GVM versions
gsad: 22.04.0
gvmd: 22.4.0-dev1
openvas-scanner: 22.4.0
gvm-libs: 22.4.0
Environment
Operating system: Ubuntu Linux 22.04.1 LTS
Kernel: Linux 5.15.0-48-generic
Installation method / source: Building 22.4 from Source - Greenbone Community Documentation
Until approximately 72 hours ago, we had GVM 22.4 installed and working without issue on Ubuntu Linux 22.04. This morning, an attempt to run a scan failed. Checking the scanners in the web interface showed that a check of the OpenVAS Default scanner returned “Service Unavailable”
I restarted GVMD, GSAD, notus-scanner and ospd-openvas via systemctl restart . GVMD and GSAD restarted without issue. Both notus-scanner and ospd-openvas services failed. Checking systemctl status notus-scanner/ospd-openvas didn’t reveal much beyond the fact the services were Loaded/Activating… so I also ran journalctl -xeu notus-scanner/ospd-openvas. The output of those was as follows:
journalctl -xeu ospd-openvas
]: Traceback (most recent call last):
]: File "/usr/local/bin/ospd-openvas", line 8, in <module>
]: sys.exit(main())
]: File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/ospd_openvas/daemon.py", line 1243, in main
]: daemon_main('OSPD - openvas', OSPDopenvas, NotusParser())
]: File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/ospd/main.py", line 98, in main
]: args = parser.parse_arguments()
]: File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/ospd/parser.py", line 278, in parse_arguments
]: self._set_defaults(_args.config)
]: File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/ospd/parser.py", line 245, in _set_defaults
]: self._config = self._load_config(configfilename)
]: File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/ospd/parser.py", line 253, in _load_config
]: if not configpath.expanduser().resolve().exists():
]: File "/usr/lib/python3.10/pathlib.py", line 1288, in exists
]: self.stat()
]: File "/usr/lib/python3.10/pathlib.py", line 1095, in stat
]: return self._accessor.stat(self, follow_symlinks=follow_symlinks)
]: PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/sensat0/.config/ospd.conf'
penvas.service: Control process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Subject: Unit process exited
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: http://www.ubuntu.com/support
░░
░░ An ExecStart= process belonging to unit ospd-openvas.service has exited.
░░
░░ The process' exit code is 'exited' and its exit status is 1.
Oct 10 11:16:26 northvalley-vscan systemd[1]: ospd-openvas.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
░░ Subject: Unit failed
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: http://www.ubuntu.com/support
░░
░░ The unit ospd-openvas.service has entered the 'failed' state with result 'exit-code'.
Oct 10 11:16:26 northvalley-vscan systemd[1]: Failed to start OSPd Wrapper for the OpenVAS Scanner (ospd-openvas)
░░ Subject: A start job for unit ospd-openvas.service has failed
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: http://www.ubuntu.com/support
░░
░░ A start job for unit ospd-openvas.service has finished with a failure.
░░
░░ The job identifier is 23629 and the job result is failed.
journalctl -xeu notus-scanner
: Traceback (most recent call last):
: File "/usr/local/bin/notus-scanner", line 8, in <module>
: sys.exit(main())
: File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/notus/scanner/daemon.py", line 139, in main
: args = parser.parse_arguments()
: File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/notus/scanner/cli/parser.py", line 178, in parse_arguments
: self._set_defaults(known_args.config)
: File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/notus/scanner/cli/parser.py", line line 137, in _set_defaults
: config_data = self._load_config(configfilename)
: File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/notus/scanner/cli/parser.py", line 149, in _load_config
: if path.exists():
: File "/usr/lib/python3.10/pathlib.py", line 1288, in exists
: self.stat()
: File "/usr/lib/python3.10/pathlib.py", line 1095, in stat
: return self._accessor.stat(self, follow_symlinks=follow_symlinks)
: PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/sensat0/.config/notus-scanner.toml'
: notus-scanner.service: Control process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
░░ Subject: Unit process exited
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: http://www.ubuntu.com/support
░░
░░ An ExecStart= process belonging to unit notus-scanner.service has exited.
░░
░░ The process' exit code is 'exited' and its exit status is 1.
Oct 10 11:25:34 northvalley-vscan systemd[1]: notus-scanner.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
░░ Subject: Unit failed
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: http://www.ubuntu.com/support
░░
░░ The unit notus-scanner.service has entered the 'failed' state with result 'exit-code'.
Oct 10 11:25:34 northvalley-vscan systemd[1]: Failed to start Notus Scanner.
░░ Subject: A start job for unit notus-scanner.service has failed
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: http://www.ubuntu.com/support
░░
░░ A start job for unit notus-scanner.service has finished with a failure.
░░
░░ The job identifier is 25010 and the job result is failed.
I have tried the following:
- Full reboot
- systemctl reset-failed
- systemctl stop / systemctl disable then systemctl enable / systemctl start
I had seen a similar issue before during my build attempt, but was able to get past it by using the official documentation noted above.
I am most concerned about the two files referenced - notus-scanner.toml and ospd.conf. For the former (notus-scanner.toml) there is no such file present anywhere on the machine. For the latter (ospd.conf) I have an example-ospd.conf in install-path/source/ospd-openvas-22.4.2/docs/example-ospd.conf .
Hoping that someone will be kind enough to provide guidance on how to resolve this and get these services running again.
Also, and I don’t know if this is related - I see there is a new version (22.04.3) of the Greenbone OS. I don’t know if this update needs to be applied as part of the resolution, or if it’s unrelated.
Thank you sincerely for your time and advice - I am happy to provide any additional information you might need.