Issue with fresh installation via docker on Ubuntu 24.04.03

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Hi,

I’ve just installed OpenVas following the link below:

And my Feed Status is still in “Update in progress” from at least 3 hours…

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Below some of my logs:

gsa-1 | starting gsad
gsa-1 | gsad main:MESSAGE:2025-12-26 16h31.55 utc:13: Starting GSAD version 24.12.0
ospd-openvas-1 | OSPD[7] 2025-12-26 16:31:57,236: INFO: (ospd.main) Starting OSPd OpenVAS version 22.10.0.
gvm-tools-1 exited with code 0
gvmd-1 | md main:MESSAGE:2025-12-26 16h32.01 utc:13: Greenbone Vulnerability Manager version 26.12.1 (DB revision 262)
gvmd-1 | md main: INFO:2025-12-26 16h32.01 utc:13: Migrating database.
gvmd-1 | md main:WARNING:2025-12-26 16h32.02 utc:13: manage_migrate: no task tables yet, so no need to migrate them
gvmd-1 | md main:MESSAGE:2025-12-26 16h32.02 utc:13: No SCAP database found for migration
gvmd-1 | md main:MESSAGE:2025-12-26 16h32.02 utc:13: No CERT database found for migration
gvmd-1 | md main: INFO:2025-12-26 16h32.02 utc:13: gvmd: databases are already at the supported version
gvmd-1 | md main:MESSAGE:2025-12-26 16h32.02 utc:14: Greenbone Vulnerability Manager version 26.12.1 (DB revision 262)
gvmd-1 | md manage: INFO:2025-12-26 16h32.02 utc:14: Creating user.
pg-gvm-1 | 2025-12-26 16:32:02.481 UTC [165] gvmd@gvmd ERROR: relation “public.meta” does not exist at character 19
pg-gvm-1 | 2025-12-26 16:32:02.481 UTC [165] gvmd@gvmd STATEMENT: SELECT value FROM public.meta WHERE name = ‘database_version’;
gvmd-1 | md manage:WARNING:2025-12-26 16h32.02 utc:14: sql_exec_internal: PQexec failed: ERROR: relation “public.meta” does not exist
gvmd-1 | LINE 1: SELECT value FROM public.meta WHERE name = 'database_version…
gvmd-1 | ^
gvmd-1 | (7)
gvmd-1 | md manage:WARNING:2025-12-26 16h32.02 utc:14: sql_exec_internal: SQL: SELECT value FROM public.meta WHERE name = ‘database_version’;
gvmd-1 | md manage:WARNING:2025-12-26 16h32.02 utc:14: sql_x: sql_exec_internal failed

openvas-1 | libgvm util: DEBUG:2025-12-26 16h32.41 utc:32: fetch_max_db_index: maximum DB number: 1025
openvas-1 | libgvm util: DEBUG:2025-12-26 16h32.42 utc:32: fetch_max_db_index: maximum DB number: 1025
openvas-1 | libgvm util: DEBUG:2025-12-26 16h32.42 utc:32: get_redis_ctx: connected to redis:///run/redis/redis.sock/2
openvas-1 | libgvm util: DEBUG:2025-12-26 16h32.42 utc:32: redis_delete_all: deleting all elements from KB #2
pg-gvm-1 | 2025-12-26 16:32:43.627 UTC [172] gvmd@gvmd WARNING: there is already a transaction in progress
gvmd-1 | event port_list:MESSAGE:2025-12-26 16h32.43 utc:20: Port list All TCP and Nmap top 100 UDP (730ef368-57e2-11e1-a90f-406186ea4fc5) has been created by admin
gvmd-1 | event port_list:MESSAGE:2025-12-26 16h32.44 utc:20: Port list All IANA assigned TCP (33d0cd82-57c6-11e1-8ed1-406186ea4fc5) has been created by admin
gvmd-1 | event port_list:MESSAGE:2025-12-26 16h32.44 utc:20: Port list All IANA assigned TCP and UDP (4a4717fe-57d2-11e1-9a26-406186ea4fc5) has been created by admin
gvmd-1 | event report_format:MESSAGE:2025-12-26 16h32.44 utc:20: Report format PDF (c402cc3e-b531-11e1-9163-406186ea4fc5) has been created by admin
gvmd-1 | event report_format:MESSAGE:2025-12-26 16h32.44 utc:20: Report format CSV Results (c1645568-627a-11e3-a660-406186ea4fc5) has been created by admin
gvmd-1 | event report_format:MESSAGE:2025-12-26 16h32.44 utc:20: Report format TXT (a3810a62-1f62-11e1-9219-406186ea4fc5) has been created by admin
gvmd-1 | event report_format:MESSAGE:2025-12-26 16h32.45 utc:20: Report format XML (a994b278-1f62-11e1-96ac-406186ea4fc5) has been created by admin
gvmd-1 | event report_format:MESSAGE:2025-12-26 16h32.45 utc:20: Report format Anonymous XML (5057e5cc-b825-11e4-9d0e-28d24461215b) has been created by admin

Anyone faces this issue?

Thanks

2

It’s possible that there is some error in the Community Container builds. I will hopefully have time to test them next week and get back to you about this issue. :slight_smile:

3

I can’t confirm this 100% yet, but I think those errors are caused by trying to connect to the PostgreSQL service before it is available and retried if they fail. Once it becomes available those commands are successfully completed.

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please drop your docker container versions. try pg-gvm version with 22.6.10

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Did you use the script to do the install, or did you go step by step through the community install? I found that using the script downloads and installs the containers but does not (in my case anyway) download the docker-compose.yml config file. Because of this, I had to manually create the docker-compose.yml file and store it in a folder, then tell my Ubuntu install to run the yml file as a service.

I am sure there is a way to do the same thing in the containers but this was the fastest way for me to get this running after reboot.

Before building the .yml file, GVS would run and the website desktop would respond but the NVT and CVE would never download and populate after I rebooted.

Once installed and running as a service, the system now reboots and updates the databases as expected.

Please note, I am by no stretch of the imagination a Linux guy. I have relied HEAVILY on ChatGPT and forums. But… it is working and I am thankful of that.

Cheers…

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Hi all,

thanks for all your answer.
I left the docker running and updating all night long and the issue now seems resolved.

Cheers!