Force the Plugin and Core Components Update

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

If you want to update all Tenable Nessus core components, you can override your update settings by using nessuscli update with the --all option.

# nessuscli update --all

The following is example output for Linux:

# /opt/nessus/sbin/nessuscli update --all

 

----- Fetching the newest updates from nessus.org -----

 

Nessus Plugins: Complete

 

Nessus Core Components: Complete

 

* Nessus Plugins are now up to date and Nessus processes the changes automatically.

* Nessus Core Components are now up to date and Nessus processes the changes automatically.

Command Quick Reference

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

Copy 
C:\Program Files\Tenable\Nessus\nessuscli.exe update --all
Copy 
/Library/Nessus/run/sbin/nessuscli update --all
Copy 
/opt/nessus/sbin/nessuscli update --all