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The document provides instructions for installing Nessus vulnerability scanning software on Linux. It details downloading and installing the software, configuring and starting the service, and completing registration.

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Nessus

The document provides instructions for installing Nessus vulnerability scanning software on Linux. It details downloading and installing the software, configuring and starting the service, and completing registration.

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Nessus Install

1. Navigate to https://www.tenable.com/downloads/nessus
2. Select the latest version, in this case Nessus-8.12.0-ubuntu910_amd64.deb
3. Save the file
4. On a Linux terminal type cd /Downloads
5. Type ls to list the files and in here should be the Nessus.deb file above
6. Install the tool by typing sudo dpkg -i Nessus-8.12.0-ubunto910_amd64.deb
7. Start the service as described on the terminal
a. Sudo systemctl start nessusd.service
8. Enable the service to start by default
a. Sudo systemctl enable nessusd.service
9. Check the status of the service to ensure it is running
a. Sudo systemctl status nessusd.service
10. Check that Nessus is on port 8834, it should be on this by default.
a. Sudo ss -tunelp | grep 8834
11. Create an exception on the firewall for Nessus
a. Sudo ufw allow 8834/tcp
12. To finalise the installation, navigate to:
https://127.0.0.01:8834
13. Choose Nessus Essentials and follow the sign-up process and activate your version.

Disk space problems:

1. sudo apt-get install gparted


2. gparted
3. Right click on /dev/sda5 and click "swap off"
a. SDA5 will change depending on your setup. It may not exist so choose the one that
does.
4. Delete the disk you chose in step 3.
a. These are partitions.
5. Resize sda1 to give it more space from the one you deleted.
6. Sda2 blocks the main partition (sda1) from being resized. This means that you can do as
much storage as you wish but it will never allocate due to this partition.

Nessus plugin troubleshooting:

1. service nessusd stop


2. /opt/nessus/sbin/nessuscli fix --reset
3. /opt/nessus/sbin/nessuscli fetch --register ACTIVATIONCODE
4. /opt/nessus/sbin/nessusd -R
5. service nessusd start
6. These can also optionally be run after the register command, to be thorough:
a. # /opt/nessus/sbin/nessuscli fetch --check
b. # /opt/nessus/sbin/nessuscli update --all

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