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 (32-bit) Debian 6, 7, and 8 / Kali Linux 1 and 2 (64-bit) Red Hat ES 5 / CentOS 5 / Oracle Linux 5 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) (32-bit) Red Hat ES 5 / CentOS 5 / Oracle Linux 5 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) (64-bit) Red Hat ES 6 / CentOS 6 / Oracle Linux 6 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) (32-bit) Red Hat ES 6 / CentOS 6 / Oracle Linux 6 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) (64-bit) Red Hat ES 7 / CentOS 7 / Oracle Linux 7 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) (64-bit) FreeBSD 10 (64-bit) Fedora 20 and 21 (64-bit) SUSE 10.0 Enterprise (64-bit) SUSE 11 Enterprise (32-bit) SUSE 11 Enterprise (64-bit) Ubuntu 11.10, 12.04, 12.10, 13.04, 13.10, 14.04, and 16.04 (32-bit) Ubuntu 11.10, 12.04, 12.10, 13.04, 13.10, 14.04, and 16.04 (64-bit)
Windows	Windows 7, 8, and 10 (32-bit) Windows Server 2008, Server 2008 R2, Server 2012, Server 2012 R2, 7, 8, and 10 (64-bit) 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 - 10.13

Nessus Agents

Operating System	Supported Versions
Linux	Amazon Linux 2015.03, 2015.09, and 2017.09 (64-bit) Debian 6, 7, 8, and 9 / Kali Linux 1, 2017.3 (32-bit) Debian 6, 7, 8, and 9 / Kali Linux 1, 2017.3 (64-bit) Fedora 20, 21, 24, 25, 26, and 27 (64-bit) Red Hat ES 5 / CentOS 5 / Oracle Linux 5 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) (32-bit) Red Hat ES 5 / CentOS 5 / Oracle Linux 5 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) (64-bit) Red Hat ES 6 / CentOS 6 / Oracle Linux 6 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) (32-bit) Red Hat ES 6 / CentOS 6 / Oracle Linux 6 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) (64-bit) Red Hat ES 7 / CentOS 7 / Oracle Linux 7 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) (64-bit) SUSE 11 Enterprise (32-bit) SUSE 11 and 12 Enterprise (64-bit) Ubuntu 9.10, 10.04, 11.04, 11.10, 12.04, 12.10, 13.04, 13.10, 14.04, 16.04, and 17.10 (32-bit) Ubuntu 9.10, 10.04, 11.04, 11.10, 12.04, 12.10, 13.04, 13.10, 14.04, 16.04, and 17.10 (64-bit)
Windows	Windows Server 2008, 7, 8, and 10 (32-bit) Windows Server 2008, Server 2008 R2*, Server 2012, Server 2012 R2, 7, 8, and 10 (64-bit)
Mac OS X	Mac OS X 10.8 - 10.13

Operating System

Supported Versions

Linux

Amazon Linux 2015.03, 2015.09, and 2017.09 (64-bit)

Debian 6, 7, 8, and 9 / Kali Linux 1, 2017.3 (32-bit)

Debian 6, 7, 8, and 9 / Kali Linux 1, 2017.3 (64-bit)

Fedora 20, 21, 24, 25, 26, and 27 (64-bit)

Red Hat ES 5 / CentOS 5 / Oracle Linux 5 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) (32-bit)

Red Hat ES 5 / CentOS 5 / Oracle Linux 5 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) (64-bit)

Red Hat ES 6 / CentOS 6 / Oracle Linux 6 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) (32-bit)

Red Hat ES 6 / CentOS 6 / Oracle Linux 6 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) (64-bit)

Red Hat ES 7 / CentOS 7 / Oracle Linux 7 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) (64-bit)

SUSE 11 Enterprise (32-bit)

SUSE 11 and 12 Enterprise (64-bit)

Ubuntu 9.10, 10.04, 11.04, 11.10, 12.04, 12.10, 13.04, 13.10, 14.04, 16.04, and 17.10 (32-bit)

Ubuntu 9.10, 10.04, 11.04, 11.10, 12.04, 12.10, 13.04, 13.10, 14.04, 16.04, and 17.10 (64-bit)

Windows

Windows Server 2008, 7, 8, and 10 (32-bit)
Windows Server 2008, Server 2008 R2*, Server 2012, Server 2012 R2, 7, 8, and 10 (64-bit)

Mac OS X

Mac OS X 10.8 - 10.13

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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