Link a BYOL Scanner to Tenable.io with Pre-Authorized Scanner Features
You can retain your pre-authorized AMI installation features when linking BYOL scanners to Tenable.io by using the following procedure.
Before you begin:
Assign an IAM role to the Nessus instance you are deploying. For more information, see step 16 of Launch Pre-Authorized Nessus Scanner.
To link a BYOL scanner to Tenable.io with pre-authorized scanner features:
When you link the scanner to Tenable.io using the command line, as described in the Link to Tenable.io topic in the Nessus User Guide, use the optional --aws-scanner flag. For example:
> nessuscli managed link --key=<LINKING KEY> --cloud --aws-scanner