Update Tenable Agent Plugins

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 manually install a plugin set on a Tenable Agent (for example, for offline updates or manual plugin updates), use the following command:

# nessuscli agent update --file=<plugins_set.tgz>

Command Quick Reference

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

Copy 
"C:\Program Files\Tenable\Nessus Agent\nessuscli.exe" agent update --file=<plugins_set.tgz>
Copy 
/Library/NessusAgent/run/sbin/nessuscli agent update --file=<plugins_set.tgz>
Copy 
/opt/nessus_agent/sbin/nessuscli agent update --file=<plugins_set.tgz>