Add a Linked Tenable Nessus Scanner

To add a linked Tenable Nessus scanner to Tenable Security Center:

1. Log in to Tenable Security Center via the user interface.

2. In the left navigation, click Resources >Tenable Nessus Scanners.

   The Tenable Nessus Scanners page appears.

3. At the top of the table, click Link Scanner.

   The Add Tenable Nessus Scanner page appears.

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5. At the top of the table, click Add.

   The Add Web Application Scanner panel appears.

6. Configure the Web Application Scanner.

   1. In the Linking Key section, click Copy to copy the linking key to your clipboard.

   2. Configure the Web Application Scanner, as described in Web App Scans.

   3. Start the Docker container using the following command, where:

      • <scanner_name> is a unique name for the scanner.

      • <SP_URL> is the Sensor Proxy URL.

      • <linking_key> is the linking key you copied in step 4a.

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      docker run -d -e WAS_SCANNER_NAME=<scanner_name> -e WAS_PLATFORM_URL=<SP_URL> -e WAS_LINKING_KEY=<linking_key> tenable/was-scanner:latest

      Additional Docker variables

      The following are some helpful variables you can set in your Docker container.

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        -e SCANNER_MEM_REQUEST=<docker_memory>

        Where <docker_memory> is the amount of memory the Docker container can use (for example, 5G or 256M).

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        -e WAS_LOG_TO_STDOUT=true -e WAS_LOG_LEVEL=debug

        These variables produce more detailed logs when you run a web app scan.

7. The scanner appears in the Web Application Scanners table.

What to do next:

• Before you use a Web Application Scanner, add the scanner to a Scan Zones.