4 Managing OPENVAS Products

4.1 Listing all Available OPENVAS Products

Retrieve a list of available products and versions by running the following command:

opensight-os-cli container-management list-products

→ The output shows the product(s) available for deployment:

Note

The value after id: is needed for the deployment step.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Connection: keep-alive
Content-Length: 1084
Content-Type: application/json
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2025 10:02:15 GMT
Server: nginx

- available_versions:
  - 0.1.4
  - 0.1.3
  - 0.1.2
  description: OpenSight Asset is a Greenbone appliance product that collects scan
    data about assets and vulnerabilities into a unified reporting from all Greenbone
    Enterprise Appliances in a customer infrastructure. It provides an asset-centric
    view across all networks, all assets and all scans including extensive filtering
    and dashboarding and is designed for high performance response for large data
    sets. Once connected to the scanning appliances, data are imported continuously
    and automatically.
  id: asset
  installed_version: null
  name: OpenSight Asset
- available_versions:
  - 0.0.8
  - 0.0.7
  - 0.0.6
  description: OpenSight Lookout is the central service about information on vulnerabilities,
    essentially consisting of security advisories and details about our vulnerability
    tests. All information are delivered via a continuously updated Feed. It can be
    used together with OpenSight Asset or as a stand-alone application, being the
    new 'SecInfo'.
  id: lookout
  installed_version: null
  name: OpenSight Lookout

4.2 Deploying an OPENVAS Product

Note

The product compose files of the OPENVAS products will be downloaded from packages.greenbone.net. If a download is not possible, the firewall settings may need to be configured accordingly.

Install a product by running the following command:

opensight-os-cli container-management install-product <PRODUCT_ID>

Note

In order to deploy OPENVAS REPORT, the product ID asset must be used.

opensight-os-cli container-management install-product asset

In order to deploy OPENVAS VIEW, the product ID lookout must be used.

opensight-os-cli container-management install-product lookout

→ The output shows product information as well as the installed version:

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Connection: keep-alive
Content-Length: 1084
Content-Type: application/json
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2025 10:02:15 GMT
Server: nginx

- available_versions:
  - 0.1.4
  - 0.1.3
  - 0.1.2
  description: OpenSight Asset is a Greenbone appliance product that collects scan
    data about assets and vulnerabilities into a unified reporting from all Greenbone
    Enterprise Appliances in a customer infrastructure. It provides an asset-centric
    view across all networks, all assets and all scans including extensive filtering
    and dashboarding and is designed for high performance response for large data
    sets. Once connected to the scanning appliances, data are imported continuously
    and automatically.
  id: asset
  installed_version: 0.1.4
  name: OpenSight Asset

4.3 Updating an OPENVAS Product

Note

To keep the OPENVAS products up-to-date and secure, available updates should be regularly checked and installed.

Update a product by running the following command:

opensight-os-cli container-management upgrade-product <PRODUCT_ID>

Example:

opensight-os-cli container-management upgrade-product asset

4.4 Removing an OPENVAS Product

Remove an OPENVAS product by running the following command:

opensight-os-cli container-management uninstall-product <PRODUCT_ID>

Example:

opensight-os-cli container-management uninstall-product asset