OpenVAS

Ship your OpenVAS reports to Logit.io via Logstash

Send your OpenVAS reports to logit.io via logstash using the instructions below and begin searching your data.

Install Integration

Please click on the Install Integration button to configure your stack for this source.

Create OpenVAS Report

OpenVAS reports are typically generated manually.

After completing a scan in OpenVAS, perform the following steps to generate a CSV report.

Click the Scans tab, then select Reports.

Select a report from the list of results.

This will open the report summary.

Select CSV Results from the drop-down menu and click the download option.

Install Filebeat

To get started you will need to install filebeat. To do this you have two main options:

To successfully install filebeat and set up the required Windows service you will need to have administrator access.

If you have chosen to download the zip file:

  • Extract the contents of the zip file into C:\Program Files.
  • Rename the extracted folder to filebeat
  • Open a PowerShell prompt as an Administrator (right-click the PowerShell icon and select Run As Administrator).
  • From the PowerShell prompt, run the following commands to install filebeat as a Windows service:
cd 'C:\Program Files\filebeat'
.\install-service-filebeat.ps1

If script execution is disabled on your system, you need to set the execution policy for the current session to allow the script to run. For example:

PowerShell.exe -ExecutionPolicy UnRestricted -File .\install-service-filebeat.ps1

For more information about Powershell execution policies see here (opens in a new tab).

If you have chosen to download the filebeat.msi file:

  • double-click on it and the relevant files will be downloaded.

At the end of the installation process you'll be given the option to open the folder where filebeat has been installed.

  • Open a PowerShell prompt as an Administrator (right-click the PowerShell icon and select Run As Administrator).
  • From the PowerShell prompt, change directory to the location where filebeat was installed and run the following command to install filebeat as a Windows service:
.\install-service-filebeat.ps1

If script execution is disabled on your system, you need to set the execution policy for the current session to allow the script to run. For example:

PowerShell.exe -ExecutionPolicy UnRestricted -File .\install-service-filebeat.ps1

For more information about Powershell execution policies see here (opens in a new tab).

Configure Filebeat

Copy and use the Filebeat configuration below.

Update the file path placeholder with the file path of the folder where you'll be keeping your OpenVAS reports.

####################### Logit.io Filebeat Configuration ########################
# ============================== Filebeat inputs ==============================
filebeat.inputs:
  - type: filestream
    paths:
      - INSERT_PATH_TO_OPENVAS_REPORT*.csv
    
    fields:
      type: openvas
    
    fields_under_root: true
    encoding: utf-8
    ignore_older: 3h
    
    multiline:
      pattern: '^(?:[0-9]{1,3}\.){3}[0-9]{1,3}'
      negate: true
      match: after
 
    filebeat.registry.path: /var/lib/filebeat
 
# ============================== Filebeat modules ==============================
filebeat.config.modules:
  path: ${path.config}/modules.d/*.yml
  reload.enabled: false
  #reload.period: 10s
 
# ================================== Outputs ===================================
# ------------------------------ Logstash Output -------------------------------
output.logstash:
    hosts: ["@logstash.host:@logstash.sslPort"]
    loadbalance: true
    ssl.enabled: true

Start filebeat

To start Filebeat, run in Powershell:

Start-Service filebeat

Check Logit.io for your logs

Data should now have been sent to your Stack.

View My Data

If you don't see take a look at How to diagnose no data in Stack below for how to diagnose common issues.

How to diagnose no data in Stack

If you don't see data appearing in your stack after following this integration, take a look at the troubleshooting guide for steps to diagnose and resolve the problem or contact our support team and we'll be happy to assist.