Downloads:
850,887
Downloads of v 10.4.0:
3,882
Last Update:
30 Apr 2023
Package Maintainer(s):
Software Author(s):
- Tenable
- Inc.
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Nessus Agent
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10.4.0 | Updated: 30 Apr 2023
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Downloads:
850,887
Downloads of v 10.4.0:
3,882
Maintainer(s):
Software Author(s):
- Tenable
- Inc.
Nessus Agent 10.4.0
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3 Passing Tests
Deployment Method: Individual Install, Upgrade, & Uninstall
To install Nessus Agent, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:
To upgrade Nessus Agent, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:
To uninstall Nessus Agent, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:
Deployment Method:
This applies to both open source and commercial editions of Chocolatey.
1. Enter Your Internal Repository Url
(this should look similar to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/)
2. Setup Your Environment
1. Ensure you are set for organizational deployment
Please see the organizational deployment guide
2. Get the package into your environment
Option 1: Cached Package (Unreliable, Requires Internet - Same As Community)-
Open Source or Commercial:
- Proxy Repository - Create a proxy nuget repository on Nexus, Artifactory Pro, or a proxy Chocolatey repository on ProGet. Point your upstream to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/. Packages cache on first access automatically. Make sure your choco clients are using your proxy repository as a source and NOT the default community repository. See source command for more information.
- You can also just download the package and push it to a repository Download
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Open Source
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Download the package:
Download - Follow manual internalization instructions
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Package Internalizer (C4B)
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Run: (additional options)
choco download nessus-agent --internalize --version=10.4.0 --source=https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/
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For package and dependencies run:
choco push --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'"
- Automate package internalization
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Run: (additional options)
3. Copy Your Script
choco upgrade nessus-agent -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" --version="'10.4.0'" [other options]
See options you can pass to upgrade.
See best practices for scripting.
Add this to a PowerShell script or use a Batch script with tools and in places where you are calling directly to Chocolatey. If you are integrating, keep in mind enhanced exit codes.
If you do use a PowerShell script, use the following to ensure bad exit codes are shown as failures:
choco upgrade nessus-agent -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" --version="'10.4.0'"
$exitCode = $LASTEXITCODE
Write-Verbose "Exit code was $exitCode"
$validExitCodes = @(0, 1605, 1614, 1641, 3010)
if ($validExitCodes -contains $exitCode) {
Exit 0
}
Exit $exitCode
- name: Install nessus-agent
win_chocolatey:
name: nessus-agent
version: '10.4.0'
source: INTERNAL REPO URL
state: present
See docs at https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/win_chocolatey_module.html.
chocolatey_package 'nessus-agent' do
action :install
source 'INTERNAL REPO URL'
version '10.4.0'
end
See docs at https://docs.chef.io/resource_chocolatey_package.html.
cChocoPackageInstaller nessus-agent
{
Name = "nessus-agent"
Version = "10.4.0"
Source = "INTERNAL REPO URL"
}
Requires cChoco DSC Resource. See docs at https://github.com/chocolatey/cChoco.
package { 'nessus-agent':
ensure => '10.4.0',
provider => 'chocolatey',
source => 'INTERNAL REPO URL',
}
Requires Puppet Chocolatey Provider module. See docs at https://forge.puppet.com/puppetlabs/chocolatey.
4. If applicable - Chocolatey configuration/installation
See infrastructure management matrix for Chocolatey configuration elements and examples.
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This package was approved as a trusted package on 30 Apr 2023.
Nessus Agents™ compliment traditional network vulnerability scanning to give you visibility into additional IT assets—like endpoints, and other remote assets that intermittently connect to the internet. They collect asset and system information and send it back to Tenable.io® or Tenable.sc™ (formerly SecurityCenter) for analysis. You get a low footprint agent that extends scan coverage and increases scan flexibility.
KEY BENEFITS
- Extend scan coverage to laptops and other transient devices.
- Remove credential headaches –once deployed, agents no longer require host credentials to run future scans.
- Reduce network scan performance overhead.
- Easy to deploy and can be installed anywhere.
- Highly secure –including leveraging encryption to protect your data.
- Scan quickly –perform rapid scans on demand with little network impact.
Important
Nessus Agent is a commercial product that requires a license to use. See the Licensing Requirement for more information.
