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Nessus

Nessus quick install on Kali​

To fire off a quick install on the Kali side, head to the Tenable downloads page and then copy the curl command to grab the installer, which will look something like:

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://www.tenable.com/downloads/api/v2/pages/nessus/files/Nessus-10.8.2-debian10_amd64.deb' \
  --output 'Nessus-10.8.2-debian10_amd64.deb'

Kick off the install​

sudo dpkg -i Nessus-x.deb

Startup the Nessus service​

sudo systemctl start nessusd.service

Finish configuration​

Then visit your install at https://your.nessus.ip.address:8834 and continue with the rest of the install and setup.