Installation

For Tenable.io:

Required User Role: Administrator

For Tenable.sc:

Required User Role: Security Manager, Security Analyst, or Vulnerability Analyst

Before you begin:

• You must have Splunk downloaded on your system with a Splunk basic login.

Note: See the Splunk Environments section for additional information about the different types of Splunk deployments and their requirements.

Note: If you install the Tenable App for Splunk on the search head, you must also install the Tenable Add-on.

To install Tenable Add-on for Splunk and Tenable App for Splunk for the first time:

1. Log in to Splunk.

2. Go to Apps at the top of the screen.

   A drop-down menu appears:

   

3. Click Find More Apps.

4. On the Browse More Apps page, type Tenable in the search bar.

   Tenable-related options appear:

   

5. Click the Install button next to Tenable Add-on for Splunk:

   

6. Restart Splunk if a Restart Required prompt displays.

Note:Follow steps 1 to 6 to install the Tenable App for Splunk.

To upgrade Tenable Add-on for Splunk and Tenable App for Splunk:

1. Log in to Splunk.

2. Go to Apps at the top of the screen.

   A drop-down menu appears:

   

3. Click Manage App.

4. In the search bar, type Tenable.

   Tenable-related options appear:

   

5. In the Version column, click Update to x.y.z version link for Tenable Add-On for Splunk:

   

6. Restart Splunk if a Restart Required prompt displays.

Note:Follow steps 1 to 6 to upgrade the Tenable App for Splunk.

Note: You can optionally update the default chunk size for Tenable.io export host vulnerabilities and export host assets sync calls. To update the default setting, open the $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/apps/TA-tenable/default/inputs.conf file, and update value of vuln_num_assets (number of assets used to chunk the vulnerabilities) and assets_chunk_size (number of assets per exported chunk) in tenable_io stanza as per requirement. Save the file changes and restart Splunk.

Note: You may need to update the Tenable Macro, get_tenable_index, for data to begin populating the application dashboards.

Next, configure the Tenable application.