Nessus Agent is useless by itself! At a minimum, you should have the IP address/port of a Tenable server to which the Agent can connect and a Linking Key for the server. Provide those (and other) options using the --installarguments
(--ia
) switch:
Most Common
NESSUS_SERVER=(IP Address):(port)
NESSUS_KEY=(Linking Key)
NESSUS_GROUPS="(Group names)"
Other options
NESSUS_NAME
NESSUS_PROXY_AGENT
NESSUS_PROXY_PASSWORD
NESSUS_PROXY_SERVER
NESSUS_PROXY_USERNAME
NESSUS_CA_PATH
NESSUS_PROCESS_PRIORITY
NESSUS_PLUGINS_FILEPATH
Example:
choco install nessus-agent -y --ia 'NESSUS_GROUPS=""Group1,Another Group"" NESSUS_SERVER=""192.168.0.1:8834"" NESSUS_KEY=00abcd00000efgh11111i0k222lmopq3333st4455u66v777777w88xy9999zabc00'
Use the '
surrounding the arguments when calling Chocolatey with PowerShell. When using cmd.exe, the arguments must be surrounded by "
instead.
If Nessus Agent is installed without the server and/or key values, they can be added later, on the command line. See nessuscli.exe /?
for more.
Log in or click on link to see number of positives.
- nessus-agent.10.4.0.nupkg (5f313ef1f9c8) - ## / 61
- NessusAgent-10.4.0-x64.msi (1609f491167b) - ## / 52
- NessusAgent-10.4.0-Win32.msi (85cb43c7e8b6) - ## / 58
In cases where actual malware is found, the packages are subject to removal. Software sometimes has false positives. Moderators do not necessarily validate the safety of the underlying software, only that a package retrieves software from the official distribution point and/or validate embedded software against official distribution point (where distribution rights allow redistribution).
Chocolatey Pro provides runtime protection from possible malware.
Add to Builder | Version | Downloads | Last Updated | Status |
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Nessus Agent 10.6.2 | 2438 | Monday, April 22, 2024 | Approved | |
Nessus Agent 10.6.1 | 890 | Wednesday, April 10, 2024 | Approved | |
Nessus Agent 10.6.0 | 3159 | Thursday, April 4, 2024 | Approved | |
Nessus Agent 10.5.1 | 2716 | Monday, January 15, 2024 | Approved | |
Nessus Agent 10.5.0 | 1261 | Monday, December 18, 2023 | Approved | |
Nessus Agent 10.4.4 | 1225 | Wednesday, November 22, 2023 | Approved | |
Nessus Agent 10.4.3 | 1122 | Tuesday, November 7, 2023 | Approved | |
Nessus Agent 10.4.2 | 3200 | Friday, August 25, 2023 | Approved | |
Nessus Agent 10.4.1 | 2104 | Tuesday, July 11, 2023 | Approved | |
Nessus Agent 10.4.0 | 3882 | Sunday, April 30, 2023 | Approved | |
Nessus Agent 10.3.2 | 14384 | Monday, March 13, 2023 | Approved | |
Nessus Agent 10.3.1 | 1923 | Friday, December 16, 2022 | Approved | |
Nessus Agent 10.3.0 | 1000 | Wednesday, November 23, 2022 | Approved | |
Nessus Agent 10.2.1.20221110 | 3083 | Thursday, November 10, 2022 | Approved | |
Nessus Agent 10.2.1 | 1736 | Thursday, November 3, 2022 | Approved | |
Nessus Agent 10.2.0 | 19321 | Saturday, August 6, 2022 | Approved | |
Nessus Agent 10.1.4 | 3368 | Friday, June 24, 2022 | Approved | |
Nessus Agent 10.1.3 | 155020 | Tuesday, April 19, 2022 | Approved | |
Nessus Agent 10.1.2 | 94849 | Tuesday, March 8, 2022 | Approved | |
Nessus Agent 10.1.1 | 52322 | Tuesday, February 15, 2022 | Approved | |
Nessus Agent 10.0.1 | 129327 | Wednesday, December 29, 2021 | Approved | |
Nessus Agent 10.0.0 | 6408 | Friday, November 19, 2021 | Approved | |
Nessus Agent 8.3.1 | 39564 | Wednesday, September 8, 2021 | Approved | |
Nessus Agent 8.3.0 | 149562 | Monday, July 12, 2021 | Approved | |
Nessus Agent 8.2.4 | 147964 | Sunday, April 18, 2021 | Approved | |
Nessus Agent 8.2.3 | 265 | Monday, March 22, 2021 | Approved | |
Nessus Agent 8.2.2 | 8794 | Tuesday, January 26, 2021 | Approved |
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