Install Tenable Nessus on Linux

Caution: If you install a Tenable Agent, Tenable Nessus Manager, or Tenable Nessus scanner on a system with an existing Tenable 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:

1. Download the Tenable Nessus package file.

2. 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

   Red Hat

   # dnf install Nessus-<version number>-el8.x86_64.rpm

   SUSE

   # sudo zypper install Nessus-<version number>-suse12.x86_64.rpm

3. 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

4. Open Tenable Nessus in your browser.

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

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

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