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OpenVAS-6 DEMO Virtual Appliance

A new Virtual Appliance for OpenVAS-6 is being worked on. Expected publication: May 2013.

OpenVAS-5 DEMO Virtual Appliance

Current version: 1.0

Download Sites for the OVA Image (3.6 GByte):

MD5SUM: 90417f28f2b8644e249743fa34ef1c86

Compatibility: VirtualBox 4.1, ESXi4/5

Important Notes:

  • Security:
    • You should change the default password for OpenVAS account "admin" via Web-Interface.
    • You should change the default passwords for system accounts "root" and "openvas".
    • You should upgrade the base system immediately to install all security updates published meanwhile. The base system is Debian Squeeze, so you need to run "apt-get dist-upgrade" or other managament tools you might prefer.
  • Usage:
    • If you don't know where to log into the web interface, then log in as system user "openvas" and the URL will be printed.
  • GNU GPL: In compliance with GNU GPL, any sources are already pre-installed on the VM
  • Performance: After import it might make sense to increase resources (CPU, RAM), given your host can provide this

OpenVAS-4 Virtual Appliance Community Edition

Current version: 0.0.27

OVF Image (585 MByte): Germany
ISO Image (491 MByte): Germany

Compatibility: VirtualBox 3.x, VMWare

Limitations and known issues:

  • Only 64bit Version available
  • No WMI support
  • No autocreate credentials

Sources (kiwi, 32 MByte): Germany

Important note on these Virtual Appliances

Please note that these virtual appliances are for demonstration/testing purposes and not recommended for regular production uses, particularly for more than a few hosts depending on local system resources. The OpenVAS scanner is resource intensive and may take a long time to start on slower systems, especially when run as a VM on laptops.