Database Auto-Discovery

Required User Role: Standard, Scan Manager, or Administrator

To configure Database auto-discovery for Tenable Nessus:

  1. Log in to your Tenable user interface.

  2. In the left navigation, click Scans.

    The Scans page appears.

  3. In the upper-right corner of the page, click the Create a Scan button.

    The Select a Scan Template page appears.

  4. Select a scan template.

    The scan configuration page appears.

  5. In the Name box, type a name for the scan.

  6. In the Targets box, type an IP address, hostname, or range of IP addresses.
  7. (Optional) Add a description, folder location, scanner location, and specify target groups.

  8. Click the Credentials tab.

    The Settings pane appears.

  9. Click the Database option.

    The Database options appear.

  10. In the Database Type drop-down box, select Cassandra, Oracle, DB2, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, or Sybase ASE.

  11. In the Auth Type drop-down box, click Nessus for BeyondTrust Secret Server.

    The Nessus for BeyondTrust Secret Server options appear.

  12. Configure each option for the Database authentication.

    Option Description Required

    BeyondTrust Host

    The IP or domain name of the BeyondTrust Web Server.

    Yes

    BeyondTrust Port

    The port for the BeyondTrust Web Server. For example, 443.

    Yes

    BeyondTrust API user

    The API user name associated with the API Key used for API authentication.

    Yes
    BeyondTrust API key

    The API Key associated with the API user name used for API authentication.

    		 Yes
    Use SSL Enable if BeyondTrust is configured to support SSL.

    No
    Verify SSL Certificate If enabled, verifies the SSL Certificate on the BeyondTrust server.

    No
    Username The username for the target account.

    No
    Domain The domain name of the target account.

    No
    Platform

    Platform Name or Platform ID. Defaults to the following if left blank:

    • Oracle: “oracle”

    • PostgreSQL: “postgresql”

    • MySQL: “mysql”

    • SQL Server: “ms sql server”

    • MongoDB: “mongodb”

    • Sybase ASE: “sybase ase”

    • Cassandra: NOT SUPPORTED!

    • DB2: NOT SUPPORTED!

    Note: Cassandra and DB2 do not have supported Platforms in BeyondTrust. However, Tenable does give the user available credentials for the two database types for BeyondTrust Auto-Discovery. BeyondTrust supports the creation of custom Platform plugins, so a user can follow BeyondTrust’s guide to accomplish this. Consult with BeyondTrust and their documentation on this method.

    No
    Workgroup Name

    Name of Workgroup in BeyondTrust. Used to isolate groups of managed systems and accounts.

    		 No

    Database Port

    The port the database instance is listening on.

    Yes

  13. Do one of the following:

    • If you want to save without launching the scan, click Save.

    • If you want to save and launch the scan immediately, click Save & Launch.

      Note: If you scheduled the scan to run at a later time, the Save & Launch option is not available.