This article describes how to manually install the agent on a Linux device. If you wish to individually install the agent on your devices, you can use the installation wizard inside the platform.
🚨 IMPORTANT 🚨
For each agent that you install, you must have a license available; if you don't, the machine(s) won't show up on your targets page.
👉 If you're installing the agent on 10 machines, you must have 10 licenses available.
Step 1: Download the agent installer
Head to the Nessus agent download page:
https://www.tenable.com/downloads/nessus-agents
Search for the relevant .dmg installer file (i.e. NessusAgent-X.X.X.dmg) and download it.
Step 2: Install the agent
Double-click on the .dmg file and then double-click the "Install Nessus Agent.pkg" installer.
Step 3: Configure your linking command
Open the Targets page > Add Targets > Internal targets

Click 'View configuration keys'

Copy the 'Prefix' and 'Key'

Assemble your
name
. It's comprised of your Prefix and your DeviceName
(what you'd like the target to be named in the portal).
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eg. DQEGBQUAAAc_paul-laptopPopulate the command below with your
name
andKEY
sudo /Library/NessusAgent/run/sbin/nessuscli agent link --name=[Prefix_DeviceName] --cloud --key=[KEY]
Step 4: Link the agent to Intruder
Open the Terminal app
Run the linking command you created above
If you see a prompt for a password, enter your computer's password and hit return. (Don't worry that you can't see any of the characters that you're typing – this is normal).

When the linking command has run successfully, you'll see this 👇 :

It'll take between 5-10 minutes for the system to show on your targets page and voila. (...assuming you have licenses available that is).
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