

Simple in the sense that it will automatically give the fix for the errors we face in configuring Openvas. The good thing about installation of Openvas is it is very simple. We will use this command many times from now. Open terminal and type command “ openvas-check-setup“.


We just need to configure it to make it available for vulnerability scanning. Openvas is installed by default in Kali Linux. You should already have observed that Nessus is not installed by default in Kali Linux( see here if you are looking how to install Nessus in Kali Linux). As you already know, OpenVAS is a vulnerability scanner which replaced Nessus vulnerability scanner in Kali Linux. Today our howto is about how to setup OpenVAS in Kali Linux or Kali Linux Sana for that matter.
