Remote Link

The Remote Link page allows you to link your Tenable Nessus scanner to a licensed Tenable Nessus Manager or Tenable Vulnerability Management.

Note: You need the System Administrator role to configure Tenable Nessus settings. For more information, see Users.

Note: You cannot link to Tenable Security Center from the user interface after initial installation. If your scanner is already linked to Tenable Security Center, you can unlink and then link the scanner to Tenable Vulnerability Management or Tenable Nessus Manager, but you cannot relink to Tenable Security Center from the interface.

Enable or disable the toggle to link a scanner or unlink a scanner.

Remote Link Settings

Option

Set To
Link Tenable Nessus to Tenable Nessus Manager
Link to Nessus Manager

Scanner Name

The name you want to use for this Tenable Nessus scanner.
Manager Host The static IP address or hostname of the Tenable Nessus Manager instance you want to link to.
Manager Port Your Tenable Nessus Manager port, or the default 8834.

Linking Key

The key specific to your instance of Tenable Nessus Manager.

Use Proxy

Select or deselect the check box depending on your proxy settings. If you select Use Proxy, you must also configure:

  • Host — The hostname or IP address of the proxy server.
  • Port — The port number of the proxy server.
  • Username — The username for an account that has permissions to access and use the proxy server.
  • Password — The password associated with the username you provided.
Link Tenable Nessus to Tenable Vulnerability Management
Link to Tenable.io

Scanner Name

cloud.tenable.com

Linking Key

The key specific to your instance of Tenable Vulnerability Management. The key looks something like the following string:

2d38435603c5b59a4526d39640655c3288b00324097a08f7a93e5480940d1cae
Use Proxy

Select or deselect the check box depending on your proxy settings. If you select Use Proxy, you must also configure:

  • Host — The hostname or IP address of the proxy server.
  • Port — The port number of the proxy server.
  • Username — The username for an account that has permissions to access and use the proxy server.
  • Password — The password associated with the username you provided.