# openvasmd ## Manager daemon of the Open Vulnerability Assessment System (OpenVAS) ## Synopsis openvasmd OPTIONS ## Description OpenVAS Scanner, openvassd(8), acts as a service and offers a communication protocol for its clients called OTP. The core task of the OpenVAS Scanner is the actual scan process. The OpenVAS Manager is a OTP client and adds various management functionalities to handle and organise scan results. Thus OpenVAS Manager acts as a layer between the OpenVAS Scanner and its own clients (for example omp(8), gsad(8) or gsd(8)) which connect via the OMP protocol to the OpenVAS Manager. A related service is OpenVAS Administrator, openvasad(8) which among other tasks also manages user accounts for OpenVAS. ## Options -a, --listen=ADDRESS Listen on ADDRESS. --create-user=USERNAME Create admin user USERNAME and exit. --role=ROLE Role for --create-user option. --delete-user=USERNAME Delete user USERNAME and exit. --get-users List users and exit. --create-scanner=NAME Create scanner NAME and exit. --scanner-host=HOST Scanner host for --create-scanner, --rebuild and --update. Default is 127.0.0.1. --scanner-port=PORT Scanner port for --create-scanner, --rebuild and --update. Default is 9391. --scanner-type=TYPE Type for --create-scanner option. Could be "OpenVAS Scanner" or "OSP Ovaldi". --scanner-ca-pub=CAPUB Scanner CA public key path for --create-scanner. --scanner-key-pub=KEYPUB Scanner public key path for --create-scanner. --scanner-key-priv=KEYPRIV Scanner private key path for --create-scanner. --delete-scanner=UUID Delete scanner with UUID and exit. --get-scanners List scanners and exit. --gnutls-priorities=PRIORITY Set the GnuTLS priority string to PRIORITY. --dh-params=FILE Path to file containing Diffie-Hellman parameters which are needed for DHE-RSA. This file could be generated using openssl or certtool. --max-email-attachment-size=SIZE Maximum number of bytes permitted in alert email attachments. 0 to use the default, negative to allow any size. --max-email-include-size=SIZE Maximum number of bytes permitted in reports inlined in alert email attachments. 0 to use the default, negative to allow any size. --max-ips-per-target=SIZE Maximum number of IPs per target. -u, --update Updates the database with information from a running scanner (openvassd) and exits. -p, --port=NUMBER Listen on port number NUMBER. --rebuild Rebuild the database with information from a running scanner (openvassd) and exits. --version Print version. -v, --verbose Print progress messages. -?, --help Show help. ## SIGNALS SIGHUP causes openvasmd to rebuild the database with information from the Scanner (openvassd). ## EXAMPLES openvasmd --port 1241 Serve OMP clients on port 1241 and connect to a OTP server on 7772. ## SEE ALSO openvassd (8), openvasad (8), gsad (8), omp (8), gsd (8) ## MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE OpenVAS PROJECT The canonical places where you will find more information about the OpenVAS project are: http://www.openvas.org/ (Official site) http://wald.intevation.org/projects/openvas/ (Development Platform) ## COPYRIGHT The OpenVAS Manager is released under the GNU GPL, version 2, or, at your option, any later version.