Configuration of Qualys Virtual Scanner
Qualys Virtual Scanner image can be downloaded from the Qualys Cloud platform using the following steps.
Use only the Virtual Scanner Appliance for KVM image available in the Qualys Cloud Platform.
Download Qualys Virtual Scanner Appliance Image
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Log in to the Qualys Cloud Platform and download the KVM Scanner Image.
(Navigate to VMDR > Scans > Appliances and select New > Virtual Scanner Appliance. Choose the Download Image Only option, and select the distribution package you want to download.)
The image is downloaded in the tar.gz format.
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Extract the QCOW2 file from the tar.gz image file.
Extract QCOW2 from tar.gz
Linux
Use the following command to generate a file in QCOW2 format.
# tar –xvzf qVSA-X.X.xx-x.tar.gz
Upload this QCOW2 file using the dashboard or command line.
qVSA-X.X.xx-x.qcow2
Windows
You can install 7-zip to extract the tar.gz file.
The extraction step generates a tar file.
Use 7-Zip tool again to extract the qcow2 image disk from the tar file:
Extracting the tar file generates the QCOW2 Image file and XML template:
qVSA-X.X.XX-X.qcow2
qVSA-X.X.XX-X -libvirt.xml
Upload the Scanner Image
On KVM host machine, upload the extracted QCOW2 Scanner image to the desired directory
For example
/var/lib/libvirt/images/
Ensure you change the owner & group of the Image to qemu.
Next Step
Step 3: Deploy Scanner Instances