Please note:
The --proxy-host and --proxy-port parameters will always be required if using a proxy.
--proxy-username and --proxy-password will be required if the proxy requires authentication.
--proxy-agent should rarely be required, but will occasionally.
Windows
⚠️ Windows Server 2008 SP2, 7, 8.1 10 (32-bit)
msiexec /i "[the path to where the installer was downloaded]\NessusAgent-[version]-Win32.msi" NESSUS_SERVER="cloud.tenable.com:443" NESSUS_KEY=819652a91d674e8d5be08e21299f1a3c69bd9806c72e24bc05df6b32b8db7fe1 --host="cloud.tenable.com" --port="443" --NESSUS_NAME=[Prefix_DeviceName] --proxy-host="[The hostname or IP address of your proxy server]" --proxy-port="[The port number of your proxy server.]"
⚠️ Windows Server 2008 SP2, Server 2008 R2 SP1, Server 2012, Server 2012 R2, Server 2016, Server 2019, 7, 8.1, and 10 (64-bit)
msiexec /i "[the path to where the installer was downloaded]\NessusAgent-[version]-x64.msi" NESSUS_SERVER="cloud.tenable.com:443" NESSUS_KEY=819652a91d674e8d5be08e21299f1a3c69bd9806c72e24bc05df6b32b8db7fe1 --host="cloud.tenable.com" --port="443" --NESSUS_NAME=[Prefix_DeviceName] --proxy-host="[The hostname or IP address of your proxy server]" --proxy-port="[The port number of your proxy server.]"
MacOS
sudo /Library/NessusAgent/run/sbin/nessuscli agent link --name=[Prefix_DeviceName] --cloud --key=[Key] --proxy-host="[The hostname or IP address of your proxy server]" --proxy-port="[The port number of your proxy server.]"
Linux
/opt/nessus_agent/sbin/nessuscli agent link --name=[Prefix_DeviceName] --key=[Key] --cloud --proxy-host="[The hostname or IP address of your proxy server]" --proxy-port="[The port number of your proxy server.]"