Christian,

Will the same apply to CentOS as well. Where can i check the redis
parameter of PtivateTmp? Is it the /etc/redis.conf file?

Thanks!
Harsh

On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 6:12 PM, Thijs Stuurman <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Christian,
>
> Ah so that is what is going on.. sneaky! I created the openvassd.conf and
> it works, thanks!
>
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> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: Openvas-discuss [mailto:[email protected]]
> Namens Christian Fischer
> Verzonden: vrijdag 23 juni 2017 14:36
> Aan: [email protected]
> Onderwerp: Re: [Openvas-discuss] Scans not executing
>
> Hi,
>
> On 23.06.2017 14:28, Thijs Stuurman wrote:
> > First check where your redis.sock actually is located; if it exists at
> all.. look at your redis configuration file for the path.
> > Then look at where openvas expects it to be.. it should show in the
> logging.
> >
> > I run openvas9 on Ubuntu 16.04 and openvas somehow expects it to be in
> /tmp/ but for some (probably good) reason redis refuses or cannot make it
> in /tmp.
> > Haven’t bothered to figure out why, set it back to default
> > /var/run/redis/redis.sock and made a symlink in /tmp to it because I
> > had to get it working ;p (ln -s /var/run/redis/redis.sock
> > /tmp/redis.sock) .. I should recompile openvas to fix the path I
> > guess.. someday.. after my vacation ;p
>
> /tmp won't work because Debian/Ubuntu is using a "PrivateTmp=true" in its
> redis systemd script which causes the redis.sock to end up somewhere in:
>
> /tmp/systemd-private-xyz*
>
> However you don't need to recompile OpenVAS to change the location where
> it is expecting the redis.sock. Just adding the following to your
> openvassd.conf (create one in your /path/to/etc/openvas if it doesn't
> exist):
>
> kb_location = /var/run/redis/redis.sock
>
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> > Van: Openvas-discuss
> > [mailto:[email protected]] Namens Harsh
> > kapadia
> > Verzonden: vrijdag 23 juni 2017 14:25
> > Aan: Eero Volotinen <[email protected]>
> > CC: [email protected]
> > Onderwerp: Re: [Openvas-discuss] Scans not executing
> >
> > Thanks for responding!
> >
> > Should I move the socket file from /tmp to /run/redis and also modify
> the kb_location path accordingly?
> >
> > I'm new to openvas and not really sure what needs to be done.
> >
> > Harsh
> >
> > On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 5:47 PM, Eero Volotinen <[email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> > sounds like connection to redis it not working.
> >
> > Eero
> >
> > 23.6.2017 3.15 ip. "Harsh kapadia" <[email protected]<mailto:ha
> [email protected]>> kirjoitti:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Please see the attached output from openvas-check-setup.log file.
> Everything seems OK but still the scans do not execute:
> >
> > I do still see the below errors in openvassd.dump file.
> > (openvassd:23236): lib  kb_redis-CRITICAL **: get_redis_ctx: redis
> > connection error: No such file or directory
> >
> > (openvassd:23236): lib  kb_redis-CRITICAL **: get_redis_ctx: redis
> > connection error: No such file or directory
> >
> > (openvassd:23236): lib  kb_redis-CRITICAL **: get_redis_ctx: redis
> > connection error: No such file or directory
> >
> > (openvassd:23236): lib  kb_redis-CRITICAL **: get_redis_ctx: redis
> > connection error: No such file or directory
> >
> > (openvassd:22085): lib  kb_redis-CRITICAL **: get_redis_ctx: redis
> > connection error: No such file or directory
> >
> > (openvassd:22085): lib  kb_redis-CRITICAL **: get_redis_ctx: redis
> > connection error: No such file or directory
> >
> > Kindly suggest. SELinux is turned off so it shouldn't be a problem to
> use the socket for redis from /tmp directory.
> >
> > Thanks!
>
> Regards,
>
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