Software Requirements

Nessus supports Mac, Linux, and Windows operating systems.

Nessus Manager and Nessus Professional

Operating System	Supported Versions
Linux	Debian 6, 7, and 8 / Kali Linux 1, and 2 - i386 Debian 6, 7, and 8 / Kali Linux 1 and 2 - AMD64 Red Hat ES 5 / CentOS 5 / Oracle Linux 5 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) - i386 Red Hat ES 5 / CentOS 5 / Oracle Linux 5 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) - x86_64 Red Hat ES 6 / CentOS 6 / Oracle Linux 6 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) - i386 Red Hat ES 6 / CentOS 6 / Oracle Linux 6 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) - x86_64 Red Hat ES 7 / CentOS 7 / Oracle Linux 7 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) - x86_64 FreeBSD 10 - AMD64 Fedora 20 and 21 - x86_64 SUSE 10.0 Enterprise - x86_64 SUSE 11 Enterprise - i586 SUSE 11 Enterprise - x86_64 Ubuntu 11.10, 12.04, 12.10, 13.04, 13.10, 14.04, and 16.04 - i386 Ubuntu 11.10, 12.04, 12.10, 13.04, 13.10, 14.04, and 16.04 - AMD64
Windows	Windows 7, 8, and 10 - i386 Windows Server 2008, Server 2008 R2, Server 2012, Server 2012 R2, 7, 8, and 10 - x86-64 Tip:* Windows Server 2008 R2’s bundled version of Microsoft IE does not interface with a Java installation properly. This causes Nessus to not perform as expected in some situations: Microsoft’s policy recommends not using MSIE on server operating systems. For increased performance and scan reliability when installing on a Windows platform, it is highly recommended that Nessus be installed on a server product from the Microsoft Windows family such as Windows Server 2008 R2.
Mac OS X	Mac OS X 10.8, 10.9, 10.10, and 10.11 - x86-64

Nessus Agents

Operating System	Supported Versions
Linux	Debian 6, 7, and 8 - i386 Debian 6, 7, and 8 - AMD64 Red Hat ES 5 / CentOS 5 / Oracle Linux 5 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) - i386 Red Hat ES 5 / CentOS 5 / Oracle Linux 5 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) - x86_64 Red Hat ES 6 / CentOS 6 / Oracle Linux 6 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) - i386 Red Hat ES 6 / CentOS 6 / Oracle Linux 6 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) - x86_64 Red Hat ES 7 / CentOS 7 / Oracle Linux 7 - x86_64 Fedora 20 and 21 - x86_64 Ubuntu 10.04 - i386 Ubuntu 10.04 - AMD64 Ubuntu 11.10, 12.04, 12.10, 13.04, 13.10, and 14.04 - i386 Ubuntu 11.10, 12.04, 12.10, 13.04, 13.10, and 14.04 - AMD64
Windows	Windows 7, 8, and 10 - i386 Windows Server 2008, Server 2008 R2*, Server 2012, Server 2012 R2, 7, 8, and 10 - x86-64
Mac OS X	Mac OS X 10.8, 10.9, 10.10, and 10.11 - x86-64

Browsers

The following browsers are supported for Nessus.

Google Chrome (24+)
Apple Safari (6+)
Mozilla Firefox (20+)
Internet Explorer (9+)

PDF Reports

The Nessus .pdf report generation feature requires the latest version of Oracle Java or OpenJDK.

Oracle Java or OpenJDK must be installed prior to the installation of Nessus.

Note: If Oracle Java or OpenJDK is installed after the Nessus installation, Nessus must be reinstalled for the PDF report generation to function.

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