Manage Nessus Scanners

Administrators can view and manage Tenable Nessus scanner configurations from the Tenable Security Center user interface. For more information about Tenable Nessus scanners in Tenable Security Center, see Tenable Nessus Scanners.

View Your Tenable Nessus Scanners

To view a list of configured Tenable Nessus scanners:

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

2. Click Resources >Tenable Nessus Scanners.

   The Tenable Nessus Scanners page appears.

3. View details about each Tenable Nessus scanner.

   • Name — The name for the scanner.

   • Features — Specifies whether the scanner is a Standard scanner or an Agent Capable scanner. Agent capable scanners provide Tenable Agent scan results to Tenable Security Center.

   • Status — The status of the scanner. For more information, see Tenable Nessus Scanner Statuses.

   • Host — The IP address or hostname of the scanner.

   • Version — The scanner's Tenable Nessus version.

   • Type — The type of scanner connection.

     Type	Description
     Unknown	Tenable Security Center could not identify the scanner.
     Nessus (Unmanaged Plugins)	Tenable Security Center accesses the scanner using a Tenable Nessus user account with Standard permissions. Tenable Security Center cannot send plugin updates to the scanner or manage the scanner's activation code.
     Nessus (Managed Plugins)	Tenable Security Center manages the scanner and authenticates via a Tenable Nessus user account. Tenable Security Center sends plugin updates to the scanner and manages the scanner's activation code.
     Tenable (Unmanaged Plugins)	Tenable Security Center accesses the instance using a Tenable Vulnerability Management user account with Standard permissions. Tenable Security Center cannot send plugin updates to the instance or manage the instance's activation code.

   • Uptime — The value indicates the number of days or the amount of time the scanner has been active. This duration corresponds to the Nessus service (nessusd) process running time.

   • Last Modified — The date and time the scanner was last modified.

4. To view details of a specific Tenable Nessus scanner, see View Details for a Tenable Nessus Scanner.

5. To filter the scanners that appear on the page, apply a filter as described in Apply a Filter.

6. To manually refresh the Status data, at the top of the table, click Update Status.

   Tenable Security Center refreshes the Status data.

View Details for a Tenable Nessus Scanner

To view details for a Tenable Nessus scanner:

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

2. Click Resources >Tenable Nessus Scanners.

   The Tenable Nessus Scanners page appears.

3. Right-click the row for the scanner you want to view.

   The actions menu appears.

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   Select the check box for the scanner you want to view.

   The available actions appear at the top of the table.

4. Click View.

   The View Tenable Nessus Scanner page appears.

   Section	Action
   Options drop-down box	To edit the scanner, click Edit. To delete the scanner, click Delete, as described in Delete a Tenable Nessus Scanner. To download logs for the scanner, click Download Logs. For more information, see Download Tenable Nessus Scanner Logs.
   General	View general information about the scanner.
   Authentication	View authentication information for the scanner.
   Active Scans	View active scan information for the scanner.
   Agents	View agent information for the scanner. Agent Capable — Specifies whether the scanner is agent capable: Yes or No. Organizations — If the scanner is agent capable, the organization configured for the scanner. API Keys Set — If the scanner is agent capable, specifies whether API keys are configured for the scanner: Yes or No.
   Data summary	View metadata and performance metrics for the scanner. Note:Tenable Security Center refreshes the load information every 15 minutes.
   Nessus Scanner Health	If you are viewing details for a managed Tenable Nessus scanner running version 8.2.0 or later, view scanner health summary data: Running Scans — The number of scans currently running on the scanner. Hosts Being Scanned — The number of hosts currently being scanned by the scanner. CPU Load — The percent of the total CPU currently in use by the scanner. Total Memory — The total memory installed on the scanner. Memory Used — The percent of the total memory currently in use by the scanner. Total Disk Space — The total disk space installed on the scanner. Disk Space Used — The percent of the total disk space currently in use by the scanner. Last Updated — The date and time Tenable Security Center last updated the scanner data. Tenable Security Center refreshes the data when you load the View Nessus Scanner page. To force a manual refresh, click the button.

Edit a Tenable Nessus Scanner

Delete a Tenable Nessus Scanner