Another way is to do it in a script.
Dump out the list of tasks and their UUIDs.
Create cron jobs to start the task.
Use the Alert method to send an email or create a file when the task is
complete.
When the task is complete fire off another task…
Louis
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> On Apr 25, 2018, at 8:23 AM, Roger Davies <rog.dav...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> It's not the nicest solution, but it does work.
>
> In the 'Alerts' setup, you can use the 'Start Task' method, which then gives
> you the option to select a task name, 'Start Task'.
>
> You have one task, task1, that operates on a schedule, This task1 has an
> alert which is setup to call another task, task2, when the original task1 is
> 'done'. Then in task2, you have an alert that calls task3 etc.etc.
>
> Obviously, you can have many alerts for tasks, so an email to say it's
> started and an email to say it's finished and an alert that copies a report
> somewhere, or whatever.
>
> It's not as nice as having them on a schedule, but if you comment the
> structure in your task names or something, it should explain itself.
>
> Roger
>
>
> On 25 April 2018 at 12:58, Thijs Stuurman <thijs.stuur...@internedservices.nl
> <mailto:thijs.stuur...@internedservices.nl>> wrote:
> Sounds like a horrible solution to me even if it works.
>
>
>
>
>
> Thijs Stuurman
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> Van: tatooin <tato...@free.fr <mailto:tato...@free.fr>>
> Verzonden: woensdag 25 april 2018 13:55
> Aan: Roger Davies <rog.dav...@gmail.com <mailto:rog.dav...@gmail.com>>
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> Onderwerp: Re: [Openvas-discuss] Tasks Autostart plugin for openvas ?
>
>
>
> Hi Roger,
>
>
>
> I don't get it. Adding an alert to the first task will only log when the task
> is done, it won't start the next task automatically. Or am I missing
> something here ?
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> On Wed, 2018-04-25 at 11:30 +0100, Roger Davies wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> You can daisy-chain one task after another using the alerts bit. So, setup an
> alert which uses the 'Start Task' method on "Task run status changed (to
> Done)", then add that alert to the first task.
>
> Roger
>
>
>
> On 18 April 2018 at 08:27, tatooin <tato...@free.fr <mailto:tato...@free.fr>>
> wrote:
>
>
> Thanks Thijs,
>
>
>
> I will have a look at your script.
>
>
>
> Best,
>
>
>
> On Tue, 2018-04-17 at 12:14 +0000, Thijs Stuurman wrote:
>
> I use gvm-tools and a python script to schedule my jobs, perhaps this can
> serve as inspriration for your own solution:
>
>
>
> https://github.com/Thijssss/openvas_scheduler
> <https://github.com/Thijssss/openvas_scheduler>
>
>
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> Onderwerp: [Openvas-discuss] Tasks Autostart plugin for openvas ?
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
>
>
> I was wondering if there was a plugin to automatically start tasks in order.
> I have ordered my tasks by groups, and on a regular basis I'm running all
> tasks on a given group. But this remain a manual step, as I have to login to
> the console and start tasks one after the other (or not more than 2 or 3
> tasks simultaneously to avoid overwhelming the Openvas manager) so I was
> wondering if there was any plugins or something close to it to allow
> automatic starts of tasks once the first in list is finished ?
>
>
>
> The scheduling feature cannot do this unfortunately.
>
>
>
> Thanks !
>
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