Install Tenable Nessus on Linux
Caution: If you install a Tenable Nessus Agent, Tenable Nessus Manager, or Tenable Nessus scanner on a system with an existing Tenable Nessus Agent, Tenable Nessus Manager, or Tenable Nessus scanner running nessusd
, the installation process terminates all other nessusd
processes. You may lose scan data as a result.
Note: Tenable Nessus does not support using symbolic links for /opt/nessus/.
Before you begin:
To install Nessus on Linux:
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Download the Tenable Nessus package file.
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From the command line, run the Tenable Nessus installation command specific to your operating system.
Example Tenable Nessus install commands:
Debian/Kali and Ubuntu# dpkg -i Nessus-<version number>-debian6_amd64.deb
FreeBSD# pkg add Nessus-<version number>-fbsd10-amd64.txz
Red Hat# yum install Nessus-<version number>-es6.x86_64.rpm
SUSE# sudo zypper install Nessus-<version number>-suse12.x86_64.rpm
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From the command line, restart the nessusd daemon.
Example Tenable Nessus daemon start commands:
CentOS, Debian/Kali, Fedora, Oracle Linux, Red Hat, SUSE, and Ubuntu# systemctl start nessusd
FreeBSD# service nessusd start
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Open Tenable Nessus in your browser.
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To access a remotely installed Tenable Nessus instance, go to https://<remote IP address>:8834 (for example, https://111.49.7.180:8834).
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To access a locally installed Tenable Nessus instance, go to https://localhost:8834.
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Perform the remaining Tenable Nessus installation steps in your browser.