Nessus Scanner Settings Section

The Nessus Scanner Settings section provides a list of the available Tenable Nessus 6.4+ scanners and the ability to add, edit, or remove a Tenable Nessus scanner.

Note: Tenable Nessus Professional 7 is not supported.

Each Tenable Nessus scanner must be configured with the following parameters:

Name	Description
Scanner Host	The domain name or IP address of the Tenable Nessus server.
Scanner Port	The port of the Tenable Nessus server.
Access Key	The first half of a Tenable Nessus API Key, which is used to authenticate with the Tenable Nessus REST API.
Secret Key	The second half of a Tenable Nessus API Key, which is used to authenticate with the Tenable Nessus REST API.

Note: For details on how to obtain an API Key (Access Key and Secret Key), refer to the Tenable Nessus user guide.