Automatically Updating an NVT Feed

Automatically Updating an NVT Feed

• Create a script called "openvas-update" and save it somewhere such as "/usr/local/bin":

  	#!/bin/sh
  
  	temp=`tempfile`
  	openvas-nvt-sync 2>&1> $temp
  	if [ $? -ne  0 ]
  	then
  		cat $temp
  	fi
  	rm $temp
  	if [ -f /var/lib/run/openvasd.pid ]
  	then
  		pid=`cat /var/lib/run/openvasd.pid`
  		kill -1 $pid 2>/dev/null
  	fi
  

• Update your crontab to contain a line such as:

  	25 4 * * *	root	/usr/local/bin/openvas-update
  

Automatically Updating an NVT Feed