Tenable Nessus Network Monitor Instance Settings

Use the following options to configure Tenable Nessus Network Monitor instances in Tenable Security Center, as described in Add an Tenable Nessus Network Monitor Instance.

Option	Description
Name	Descriptive name for the Tenable Nessus Network Monitor instance.
Description	Instance description, location, or purpose.
Host	Hostname or IP address of the instance.
Port	TCP port that the Tenable Nessus Network Monitor instance listens on for communications from Tenable Security Center. The default is port 8835.
State	A instance may be marked as Enabled or Disabled within Tenable Security Center to allow or prevent access to the instance.
Authentication Type	Select Password or SSL Certificate for the authentication type to connect to the Tenable Nessus Network Monitor instance.
Username	Username generated during the Tenable Nessus Network Monitor install for daemon to client communications. This must be an administrator user in order to send plugin updates to the Tenable Nessus Network Monitor instance. This option is only available if the Authentication Type is set to Password.
Password	The login password must be entered in this option. This option is only available if the Authentication Type is set to Password.
Certificate	This option is available if the Authentication Type is SSL Certificate. Click the Browse button, choose a SSL Certificate file to upload, and upload to the Tenable Security Center.
Certificate Passphrase	If you selected SSL Certificate as the Authentication Type and the private key that decrypts your SSL certificate is encrypted with a passphrase, the passphrase for the private key.
Verify Hostname	Adds a check to verify that the hostname or IP address entered in the Host option matches the CommonName (CN) presented in the SSL certificate from the Tenable Nessus Network Monitor server.
Use Proxy	Instructs Tenable Security Center to use its configured proxy for communication with the instance.
Repositories	The repositories which this Tenable Nessus Network Monitor instance will save its data to. If Tenable Nessus Network Monitor will be reporting IPv4 and IPv6 data, at least two repositories (one for IPv4 and one for IPv6 data) must be selected.