Cloud Settings Section

The Cloud Settings section provides options for configuring Tenable Network Monitor to communicate with Tenable Vulnerability Management.

Name

Description

Cloud Host

The domain name or IP address of the Tenable Vulnerability Management server: sensor.cloud.tenable.com or fedcloud.tenable.com.

Note: If you are connecting to Tenable Vulnerability Management through Tenable Nessus scanners, Tenable Agents, Tenable Web App Scanning scanners, or Tenable Network Monitors (NNM) located in mainland China, you must connect through sensor.cloud.tenablecloud.cn instead of sensor.cloud.tenable.com.

Cloud Port

The port of the Tenable Vulnerability Management server: 443.

Cloud Key

The Tenable Vulnerability Management key used to link this instance of Tenable Network Monitor to a Tenable Vulnerability Management account. See Link a Sensor in the Tenable Vulnerability Management User Guide for more information.

Polling Frequency

The frequency, in seconds, with which Tenable Network Monitor updates its status with Tenable Vulnerability Management and asks for a list of jobs.

NNM Name

The unique name used to identify this instance of Tenable Network Monitor in Tenable Vulnerability Management.

By default, Tenable Vulnerability Management pulls data from the Tenable Network Monitor scanner every 60 minutes. This is determined by the Report Frequency setting in Tenable Vulnerability Management. Once the linked Tenable Network Monitor scanner is added to Tenable Vulnerability Management, a scan is automatically created and results are collected from Tenable Network Monitor. If the Report Frequency setting is changed, the scans adjust automatically.

Note: When you link a Tenable Network Monitor scanner to Tenable Vulnerability Management, Tenable Network Monitor also uploads the IP address of the Tenable Network Monitor server. For example, 198.51.100.64 from https://198.51.100.64:8835 or https://my_host:8835.

To use an opaque IP address (for example, 127.0.0.1), use the following steps:

  1. Remove your Tenable Network Monitor server from Tenable Vulnerability Management.

  2. In the command line interface, use the Clear NNM IP Address for Tenable Vulnerability Management option.

  3. In your browser, use the desired IP address to register Tenable Network Monitor.

  4. Connect your Tenable Network Monitor server to Tenable Vulnerability Management again.