User guide

# /opt/nessus/sbin/nessuscli fetch --register-offline nessus-fetch.rc

Nessus has been registered properly - thank you.

Confirming Nessus Registration Codes

To confirm that the Nessus scanner is registered properly, run the following command:

# /opt/nessus/sbin/nessuscli nessuscli fetch --check

Checking...

Updates are configured properly

To display that the Nessus scanner activation code, run the following command:

# /opt/nessus/sbin/nessuscli nessuscli fetch --code-in-use

Checking...

This scanner is using the following Activation Code: xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx

Nessus Command Line Bug Reporting Commands

The nessuscli commands also offer the ability to create an archive that can be sent to Tenable to help diagnose issues.

If necessary, you can create a sanitized archive that will hide some sensitive information by not running it in “full” mode.

To create the bug report archive, run the following command:

# /opt/nessus/sbin/nessuscli bug-report-generator

This script will gather some information about your local system

in order to help us diagnose the problems you are encountering.

This program does not send any data over the network, but simply

creates an archive which contains useful information for the Nessus

team to diagnose any problem you may be encountering.

This script can run in two modes:

If you run in "full" mode, this script will gather information you may deem

to be sensitive (such as IP addresses, the list of running processes and your

system log files). This information allows Tenable to better qualify your problem

If you do not run in "full" mode, this script will gather less information

Note that even in normal mode, depending on how you perform scanning

some "sensitive" information may be contained in the resulting

archive. Feel free to inspect it before sending it to Tenable.

Run in "full" mode? (y/n) [n]: n

Would you like to scrub the first two digits of any IPv4 address seen in the log

files?

This may take several minutes.

Sanitize IPv4 subnets? (y/n) [n]: y

Bug report file name? [/opt/nessus/var/nessus/logs/nessus-bug-report-archive.tar.gz]:

~/nessus-bug-report-archive.tar.gz

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