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I was able to get this resolved by re-creating the service file (which is missing) here: /usr/lib/systemd/system/greenbone-security-assistant.service
[Unit]
Description=Greenbone Security Assistant (gsad)
Documentation=man:gsad(8) https://www.greenbone.net
After=network.target gvmd.service
Wants=gvmd.service
[Service]
Type=forking
User=_gvm
Group=_gvm
ExecStart=/usr/sbin/gsad --listen=127.0.0.1 --port=9392
Restart=always
TimeoutStopSec=10
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Alias=gsad.service
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Indeed, it seems that the service file disappeared in Kali rolling.
<pre>
Kali 2022.1
$ chdist apt kali-last-snapshot show greenbone-security-assistant | grep ^Version
Version: 21.4.3-1
$ chdist apt-file kali-last-snapshot search greenbone-security-assistant
greenbone-security-assistant: /etc/logrotate.d/greenbone-security-assistant
greenbone-security-assistant: /lib/systemd/system/greenbone-security-assistant.service
greenbone-security-assistant: /usr/share/doc/greenbone-security-assistant/README.md
greenbone-security-assistant: /usr/share/doc/greenbone-security-assistant/changelog.Debian.gz
greenbone-security-assistant: /usr/share/doc/greenbone-security-assistant/changelog.gz
greenbone-security-assistant: /usr/share/doc/greenbone-security-assistant/copyright
greenbone-security-assistant-common: /usr/share/doc/greenbone-security-assistant-common/changelog.Debian.gz
greenbone-security-assistant-common: /usr/share/doc/greenbone-security-assistant-common/changelog.gz
greenbone-security-assistant-common: /usr/share/doc/greenbone-security-assistant-common/copyright
Kali Rolling
$ chdist apt kali-rolling show greenbone-security-assistant | grep ^Version
Version: 21.4.4-0kali1
$ chdist apt-file kali-rolling search greenbone-security-assistant
greenbone-security-assistant: /usr/share/doc/greenbone-security-assistant/changelog.Debian.gz
greenbone-security-assistant: /usr/share/doc/greenbone-security-assistant/changelog.gz
greenbone-security-assistant: /usr/share/doc/greenbone-security-assistant/copyright
greenbone-security-assistant-common: /usr/share/doc/greenbone-security-assistant-common/changelog.Debian.gz
greenbone-security-assistant-common: /usr/share/doc/greenbone-security-assistant-common/changelog.gz
greenbone-security-assistant-common: /usr/share/doc/greenbone-security-assistant-common/copyright
</pre>
Let me ping the right person. Thanks for reporting this issue. |
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No problem - thank you as well! |
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Yes the name of the service has changed from greenbone-security-assistant to gsad.
I thought it will be transparent for users because the alias greenbone-security-assistant is defined in the gsad service.
I wil check how I can fix that. |
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It's fixed with gsad version 21.4.4-0kali3.
I think you will have to remove the file you created /lib/systemd/system/greenbone-security-assistant.service.
FTR: the alias in the service file creates a symlink only if the service is "enabled". That's why we had the issue. |
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How do I upgrade gsad to version 21.4.4-0kali3? |
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Ah, nevermind. Seems to be updated now, but just simply won't start anymore. Very weird. |
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It's weird since I didn't change anything else. Let me check if I can reproduce this. |
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Can check if your system is up to date?
I have issues with greenbone-security-assistant.service only if I have old versions of ospd-openvas and gvmd.
You need to have gvmd >= 21.4.5 and ospd-openvas >= 21.4.4
To avoid the issue with wrong version of gvmd and ospd-openvas, I will re-upload gvmd and gsad with strong requirements on dependencies version. |
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Thanks @sbrun. After using gsad instead of greenbone-security-assistant, I did run into the issue of the gsad service not starting, but I'm not sure if this is tied to the recent changes. I opened up a forum post about this (https://community.greenbone.net/t/gsad-start-http-daemon-redirect-failed/11645) and we were able to get this resolved by appending --no-redirect in the gsad service file. I'm not sure if that alternative workaround is required in the latest version of Kali, but I'll test this today and keep you posted.
Thanks for the quick replies and support on this. |
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Those who are having trouble starting the gsad.service after upgrading to 21.4.4-0kali4.
I suggest doing the following:
Remove the gsad service (removes other dependencies too)
sudo apt-get remove gsad
Remove the old service file if it still exists
rm /lib/systemd/system/greenbone-security-assistant.service
Reinstall Openvas
sudo apt-get install openvas
Setup openvas
sudo gvm-setup
Check the setup
sudo gvm-check-setup
(Optional Reconfiguration) If you need to allow access via external interface
Update the file /lib/systemd/system/gsad.service replace 127.0.01 with 0.0.0.0 or another IP.
systemctl stop gsad
systemctl daemon-reload
system start gsad
Everything should be back to normal now. |
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Missed the first step and made some typos in the above post and I couldn't delete it. Here it is again:
Those who are having trouble starting the gsad.service after upgrading to 21.4.4-0kali4.
I suggest doing the following:
1) Remove old uneeded packages
sudo apt autoremove
2) Remove the gsad service (removes other dependencies too)
sudo apt remove gsad
3) Remove the old service file if it still exists
rm /lib/systemd/system/greenbone-security-assistant.service
4) Reinstall Openvas
sudo apt install openvas
5) Setup openvas
sudo gvm-setup
6) Check the setup
sudo gvm-check-setup
7) (Optional Reconfiguration) If you need to allow access via external interface
Update the file /lib/systemd/system/gsad.service replace 127.0.01 with 0.0.0.0 or another IP.
systemctl stop gsad
systemctl daemon-reload
system start gsad
Everything should be back to normal now. |
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