Get Started

Tenable recommends the following sequence to deploy and get started with Tenable Core + Tenable OT Security Enterprise Manager.

To get started with Tenable Core:

  1. Confirm that your environment meets the requirements in Tenable Core Requirements. If necessary, prepare to increase your disk space after you deploy.

  2. Deploy or install Tenable Core + Tenable OT Security Enterprise Manager.

    Note: You can also deploy Tenable Core using the command line interface (CLI). For more information, see Deploy Tenable Core in Microsoft Azure via the CLI.

  3. (Optional) If you want to increase your disk space to accommodate your organization's data storage needs, see Disk Management and the OT Security User Guide.

  4. (Optional) If the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is not available on the network where you deployed Tenable Core, configure an IP address for your Tenable Core + Tenable OT Security Enterprise Manager deployment.

  5. Log in as a wizard user and create an administrator account, as described in Create an Initial Administrator User Account.

  6. (Optional) If necessary, log in as a wizard user and create an administrator account, as described in Create an Initial Administrator User Account.

    Note: Create an administrator account if you deployed Tenable Core + Tenable OT Security Enterprise Manager via one of the following methods:
    • As a virtual machine
    • On hardware

    If you deployed Tenable Core + Tenable OT Security Enterprise Manager in a cloud environment and you did not create a password during deployment, you must create a password for your administrator account.

    If you deployed Tenable Core Tenable Security Center in a cloud environment, and used the cloud native Tenable Core + Tenable Security Center template, you must Create a Password for the Initial Administrator User Account for your administrator account.

  7. Log Into Tenable Core with your new administrator credentials.

    Note: Passwords expire after a year and accounts are disabled 30 days after that. For more information, refer to the Tenable Community article.

  8. In the left navigation bar, click Tenable.ot.

    The Tenable.ot page appears.

  9. In the left navigation bar, click Tenable OT Security EM.

    The Tenable OT Security EM page appears.

  10. When prompted, click Install Tenable OT Security EM and allow up to an hour for installation.
  11. (Optional) If you want to create more user accounts, see Create New User Account.
  12. (Optional) If you want to configure Tenable Core to use a proxy server, see Configure a Proxy Server.

  13. For more information about configuring and operating Tenable OT Security Enterprise Manager, see the Tenable OT Security Enterprise Manager User Guide.

  14. Configure and manage Tenable Core. To access the application interface, see Configure Tenable Core.