Requirements

To set up Sensor Proxy, ensure you meet the following requirements:

Software Requirements

• Operating system:
  • Oracle Linux 7, 8, and 9
  • CentOS 7
  • RHEL 7, 8, and 9

• Set up Sensor Proxy on your network where sensors can reach it internally and where Sensor Proxy can reach Tenable Vulnerability Management directly with outbound traffic.

Note: Sensor Proxy does not support content delivery network (CDN)-based scan reports from Tenable Nessus Agents.

Hardware Requirements

Scenario	Minimum Recommended Hardware
Sensor Proxy with up to 50,000 sensors	CPU: 4 2GHz cores Memory: 8 GB RAM Disk space: 100 GB
Sensor Proxy with more than 50,000 sensors Note: Each instance of Sensor Proxy can support up to 100,000 linked sensors.	CPU: 4 2GHz cores Memory: 16 GB RAM Disk space: 100 GB

Note: Heavy usage of Sensor Proxy can cause the NGINX access log to grow substantially. Tenable recommends setting up log rotation to prevent running out of disk space.

Tenable Products

• You must have a Tenable Vulnerability Management account.
• You must have Tenable Nessus Agents or Tenable Nessus scanners.