Software Requirements

Tenable Nessus Agents and Tenable Nessus Manager support Linux, Windows, and macOS operating systems.

Tenable Nessus Agents

For Tenable Nessus Agent software requirements, see the Agent Software Requirements in the General Requirements User Guide.

SELinux Requirements

Tenable Nessus Agents and Tenable Nessus Manager supports disabled, permissive, and enforcing mode Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) policy configurations.

  • Disabled and permissive mode policies typically do not require customization to interact with Tenable Nessus Agents and Tenable Nessus Manager.
  • Enforcing mode policies require customization to interact with Tenable Nessus Agents and Tenable Nessus Manager. For more information, see Customize SELinux Enforcing Mode Policies.

Note: Tenable recommends testing your SELinux configurations before deploying on a live network.