---
id: 92
title: "Configuring and Tuning OpenVAS in Kali Linux"
source_domain: kali.org
source_url: "https://www.kali.org/blog/configuring-and-tuning-openvas-in-kali-linux/"
published_at: "2017-11-15T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["vulnerability-management", "kali-linux", "tutorial", "openvas", "vulnerability-scanning", "configuration", "greenbone"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/92"
lang: en
---

# Configuring and Tuning OpenVAS in Kali Linux

## Summary

A thorough OpenVAS setup guide for Kali: adequate RAM matters most, openvas-setup handles initialization, and the post walks through users, credentials, targets, and scan and task configuration.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** kali.org
- **Published:** 2017-11-15T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.kali.org/blog/configuring-and-tuning-openvas-in-kali-linux/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/92