Download New Vulnerability Plugins

Before You Begin

When Tenable Nessus Network Monitor is registered in Standalone mode using an Activation code, plugins are updated automatically every 24 hours after the service is started.

If Tenable Security Center or Tenable Vulnerability Management is used to manage Tenable Nessus Network Monitor, new plugins for Tenable Nessus Network Monitor are automatically sent at scheduled intervals.

To manually download new vulnerability plugins:

  1. Click Configuration >  Feed Settings.

  2. Next to the Fetch Plugins From drop-down box, click the button.

    Tip: The plugins can also be updated by using the following command:

    # /opt/nnm/bin/nnm --update-plugins