Retrieve the Tenable Nessus Agent Linking Key

Required Tenable Vulnerability Management User Role: Scan Manager or Administrator

Before you begin the Tenable Nessus Agents installation process, you must retrieve the agent linking key from Tenable Vulnerability Management.

To retrieve the agent linking key:

1. In the left navigation, click Sensors.

   The Sensors page appears. By default, the Nessus Scanners tab is active and Linked Scanners is selected in the drop-down box.

2. Click the Nessus Agents tab.

   The list of agents appears and Linked Agents is selected in the drop-down box.

3. Click Add Nessus Agent.

   The Add Agent plane appears.

4. Click the Copy button to copy the Linking Key.

   A Linking key copied to clipboard confirmation message appears.

What to do next:

• Install Tenable Nessus Agent