Tips
Unable to go get vuls
Update git to the latest version. Old version of git can't get some repositories.
HTTP Proxy Support
If your system is behind HTTP proxy, you have to specify --http-proxy option.
How to Daemon-ize go-cve-dictionary
Use Systemd, Upstart or supervisord, daemontools...
How to Enable Automatic-Update of Vulnerability Data
Use job scheduler like Cron (with -last2y option).
How to Enable Automatic-Scan
Use job scheduler like Cron.
Set NOPASSWORD option in /etc/sudoers on target servers.
Use SSH Key-Based Authentication with no passphrase or ssh-agent.
How to scan without SSH host key check
Write StrictHostKeyChecking no to the config file used for SSH connection.
Then, describe the PATH to the config file used by ssh in sshConfigPath of config.toml.
see setting server section, #1005
How to cross compile
$ cd /path/to/your/local-git-repository/vuls
$ GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -o vuls.amd64 ./cmd/vuls
Logging
Log is under /var/log/vuls/
Debug
Run with --debug, --sql-debug option.
Adjusting Open File Limit
Riak docs is awesome.
Does Vuls accept SSH connections with fish-shell or old zsh as the login shell
No, Vuls needs a user on the server for bash login.
Yes, fixed in #545
Windows
Use Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer. MBSA