Hey everyone! I'm trying to change the default IP address for OpenVAS, which is currently set to the loopback address. I've attempted to modify it in the service daemon file, setting it to 0.0.0.0 and even to a different local address, but I still can't access it. Any suggestions on how to get this working?
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To access OpenVAS after changing the IP, you need it to listen on 0.0.0.0. Then, you can reach it using 127.0.0.1 on your local machine or by using the host machine's IP on another device. Just a heads up, changing the IP isn't as straightforward as it seems; it really depends on whether you're using Docker or not and the operating system you're on. I'm not too experienced with this setup, though.
So it sounds like the default is 127.0.0.1, but if you've set it to 0.0.0.0 and a local IP like 192.168.200.46, and it's still not accessible, then there might be additional networking configurations at play that need to be adjusted.
Thanks for the tip! I built it from source on Debian Bookworm and followed your advice, but I still couldn't access the webpage.