You should start the redis-server or configure it to listen on socket

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Hi,

@krishna

ERROR: redis-server is not running or not listening on socket: /var/run/redis-openvas/redis-server.sock
FIX: You should start the redis-server or configure it to listen on socket: /var/run/redis-openvas/redis-server.sock

have you tried to follow the suggestions the openvas-check-setup script is giving you? As this is not directly related to OpenVAS / GVM please try to do some research on your own by having a look at e.g. the redis documentation concerning the correct configuration like https://redis.io/docs/management/config/

If you’re struggling with the linux knowledge on this topic you could also try the GCE appliance which is configured and working out of the box within e.g. VirtualBox:

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