Question to gvm_cli

Building from Source and Advanced Topics Greenbone Management Protocol (GMP)
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Hello together.

I make my first steps with using of gvm_cli.

my first call
gvm_cli tls --host=localhost --xml="<get_version/>" is successful.
BUT when I try
gvm_cli tls --host=localhost --xml="<get_tasks/>"
I get following error:
First command must be AUTHENTICATE, GET_VERSION, COMMANDS.

Thats why I’ve made following
./gvm-cli tls --hostname=localhost --xml=" <authenticate> <credentials><username>test</username><password>test</password> </credentials></authenticate>"
Response 200 OK.
then I’ve tried to call get_tasks one more time.
The same error, that the first command must be authenticate.
I’m confused.
How should I structure my calls.

THANK YOU

2

Most GMP commands need an authentication. The authentication is only valid for the current connection. If the connection is closed the authentication session is closed too.

gvm-tools have command line arguments for handling the gmp authentication out of the box. Please take a look at --gmp-username and --gmp-password arguments.

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3

Hey bricks, thank you for your reply.

I tried to use --gmp-password as following:
./gvm-cli tls --gmp-username test --gmp-password test --hostname=localhost --xml="<get_tasks/>"

following error occurs:
usage: gvm-cli [-h] [-c [CONFIG]]
[–log [{DEBUG,INFO,WARNING,ERROR,CRITICAL}]]
[–timeout TIMEOUT] [–gmp-username GMP_USERNAME]
[–gmp-password GMP_PASSWORD] [-V] [–protocol {GMP,OSP}]
CONNECTION_TYPE …
gvm-cli: error: unrecognized arguments --gmp-username --gmp-password test

very strange. I’ve written the words correct. any ideas?

4

./gvm-cli --gmp-username test --gmp-password test tls --hostname=localhost --xml="<get_tasks/>"

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5

thanks, it works. I tried to move configuration to config file /home/gvmclient/.config/gvm-tools.config:

[unixsocket]
socketpath=/var/run/openvassd.sock

[gmp]
gvm_username=test
gvm_password=test

and try to call
gvm-cli --config=“/home/gvmclient/.config/gvm-tools.config” tls --hostname=localhost --xml=“<get_tasks/>”
what is wrong in this call or configuration??

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Please take a look at https://gvm-tools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/config.html#gmp-section for comparing what’s wrong with your settings.

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@johnbesel were you actually ever able to get this working? I see the answer above is marked as the solution, but I’m having the exact same problem. Using the exact same command from the gvm-tools github (except replacing my username and password) and no luck.

What’d you figure out that solved your problem?