Local Agent Plugin Commands

Retrieve Agent Plugin Info

Required User Role: User with administrator privileges

To list details about the agent's current plugins, use the following command:

# nessuscli plugins --info

The output shows the following information about the agent's full and inventory plugin sets:

  • Installed version
  • Last downloaded

  • Last needed

  • Expires in — The plugin set's expiration time and date (that is, when the plugin set is no longer needed).

  • Plugins — The total number of plugins in the plugin set.

  • Uncompressed source size

The output also lists general details and statistics about the agent's plugins, such as:

  • Last plugin update time

  • Last plugin update check time

  • Total compressed plugins source size

  • Total compiled plugins size

  • Total plugins attributes data

  • Total plugin size on disk

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

Command Quick Reference

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

Reset Agent Plugins

Required User Role: User with administrator privileges

To delete all plugins and plugin-related data off the disk, use the following command:

# nessuscli plugins --reset

The agent is able to download new plugins immediately after the deletion completes.

Note: This command only triggers if the agent has plugin data on its disk.

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

Command Quick Reference

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