Openvas scanner Failed to start task: Service temporarily down

Question

Hi, I'm facing an error while starting any task. The scanner failed to start task: Service temporarily down.

Answer 1

You can check the running version if it is outdated update it. For a fresh installation, you can follow this.

apt-get purge openvas

apt-get purge redis

apt clean

apt-get update

apt-get upgrade

apt autoremove

cd /var/lib

mv redis redis-old

RESTART

apt-get install openvas

openvas-setup

openvas-check-setup

sed -e 's/127.0.0.1/0.0.0.0/g' greenbone-security-assistant.service openvas-manager.service openvas-scanner.service -i

cd /lib/systemd/system

vim greenbone-security-assistant.service

Add to the ExecStart line --allow-header-host "hostname.example.com 58" (Note* The listen should be 0.0.0.0

ststemctl daemon-reload

openvas-stop

openvas-start