Install Tenable Nessus on Linux

Caution: If you install a Nessus Agent, Manager, or Scanner on a system with an existing Nessus Agent, Manager, or Scanner running nessusd, the installation process will kill all other nessusd processes. You may lose scan data as a result.

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

To install Nessus on Linux:

1. Download the Nessus package file.

2. From the command line, run the Nessus installation command specific to your operating system.

   Example Nessus install commands:

   Red Hat version 6

   # yum install Nessus-<version number>-es6.x86_64.rpm

   Debian version 6

   # dpkg -i Nessus-<version number>-debian6_amd64.deb

   FreeBSD version 10

   # pkg add Nessus-<version number>-fbsd10-amd64.txz

3. From the command line, restart the nessusd daemon.

   Example Nessus daemon start commands:

   Red Hat, CentOS, Oracle Linux, Fedora, SUSE, FreeBSD

   # systemctl start nessusd

   Debian/Kali and Ubuntu

   # systemctl start nessusd

4. Open Tenable Nessus in your browser.

   • To access a remotely installed Nessus instance, go to https://<remote IP address>:8834 (for example, https://111.49.7.180:8834).

   • To access a locally installed Nessus instance, go to https://localhost:8834.

5. Perform the remaining Nessus installation steps in your browser.