

Step 4: Log into OpenVAS as “admin”

Open https://localhost:9392/ or start “gsd” on a command line as a regular user (not as root!).