---
name: "openvasmd"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "openvas-manager"
version: "7.0.3-1"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/openvasmd"
---

# openvasmd(8)

Manager daemon of the Open Vulnerability Assessment System (OpenVAS)

## NAME

openvasmd - Manager daemon of the Open Vulnerability Assessment System (OpenVAS)

## SYNOPSIS

**openvasmd OPTIONS**

## DESCRIPTION

OpenVAS Scanner, [openvassd(8)](/openvassd/8.md), acts as a service and offers a communication protocol for its clients called OTP. The core task of the OpenVAS Scanner is the actual scan process.

The OpenVAS Manager is a OTP client and adds various management functionalities to handle and organise scan results. Thus OpenVAS Manager acts as a layer between the OpenVAS Scanner and its own clients (for example [omp(8)](/omp/8.md), [gsad(8)](/gsad/8.md) or gsd(8)) which connect via the OMP protocol to the OpenVAS Manager.

A related service is OpenVAS Administrator, openvasad(8) which among other tasks also manages user accounts for OpenVAS.

## OPTIONS

- **-a, --listen=***ADDRESS*

  Listen on ADDRESS.

- **--create-user=***USERNAME*

  Create admin user USERNAME and exit.

- **--role=***ROLE*

  Role for --create-user option.

- **--delete-user=***USERNAME*

  Delete user USERNAME and exit.

- **--get-users**

  List users and exit.

- **--create-scanner=***NAME*

  Create scanner NAME and exit.

- **--scanner-host=***HOST*

  Scanner host for --create-scanner, --rebuild and --update. Default is 127.0.0.1.

- **--scanner-port=***PORT*

  Scanner port for --create-scanner, --rebuild and --update. Default is 9391.

- **--scanner-type=***TYPE*

  Type for --create-scanner option. Could be "OpenVAS Scanner" or "OSP Ovaldi".

- **--scanner-ca-pub=***CAPUB*

  Scanner CA public key path for --create-scanner.

- **--scanner-key-pub=***KEYPUB*

  Scanner public key path for --create-scanner.

- **--scanner-key-priv=***KEYPRIV*

  Scanner private key path for --create-scanner.

- **--delete-scanner=***UUID*

  Delete scanner with UUID and exit.

- **--get-scanners**

  List scanners and exit.

- **--gnutls-priorities=***PRIORITY*

  Set the GnuTLS priority string to PRIORITY.

- **--dh-params=***FILE*

  Path to file containing Diffie-Hellman parameters which are needed for DHE-RSA. This file could be generated using openssl or certtool.

- **--max-email-attachment-size=***SIZE*

  Maximum number of bytes permitted in alert email attachments.

  0 to use the default, negative to allow any size.

- **--max-email-include-size=***SIZE*

  Maximum number of bytes permitted in reports inlined in alert email attachments.

  0 to use the default, negative to allow any size.

- **--max-ips-per-target=***SIZE*

  Maximum number of IPs per target.

- **-u, --update**

  Updates the database with information from a running scanner (openvassd) and exits.

- **-p, --port=***NUMBER*

  Listen on port number *NUMBER*.

- **--rebuild**

  Rebuild the database with information from a running scanner (openvassd) and exits.

- **--version**

  Print version.

- **-v, --verbose**

  Print progress messages.

- **-?, --help**

  Show help.

## SIGNALS

SIGHUP causes openvasmd to rebuild the database with information from the Scanner (openvassd).

## EXAMPLES

openvasmd --port 1241

Serve OMP clients on port 1241 and connect to a OTP server on 7772.

## SEE ALSO

**[openvassd(8)](/openvassd/8.md)**, **openvasad(8)**, **[gsad(8)](/gsad/8.md)**, **[omp(8)](/omp/8.md)**, **gsd(8)**

## MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE OPENVAS PROJECT

The canonical places where you will find more information about the OpenVAS project are: **http://www.openvas.org/** (Official site) **http://wald.intevation.org/projects/openvas/** (Development Platform)

## COPYRIGHT

The OpenVAS Manager is released under the GNU GPL, version 2, or, at your option, any later version.