OpenVAS image for Docker

A Docker container for OpenVAS on Ubuntu. By default, the latest images includes the OpenVAS Base as well as the NVTs and Certs required to run OpenVAS. We made the decision to move to 9 as the default branch since 8 seems to have many issues in docker. We suggest you use 9 as it is much more stable. Our Openvas9 build was designed to be a smaller image with fewer extras built in. In coming weeks, we'll look at adding some extras back in.

We currently package 2 versions:

Openvas Version	Tag	Web UI Port
9	latest/9	4000
8	8	443

Usage

Simply run:

# latest (9)
docker run -d -p 4000:4000 --name openvas mikesplain/openvas
# 9
docker run -d -p 4000:4000 --name openvas mikesplain/openvas:9
# 8
docker run -d -p 443:443 --name openvas mikesplain/openvas:8

This will grab the container from the docker registry and start it up. Openvas startup can take some time (4-5 minutes while NVT's are scanned and databases rebuilt), so be patient. Once you see a It seems like your OpenVAS-9 installation is OK. process in the logs, the web ui is good to go. Goto https://<machinename>(and :4000 for v9)

Username: admin
Password: admin

To check the status of the process, run:

docker top openvas

In the output, look for the process scanning cert data. It contains a percentage.

To run bash inside the container run:

docker exec -it openvas bash

Volume Support

We now support volumes. Simply mount your data directory to /var/lib/openvas/mgr/:

mkdir data
docker run -d -p 4000:4000 -v $(pwd)/data:/var/lib/openvas/mgr/ --name openvas mikesplain/openvas

Note, your local directory must exist prior to running.

Set Admin Password

The admin password can be changed by specifying a password at runtime using the env variable OV_PASSWORD:

docker run -d -p 4000:4000 -e OV_PASSWORD=securepassword41 --name openvas mikesplain/openvas

Contributing

I'm always happy to accept pull requests or issues.

Thanks