Link Tenable Nessus BYOL Scanner to Tenable Vulnerability Management via the Command Line

To link the Tenable Nessus BYOL scanner to Tenable Vulnerability Management via the command line:

1. Adjust the permissions for your downloaded SSH Key using the following command:

   chmod 400 myNessusKey.pem

2. SSH into the Nessus BYOL scanner using the following command:

   ssh -i myNessusKey.pem ec2-user@<BYOLpublicIP>

   Where <BYOLpublicIP> is the IP address of your Tenable Nessus BYOL instance.

3. Elevate privileges using the following command:

   sudo su

4. Update the AMI using the following command:

   yum update -y

5. Stop Tenable Nessus using the following command:

   service nessusd stop

6. Link the Nessus BYOL scanner to Tenable Vulnerability Management for management using the following command:

   /opt/nessus/sbin/nessuscli managed link --key=<key> --cloud

   Where <key> is the linking key associated with your Tenable Vulnerability Management instance.

   Note: FedRAMP customers must use the following command:

   /opt/nessus/sbin/nessuscli managed link --key=<key> -host=fedcloud.tenable.com --port=443

7. Start Tenable Nessus using the following command:

   service nessusd start