This article describes how to manually install the agent on a Linux device. If you wish to individually install the agent on devices, you can use the installation wizard inside the platform.
π¨ IMPORTANT π¨
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.
π If you're installing the agent on 10 machines, you must have 10 licenses available.
Step 1: Download the agent installer (but don't launch installer).
Head to the Nessus agent download page:
https://www.tenable.com/downloads/nessus-agents
Select the right installer package for your flavour of Linux and download it.
Step 2: Install the agent*
Fedora, Red Hat, CentOS, and Oracle Linux:
rpm -ivh [NessusAgent package].rpm
Ubuntu, Debian:
dpkg -i [NessusAgent package].deb
Step 3: Configure the command
Open the Targets page > Add Targets > Internal targets
Click 'View configuration keys'
Copy the 'Prefix' and the 'Key'
Assemble your
name
. It's comprised of:Your
Prefix
(unique identifier of your account)and your
DeviceName
(what you'd like the target to be named in the portal).
e.g. DQEGBQUAAAc_paul-laptop
Populate the command below with your
Prefix
andDeviceName
/opt/nessus_agent/sbin/nessuscli agent link --name=[Prefix_DeviceName] --key=819652a91d674e8d5be08e21299f1a3c69bd9806c72e24bc05df6b32b8db7fe1 --cloud
Your
DeviceName
can also be populated automatically using the hostname of the computer by using the following command:
/opt/nessus_agent/sbin/nessuscli agent link --name=[Prefix]_$(hostname -s) --key=819652a91d674e8d5be08e21299f1a3c69bd9806c72e24bc05df6b32b8db7fe1 --cloud
Step four: Link the agent to Intruder
Open the Terminal
Run the linking command you created above
Possible error messages
error: Failed dependencies:
This means that the installation has failed because some dependencies need to be installed first β they should be listed under this message. If you could install them first, then try the installation again, it should work.
*The location of nessuscli might vary depending on your version of Linux
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