Confirm Nessus Registration Codes

Required User Role: User with administrator privileges

To see and copy the full command for your specific operating system, see the Command Quick Reference.

Usage

To confirm that the Tenable Nessus scanner is registered properly, use the following command:

# nessuscli fetch --check

To display that the Tenable Nessus scanner activation code, use the following command:

# nessuscli fetch --code-in-use

Command Quick Reference

For the full command for your operating system, see the following:

nessuscli fetch --check

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C:\Program Files\Tenable\Nessus\nessuscli.exe fetch --check
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/Library/Nessus/run/sbin/nessuscli fetch --check
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/opt/nessus/sbin/nessuscli fetch --check

nessuscli fetch --code-in-use

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C:\Program Files\Tenable\Nessus\nessuscli.exe fetch --code-in-use
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/Library/Nessus/run/sbin/nessuscli fetch --code-in-use
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/opt/nessus/sbin/nessuscli fetch --code-in-use