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Downloads:

843,939

Downloads of v 10.0.0:

6,403

Last Update:

19 Nov 2021

Package Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • Tenable
  • Inc.

Tags:

nessus agent tenable security vulnerability commercial

Nessus Agent

This is not the latest version of Nessus Agent available.

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10.0.0 | Updated: 19 Nov 2021

Downloads:

843,939

Downloads of v 10.0.0:

6,403

Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • Tenable
  • Inc.

Nessus Agent 10.0.0

This is not the latest version of Nessus Agent available.

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  • 3

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Validation Testing Passed


Verification Testing Passed

Details

Scan Testing Resulted in Flagged as a Note:

At least one file within this package has greater than 0 detections, but less than 5

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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:

NOTE

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

  • 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

3. Copy Your Script

choco upgrade nessus-agent -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" --version="'10.0.0'" [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="'10.0.0'" 
$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: '10.0.0'
    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  '10.0.0'
end

See docs at https://docs.chef.io/resource_chocolatey_package.html.


cChocoPackageInstaller nessus-agent
{
    Name     = "nessus-agent"
    Version  = "10.0.0"
    Source   = "INTERNAL REPO URL"
}

Requires cChoco DSC Resource. See docs at https://github.com/chocolatey/cChoco.


package { 'nessus-agent':
  ensure   => '10.0.0',
  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 19 Nov 2021.

Description

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.


tools\chocolateyinstall.ps1
$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'

$packageArgs = @{
   packageName   = $env:ChocolateyPackageName
   fileType      = 'MSI'
   url           = 'https://www.tenable.com/downloads/api/v1/public/pages/nessus-agents/downloads/15302/download?i_agree_to_tenable_license_agreement=true'
   url64bit      = 'https://www.tenable.com/downloads/api/v1/public/pages/nessus-agents/downloads/15301/download?i_agree_to_tenable_license_agreement=true'
   softwareName  = 'Nessus Agent*'
   checksum      = 'b1d25373913d62a1286f2c913d8ed8f7551b4b2e69d63eeefbd4536319d94efc'
   checksum64    = '680fb91c6493de6cfa3a0a15beb9024f82632f9aa3d9fb2e1c4c86ddc34b93ac'
   checksumType  = 'sha256' 
   silentArgs    = "/qn /norestart /l*v `"$($env:TEMP)\$($Env:chocolateyPackageName).$($env:chocolateyPackageVersion).MsiInstall.log`" "
   validExitCodes= @(0, 3010, 1641)
}

Install-ChocolateyPackage @packageArgs

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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
Nessus Agent 10.5.0 1254 Monday, December 18, 2023 Approved
Nessus Agent 10.4.4 1223 Wednesday, November 22, 2023 Approved
Nessus Agent 10.4.3 1119 Tuesday, November 7, 2023 Approved
Nessus Agent 10.4.2 3198 Friday, August 25, 2023 Approved
Nessus Agent 10.4.1 2100 Tuesday, July 11, 2023 Approved
Nessus Agent 10.4.0 3879 Sunday, April 30, 2023 Approved
Nessus Agent 10.3.2 14382 Monday, March 13, 2023 Approved
Nessus Agent 10.3.1 1920 Friday, December 16, 2022 Approved
Nessus Agent 10.3.0 995 Wednesday, November 23, 2022 Approved
Nessus Agent 10.2.1.20221110 3074 Thursday, November 10, 2022 Approved
Nessus Agent 10.2.1 1730 Thursday, November 3, 2022 Approved
Nessus Agent 10.2.0 19317 Saturday, August 6, 2022 Approved
Nessus Agent 10.1.4 3363 Friday, June 24, 2022 Approved
Nessus Agent 10.1.3 155017 Tuesday, April 19, 2022 Approved
Nessus Agent 10.1.2 94846 Tuesday, March 8, 2022 Approved
Nessus Agent 10.1.1 52318 Tuesday, February 15, 2022 Approved
Nessus Agent 10.0.1 129323 Wednesday, December 29, 2021 Approved
Nessus Agent 10.0.0 6403 Friday, November 19, 2021 Approved
Nessus Agent 8.3.1 39560 Wednesday, September 8, 2021 Approved
Nessus Agent 8.3.0 149559 Monday, July 12, 2021 Approved
Nessus Agent 8.2.4 147960 Sunday, April 18, 2021 Approved
Nessus Agent 8.2.3 259 Monday, March 22, 2021 Approved
Nessus Agent 8.2.2 8789 Tuesday, January 26, 2021 Approved

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