# gsad ## Greenbone Security Assistant for the Open Vulnerability Assessment System (OpenVAS) ## Synopsis gsad OPTIONS ## Description Together, OpenVAS Scanner (openvassd(8)) and OpenVAS Manager (openvasmd(8)) provide the core functionality of the Open Vulnerability Assessment System (OpenVAS), with OpenVAS Scanner handling the actual scan process and OpenVAS Manager adding various management functionalities to handle and organise scan results. The Greenbone Security Assistant Daemon (gsad) is a web application that connects to the OpenVAS Manager to provide for a full-featured user interface for vulnerability management. ## Options -f, --foreground Run in foreground. --http-only Serve HTTP only, without SSL. --listen=ADDRESS Listen on ADDRESS. --mlisten=ADDRESS Manager address. -p, --port=PORT Listen on port number PORT. -m, --mport=PORT Use manager port number PORT. -r, --rport=PORT Redirect HTTP from port number PORT. -R, --redirect Redirect HTTP to HTTPS. -k, --ssl-private-key=FILE Use FILE as the private key for HTTPS -c, --ssl-certificate=FILE Use FILE as the certificate for HTTPS --do-chroot Do chroot and drop privileges. -v, --verbose Print progress messages. -V, --version Print version. -?, --help Show help. ## EXAMPLES gsad Start gsad with the default port configuration and listen on port 443 for HTTPS requests. ## SEE ALSO openvassd (8) openvasad (8) omp (8) openvasmd (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 Greenbone Security Assistant is released under the GNU GPL, version 2, or, at your option, any later version.