Configure Tenable Nessus
When you access Tenable Nessus in a browser, a warning appears to regard a connection privacy problem, an untrusted site, an unsecure connection, or a related security certificate issue. This is normal behavior. Tenable Nessus provides a self-signed SSL certificate.
Refer to the Security Warnings section for steps necessary to bypass the SSL warnings.
Note: Depending on your environment, plugin configuration and initialization can take several minutes.
To configure Tenable Core + Tenable Nessus, see Deploy or Install Tenable Core in the Tenable Core+ Tenable Nessus User Guide.
Before you begin:
To configure Tenable Nessus:
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Follow the Install Tenable Nessus instructions to open to the Welcome to Nessus screen in your browser.
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On the Welcome to Nessus screen, select how you want to deploy Tenable Nessus.
- Follow the configuration steps for your selected product:
- Install Tenable Nessus Essentials, Professional, Expert, or Manager
- Activate a Tenable Nessus Professional or Tenable Nessus Expert Trial
- Link to Tenable Vulnerability Management
- Link to Tenable Security Center
- Link to Tenable Nessus Manager
- Link a Node (Tenable Nessus Manager cluster)
- Manage Tenable Nessus Offline