Install Plugins Manually
You can manually update plugins on an offline Tenable Nessus system in two ways: the user interface or the command line interface.
Before you begin:
- Download and copy the Nessus plugins compressed TAR file to your system.
To install plugins manually using the Tenable Nessus user interface:
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On the offline system running Nessus (A), in the top navigation bar, click Settings.
The About page appears.
- Click the Software Update tab.
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In the upper-right corner, click the Manual Software Update button.
The Manual Software Update dialog box appears.
- In the Manual Software Update dialog box, select Upload your own plugin archive, and then select Continue.
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Navigate to the compressed TAR file you downloaded, select it, then click Open.
Nessus updates with the uploaded plugins.
To install plugins manually using the command line interface:
- On the offline system running Nessus (A), open a command prompt.
- Use the nessuscli update <tar.gz filename> command specific to your operating system.
Platform |
Command |
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Windows |
C:\Program Files\Tenable\Nessus>nessuscli.exe update <tar.gz filename> |
macOS |
# /Library/Nessus/run/sbin/nessuscli update <tar.gz filename> |
Linux |
# /opt/nessus/sbin/nessuscli update <tar.gz filename> |
FreeBSD |
# /usr/local/nessus/sbin/nessuscli update <tar.gz filename> |