robertdebock.openvas
ARCHIVED - openvas
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Install and configure openvas on your system.
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Example Playbook
This example is taken from molecule/resources/converge.yml and is tested on each push, pull request and release.
---
- name: Converge
hosts: all
become: yes
gather_facts: yes
roles:
- robertdebock.openvas
The machine may need to be prepared using molecule/resources/prepare.yml:
---
- name: Prepare
hosts: all
gather_facts: no
become: yes
vars:
# ca_privatekey_path: "/var/lib/openvas/CA/cacert.pem"
ca_requests:
- name: clientkey
passphrase: WoNtT3L1
cipher: aes256
country_name: NL
email_address: [email protected]
organization_name: Some Corporation
organizational_unit_name: Department X
- name: serverkey
passphrase: WoNtT3L1
cipher: aes256
country_name: NL
email_address: [email protected]
organization_name: Some Corporation
organizational_unit_name: Department X
roles:
- robertdebock.bootstrap
- robertdebock.buildtools
- robertdebock.epel
- robertdebock.python_pip
- robertdebock.apt_autostart
- robertdebock.redis
- robertdebock.ca
Also see a full explanation and example on how to use these roles.
Role Variables
These variables are set in defaults/main.yml:
---
# defaults file for openvas
# The username for the openvas webinterface.
openvas_administrator_username: admin
# The password for the openvas webinterface.
openvas_administrator_password: password
Requirements
- Access to a repository containing packages, likely on the internet.
- A recent version of Ansible. (Tests run on the current, previous and next release of Ansible.)
The following roles can be installed to ensure all requirements are met, using ansible-galaxy install -r requirements.yml:
---
- robertdebock.bootstrap
- robertdebock.buildtools
- robertdebock.ca
- robertdebock.epel
- robertdebock.python_pip
- robertdebock.apt_autostart
- robertdebock.redis
- robertdebock.selinux
- robertdebock.reboot
Dependencies
Most roles require some kind of preparation, this is done in molecule/default/prepare.yml. This role has a "hard" dependency on the following roles:
- robertdebock.selinux Context
This role is a part of many compatible roles. Have a look at the documentation of these roles for further information.
Here is an overview of related roles:

Compatibility
This role has been tested on these container images:
| container | tags |
|---|---|
| amazon | all |
| alpine | all |
| debian | all |
| el | 7, 8 |
| fedora | all |
| opensuse | all |
| ubuntu | bionic |
The minimum version of Ansible required is 2.8 but tests have been done to:
- The previous version, on version lower.
- The current version.
- The development version.
Exceptions
Some variarations of the build matrix do not work. These are the variations and reasons why the build won't work:
| variation | reason |
|---|---|
| CentOS 8 | Packages openvas-cli and openvas-scanner are not available. |
| ArchLinux & Ansible 2.7 | New-style module did not handle its own exit |
| OpenSUSE Leap | atomic-release Signature verification failed |
Included version(s)
This role refers to a version released by Atomicorp. Check the released version(s) here:
This version reference means a role may get outdated. Monthly tests occur to see if bit-rot occured. If you however find a problem, please create an issue, I'll get on it as soon as possible. Testing
Unit tests are done on every commit, pull request, release and periodically.
If you find issues, please register them in GitHub
Testing is done using Tox and Molecule:
Tox tests multiple ansible versions. Molecule tests multiple distributions.
To test using the defaults (any installed ansible version, namespace: robertdebock, image: fedora, tag: latest):
molecule test
# Or select a specific image:
image=ubuntu molecule test
# Or select a specific image and a specific tag:
image="debian" tag="stable" tox
Or you can test multiple versions of Ansible, and select images:
Tox allows multiple versions of Ansible to be tested. To run the default (namespace: robertdebock, image: fedora, tag: latest) tests:
tox
# To run CentOS (namespace: `robertdebock`, tag: `latest`)
image="centos" tox
# Or customize more:
image="debian" tag="stable" tox
License
Apache-2.0
Author Information
ansible-galaxy install robertdebock.openvas