Register Your License with Nessus

When you receive a new license and Activation Code, you must re-register the license with Nessus.

When your Nessus server is offline, you must generate a license, download the license, and then register your license with Nessus.

Once downloaded and copied to your offline Nessus server, use the nessuscli fetch -- register command that corresponds to your operating system.

  1. On the offline system running Nessus (A), open a command prompt.
  2. Use the nessuscli fetch --register-offline command specific to your operating system.
    3. Platform Command

    Linux

    # /opt/nessus/sbin/nessuscli fetch --register-offline /opt/nessus/etc/nessus/nessus.license

    FreeBSD

    # /usr/local/nessus/sbin/nessuscli fetch --register-offline /usr/local/nessus/etc/nessus/nessus.license

    Windows

    C:\Program Files\Tenable\Nessus>nessuscli.exe fetch --register-offline "C:\ProgramData\Tenable\Nessus\conf\nessus.license"

    macOS

    # /Library/Nessus/run/sbin/nessuscli fetch --register-offline /Library/Nessus/run/etc/nessus/nessus.license