Default Data Directories

The default Nessus data directory contains logs, certificates, temporary files, database backups, plugins databases, and other automatically generated files.

Refer to the following table to determine the default data directory for your operating system.

Operating System	Directory
Linux	/opt/nessus/var/nessus
Windows	C:\ProgramData\Tenable\Nessus\nessus
macOS	/Library/Nessus/run/var/nessus

Note: Nessus does not support using symbolic links for /opt/nessus/.

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