Running around in circles.  Removed, replaced, reinstalled, downgraded 8 / 
upgraded 9.  Everything leads to this:

 

Checking OpenVAS Manager database (NVT data) ...

        ERROR: The number of NVTs in the OpenVAS Manager database is too low.

        FIX: Make sure OpenVAS Scanner is running with an up-to-date NVT collect

ion and run 'openvasmd --rebuild'.

        WARNING: OpenVAS Scanner is NOT running!

        SUGGEST: Start OpenVAS Scanner (openvassd).

 

So I’ve got a chicken and egg problem.

 

Scanner won’t start:

 

[root@centos7vm /]# systemctl status openvas-scanner -l

● openvas-scanner.service - OpenVAS Scanner

   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/openvas-scanner.service; enabled; 
vendor preset: disabled)

   Active: activating (start) since Sun 2018-02-25 15:46:30 EST; 13min ago

  Control: 18590 (openvassd)

   CGroup: /system.slice/openvas-scanner.service

           └─18590 /usr/sbin/openvassd

 

Feb 25 15:46:30 centos7vm.lotto.net systemd[1]: Starting OpenVAS Scanner...

Feb 25 15:46:30 centos7vm.lotto.net systemd[1]: Starting OpenVAS Scanner...

 

Everything else is up:

 

[root@centos7vm /]# systemctl status openvas-manager -l

● openvas-manager.service - OpenVAS Manager

   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/openvas-manager.service; enabled; 
vendor preset: disabled)

   Active: active (running) since Sun 2018-02-25 13:26:18 EST; 2h 29min ago

 Main PID: 9986 (openvasmd)

   CGroup: /system.slice/openvas-manager.service

           └─9986 openvasmd

 

Feb 25 13:26:18 centos7vm.lotto.net systemd[1]: Starting OpenVAS Manager...

Feb 25 13:26:18 centos7vm.lotto.net systemd[1]: Started OpenVAS Manager.

 

[root@centos7vm /]# systemctl status redis -l

● redis.service - Redis persistent key-value database

   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/redis.service; enabled; vendor 
preset: disabled)

  Drop-In: /etc/systemd/system/redis.service.d

           └─limit.conf

   Active: active (running) since Sun 2018-02-25 12:20:23 EST; 3h 35min ago

 Main PID: 4744 (redis-server)

   CGroup: /system.slice/redis.service

           └─4744 /usr/bin/redis-server 127.0.0.1:6379

 

[root@centos7vm /]# systemctl status gsad -l

● gsad.service - OpenVAS Manager

   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/gsad.service; enabled; vendor 
preset: disabled)

   Active: active (running) since Sun 2018-02-25 15:06:25 EST; 55min ago

 Main PID: 16626 (gsad)

   CGroup: /system.slice/gsad.service

           ├─16626 /usr/sbin/gsad --listen 0.0.0.0 --port 9392

           └─16627 /usr/sbin/gsad --listen 0.0.0.0 --port 9392

 

Feb 25 15:06:25 centos7vm.lotto.net systemd[1]: Starting OpenVAS Manager...

Feb 25 15:06:25 centos7vm.lotto.net systemd[1]: Started OpenVAS Manager.

 

Scanner logs ogs say:

[Sun Feb 25 15:02:52 2018][51446] NVT with duplicate OID 
1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.890841 will be replaced with 2017/deb_dla_841.nasl

[Sun Feb 25 16:52:19 2018][1317] Failed to initialize nvti cache.

(repeats)

 

But NVT update or rebuild won’t succeed without scanner running.

 

md manage:WARNING:2018-02-25 20h12.30 utc:17040: database must be initialised 
from scanner (with --update or --rebuild)

md   main:MESSAGE:2018-02-25 20h12.30 utc:17041:    OpenVAS Manager version 
7.0.2 (DB revision 184)

md   main:   INFO:2018-02-25 20h12.30 utc:17041: rebuild_nvt_cache_retry: 
Reloading NVT cache

md   main:   INFO:2018-02-25 20h12.30 utc:17042: update_or_rebuild_nvt_cache: 
Rebuilding NVT cache

base gpgme:MESSAGE:2018-02-25 20h12.30 utc:17042: Setting GnuPG dir to 
'/var/lib/openvas/openvasmd/gnupg'

base gpgme:MESSAGE:2018-02-25 20h12.30 utc:17042: Using OpenPGP engine version 
'2.0.22'

md   main:   INFO:2018-02-25 20h12.30 utc:17042:    Updating NVT cache.

md   main:WARNING:2018-02-25 20h26.27 utc:17042: openvas_scanner_read: Failed 
to read from scanner: Connection reset by peer

 

I’ve deleted the cache, the database, the scap data, the certs – regenerated 
everything from scratch – spinning my wheels.

 

Where is the smoking gun?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                
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