Download Qualys Virtual Scanner Appliance Image

Qualys Virtual Scanner image can be downloaded from the Qualys Enterprise TruRisk™ Platform using the following steps.

Use only the Virtual Scanner Appliance for Red Hat OpenShift image available in the Qualys Enterprise TruRisk™ Platform. 

  1. Log in to the Qualys Enterprise TruRisk™ Platform and download the Red Hat OpenShift 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.
  2. Extract the QCOW2 file from the tar.gz image file.

Extract QCOW2 from tar.gz 

The tar.gz archive contains the QCOW2 disk image and related files; use the following method to extract them based on your operating system.

Linux

Use the following command to generate a file in QCOW2 format.

# tar –xvzf qVSA-X.X.xx-x.tar.gz

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