Add or Remove Agents from Agent Profiles

Use the following procedures to add an agent to an agent profile or remove an agent from an agent profile in Tenable Nessus Manager.

In addition to using the Tenable Nessus Manager user interface, you can link an agent to a profile by running the nessuscli agent link command and specifying the optional --profile-uuid argument. You can link an agent to a profile during deployment by specifying the profile-uuid in the config.json file. To find a profile's profile-uuid, see View an agent profile ID.

Note: The agent profile version overrides the agent's Nessus Agent update plan setting. If you assign the agent a freeze window, the freeze window overrides both the Nessus Agent update plan and the agent profile. In this case, the agent remains on its current version and no software updates occur for that agent as long as the agent is assigned to the freeze window.

To apply an agent profile to an agent in the Linked Agents user interface:

  1. In the top navigation bar, click Sensors.

    The Linked Agents page appears. By default, Linked Agents is selected in the left navigation menu and the Linked Agents tab is active.

  2. Click the row of the agent that you want to assign to the profile.

    The Agent Details page appears.

  3. Next to Profile, click .

    The Add to Profile window appears.

  4. In the table, select the check box of the agent profile that you want to assign the agent to.

  5. Click Apply.

    Tenable Nessus Manager assigns the agent to the agent profile.

To apply an agent profile to an agent in the Agent Profiles user interface:

  1. In the top navigation bar, click Sensors.

    The Linked Agents page appears. By default, Linked Agents is selected in the left navigation menu and the Linked Agents tab is active.

  2. In the left navigation bar, click Agent Profiles.

    The Agent Profiles page appears.

  3. Click the agent profile to manage.

    The agent profile details page appears.

  4. Click the Agents tab.

  5. In the upper-right corner, click Add Agents.

    The Add Agents window appears.

  6. Do one of the following:

    • In the agents table, select the check box next to each agent you want to add to the profile.

    • In the table header, select the check box to select all agents.

  7. Click Add. Tenable Nessus Manager adds the agent or agents to the profile.

To remove an agent profile from an agent in the Linked Agents user interface:

  1. In the top navigation bar, click Sensors.

    The Linked Agents page appears. By default, Linked Agents is selected in the left navigation menu and the Linked Agents tab is active.

  2. Click the row of the agent that you want to remove a profile from.

    The Agent Details page appears.

  3. Next to Profile, click on the profile you want to remove from the agent.

    The Remove Profile window appears.

  4. Click Remove to confirm.

    Tenable Nessus Manager removes the profile from the agent.

To remove an agent profile from an agent in the Agent Profiles user interface:

  1. In the top navigation bar, click Sensors.

    The Linked Agents page appears. By default, Linked Agents is selected in the left navigation menu and the Linked Agents tab is active.

  2. In the left navigation bar, click Agent Profiles.

    The Agent Profiles page appears.

  3. Click the agent profile to manage.

    The agent profile details page appears.

  4. Open the Agents tab.

  5. Select the checkbox or checkboxes of the agent or agents that you want to remove the profile from.

  6. In the upper-right corner, click the Remove button.

    The Remove Agent window appears.

  7. Click Remove.

    The agent profile is removed from the agent or agents.

What to do next: