I think certificates were the problem. Yes, I had ones from Openvas 7 (Sep 30 in the listing below). I regenerated new ones with Openvas 8 (Oct 21). The byte sizes are much bigger - stronger keys I suppose.
$ sudo find /var/lib/openvas/ -name *pem -ls 129852 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2524 Oct 21 11:35 /var/lib/openvas/CA/cacert.pem 129854 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8382 Oct 21 11:35 /var/lib/openvas/CA/servercert.pem 201836 8 -rw------- 1 root root 8029 Oct 21 11:36 /var/lib/openvas/CA/clientcert.pem 129448 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1476 Sep 30 09:44 /var/lib/openvas/CA.20161021/cacert.pem 129449 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4274 Sep 30 09:44 /var/lib/openvas/CA.20161021/servercert.pem 129450 4 -rw------- 1 root root 3921 Sep 30 09:44 /var/lib/openvas/CA.20161021/clientcert.pem 201835 4 -rw------- 1 root root 3243 Oct 21 11:36 /var/lib/openvas/private/CA/clientkey.pem 129851 4 -rw------- 1 root root 3243 Oct 21 11:35 /var/lib/openvas/private/CA/cakey.pem 129853 4 -rw------- 1 root root 3243 Oct 21 11:35 /var/lib/openvas/private/CA/serverkey.pem 129451 4 -rw------- 1 root root 887 Sep 30 09:43 /var/lib/openvas/private/CA.20161021/clientkey.pem 129454 4 -rw------- 1 root root 887 Sep 30 09:44 /var/lib/openvas/private/CA.20161021/cakey.pem 129455 4 -rw------- 1 root root 887 Sep 30 09:44 /var/lib/openvas/private/CA.20161021/serverkey.pem Some other thread suggested that, instead of these options to the command: sudo openvas-mkcert-client -n om -i I should use these: sudo openvas-mkcert-client -i -n A third thread had the "--scanner-port" in the --modify-scanner command. sudo openvasmd --modify-scanner 08b69003-5fc2-4037-a479-93b440211c73 --scanner-port 9391 \ --scanner-ca-pub /var/lib/openvas/CA/cacert.pem \ --scanner-key-pub /var/lib/openvas/CA/servercert.pem \ --scanner-key-priv /var/lib/openvas/private/CA/serverkey.pem It is working now. Thank you. On Nov 10, 2016 3:33 AM, "Jan-Oliver Wagner" < [email protected]> wrote: ... > it smells like a certificate problem. Perhaps some remains from > an older installation? > > Doing the certificate creations manually is ... well ... challenging. > There are scripts to assist (see the INSTALL guide). > > -- > Dr. Jan-Oliver Wagner | +49-541-335084-0 | http://www.greenbone.net/ > Greenbone Networks GmbH, Neuer Graben 17, 49074 Osnabrück | AG Osnabrück, HR B > 202460 > Geschäftsführer: Lukas Grunwald, Dr. Jan-Oliver Wagner > _______________________________________________ > Openvas-discuss mailing list > [email protected] <[email protected]> > https://lists.wald.intevation.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openvas-discuss <https://lists.wald.intevation.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openvas-discuss>
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