Download Nessus
Nessus products are downloaded from the Tenable Downloads Page.
When downloading Nessus from the downloads page, ensure the package selected is specific to your operating system and processor.
There is a single Nessus package per operating system and processor. Nessus Manager and Nessus Professional do not have different packages; your activation code determines which Nessus product will be installed.
Example Nessus package file names and descriptions
| Nessus Packages | Package Descriptions |
|---|---|
| Nessus-<version number>-Win32.msi | Nessus <version number> for Windows 7, 8, and 10 - i386 |
| Nessus-<version number>-x64.msi | Nessus <version number> for Windows Server 2008, Server 2008 R2*, Server 2012, Server 2012 R2, 7, 8, and 10 - x86-64 |
| Nessus-<version number>-debian6_amd64.deb | Nessus <version number> for Debian 6 and 7 / Kali Linux - AMD64 |
| Nessus-<version number>.dmg | Nessus <version number> for Mac OS X 10.8, 10.9, and 10.10 - x86-64 |
| Nessus-<version number>-es6.i386.rpm | Nessus <version number> for Red Hat ES 6 / CentOS 6 / Oracle Linux 6 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) - i386 |
| Nessus-<version number>-fc20.x86_64.rpm | Nessus <version number> for Fedora 20 and 21 - x86_64 |
| Nessus-<version number>-suse10.x86_64.rpm | Nessus <version number> for SUSE 10.0 Enterprise - x86_64 |
| Nessus-<version number>-ubuntu1110_amd64.deb | Nessus <version number> for Ubuntu 11.10, 12.04, 12.10, 13.04, 13.10, and 14.04 - AMD64 |
Example Nessus Agent package file names and descriptions
| Nessus Agent Packages | Nessus Agent Package Descriptions |
|---|---|
| NessusAgent-<version number>-x64.msi | Nessus Agent <version number> for Windows Server 2008, Server 2008 R2*, Server 2012, Server 2012 R2, 7, 8, and 10 - x86-64 |
| NessusAgent-<version number>-amzn.x86_64.rpm | Nessus Agent <version number> for Amazon Linux 2015.03, 2015.09 - x86-64 |
| NessusAgent-<version number>-debian6_i386.deb | Nessus Agent <version number> for Debian 6 and 7 / Kali Linux - i386 |
| NessusAgent-<version number>.dmg | Nessus Agent <version number> for Mac OS X 10.8, 10.9, and 10.10 - x86-64 |
| NessusAgent-<version number>-es6.x86_64.rpm | Nessus Agent <version number> for Red Hat ES 6 / CentOS 6 / Oracle Linux 6 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) - x86_64 |
| NessusAgent-<version number>-fc20.x86_64.rpm | Nessus Agent <version number> for Fedora 20 and 21 - x86_64 |
| NessusAgent-<version number>-ubuntu1110_amd64.deb | Nessus Agent <version number> for Ubuntu 11.10, 12.04, 12.10, 13.04, 13.10, and 14.04 - AMD64 |