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macOS Command Line Operations

You must run all programs as a root user or with equivalent privileges.

Start or Stop Tenable Network Monitor

Action	Command to Manage Tenable Network Monitor
Start	# launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.tenablesecurity.nnm-proxy.plist
Stop	# launchctl unload -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.tenablesecurity.nnm-proxy.plist

File Locations

Tenable Network Monitor installs its files in the following locations:

Path	Purpose
/Library/NNM	Base directory.
/Library/NNM/docs	Contains the Tenable Network Monitor license agreement in various file formats.
/Library/NNM/bin	Location of the `NNM` and `Tenable Network Monitor Proxy` executables, plus several helper tools for the `Tenable Network Monitor Proxy` daemon.
/Library/NNM/var/nnm	Contains plugins, discovered vulnerabilities, log files, keys, and other miscellaneous items.
db	Contains the database files related to the configuration, reports, and users for Tenable Network Monitor.
kb	Stores the Tenable Network Monitor knowledge base, if used.
logs	Contains Tenable Network Monitor logs.
plugins	Contains the Tenable Network Monitor plugins delivered via Tenable Security Center, Tenable Vulnerability Management, the Tenable Network Monitor Feed, or updated via the command line or web interface if Tenable Network Monitor is running in Offline mode. Note: Do not change this path from the default `/Library/NNM/var/nnm` if Tenable Security Center is used to manage the plugins.
nnm-services	A file Tenable Network Monitor uses to map service names to ports. This file may be edited by the user. Plugin updates do not overwrite modifications to the file.
reports	Contains reports generated by Tenable Network Monitor . This folder contains the .nessus file generated by default.
scripts	Contains the files for the Tenable Network Monitor Web server.
ssl	Contains SSL certificates used by the proxy and web server for the SSL connection between itself and Tenable Security Center or the web browser.
users	Contains files and reports for Tenable Network Monitor users.
www	Contains the files for the Tenable Network Monitor web front-end.
`/Library/NNM/var/nnm-proxy`	Parent folder for files used/created by the Tenable Network Monitor proxy.
logs	Contains the Tenable Network Monitor proxy and Tenable Network Monitor proxy service logs.

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