View Activation Code

View on Tenable Community

View your activation code on the Tenable Community site, as described in the Tenable Community Guide.

View in Tenable Nessus

1. Log in to Tenable Nessus.
2. In the top navigation bar, click Settings.

   The About page appears.

3. In the Overview tab, view your Activation Code.

Note: If you are using Tenable Nessus Scanner, the License Expiration and Activation Code values on the About page show as N/A.

View from Command Line

Use the nessuscli fetch --code-in-use command specific to your operating system.

Platform	Command
Windows	C:\Program Files\Tenable\Nessus>nessuscli.exe fetch --code-in-use
macOS	# /Library/Nessus/run/sbin/nessuscli fetch --code-in-use
Linux	# /opt/nessus/sbin/nessuscli fetch --code-in-use
FreeBSD	# /usr/local/nessus/sbin/nessuscli fetch --code-in-use