About
The About page shows an overview of Tenable Nessus licensing and plugin information. When you access the product settings, the About page appears. By default, Tenable Nessus shows the Overview tab, which contains information about your Tenable Nessus instance, as described in the Overview table.
On the Software Update tab, you can set your automatic software update preferences or manually update Tenable Nessus software.
On the
Basic users cannot view the Software Update or
To download logs, click the Download Logs button in the upper-right corner of the page. For more information, see Download Logs.
Value |
Description |
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Nessus Professional and Nessus Expert |
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Version |
The version of your Nessus instance. |
Last Updated |
The date on which the plugin set was last refreshed. |
Expiration |
The date on which your license age outs. Note: For Tenable Nessus Professional 8.5 and later, you cannot run scans or download new plugins after your license age outs. You can still access your system and scan reports for 30 days after expiration. |
Plugin Set |
The ID of the current plugin set. |
Policy Template Version | The ID of the current version of the policy template set. |
Activation Code |
The activation code for your instance of Nessus. |
Nessus Manager |
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Version |
The version of your Nessus instance. |
Licensed Hosts |
The number of hosts you can scan, depending on your license. |
Licensed Scanners |
The number of scanners that you have licensed that are currently in use. |
Licensed Agents |
The number of agents that you have licensed that are currently in use. |
Last Updated |
The date on which the plugin set was last refreshed. |
Expiration |
The date on which your license age outs. |
Plugin Set |
The ID of the current plugin set. |
Policy Template Version | The ID of the current version of the policy template set. |
Activation Code |
The activation code for your instance of Nessus. |