{"id":3217,"date":"2014-02-11T15:59:51","date_gmt":"2014-02-11T21:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/secure.rosehosting.com\/blog\/?p=3217"},"modified":"2022-06-03T03:47:08","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T08:47:08","slug":"install-nessus-vulnerability-scanner-on-centos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/install-nessus-vulnerability-scanner-on-centos\/","title":{"rendered":"Install Nessus Vulnerability Scanner on CentOS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25008\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Install-Nessus-Vulnerability-Scanner-on-CentOS.jpg\" alt=\"Install Nessus Vulnerability Scanner on CentOS\" width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Install-Nessus-Vulnerability-Scanner-on-CentOS.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Install-Nessus-Vulnerability-Scanner-on-CentOS-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Install-Nessus-Vulnerability-Scanner-on-CentOS-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Install-Nessus-Vulnerability-Scanner-on-CentOS-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Install-Nessus-Vulnerability-Scanner-on-CentOS-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Install-Nessus-Vulnerability-Scanner-on-CentOS-860x430.jpg 860w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Install-Nessus-Vulnerability-Scanner-on-CentOS-680x340.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Install-Nessus-Vulnerability-Scanner-on-CentOS-500x250.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Install-Nessus-Vulnerability-Scanner-on-CentOS-400x200.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Install-Nessus-Vulnerability-Scanner-on-CentOS-200x100.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Install-Nessus-Vulnerability-Scanner-on-CentOS-50x25.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In this blog article we will show you how to install Nessus Vulnerability Scanner on a <a title=\"CentOS VPS Hosting\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/centos-hosting.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CentOS VPS<\/a>. Nessus is powerful, free and easy to use proprietary security scanner. Its plug-in architecture makes Nessus to be very customizable and allows users to customize it according to their needs. Nessus database is frequently updated and it makes is very efficient. According many surveys Nessus is the most popular vulnerability scanner in the world.\u00a0Installing Nessus Vulnerability Scanner on CentOS is an easy task if you carefully follow our tutorial bellow.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>You don&#8217;t need to be a Linux expert to install Nessus because the installation is very fast and easy. Let&#8217;s start.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69ef27448f5f9\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"ez-toc-cssicon\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69ef27448f5f9\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/install-nessus-vulnerability-scanner-on-centos\/#1-Login-via-SSH-and-Update-the-OS-Packages\" >1. Login via SSH and Update the OS Packages<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/install-nessus-vulnerability-scanner-on-centos\/#2-Install-Required-Libraries\" >2. Install Required Libraries<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/install-nessus-vulnerability-scanner-on-centos\/#3-Install-Nessus-Vulnerability-Scanner-on-CentOS\" >3.\u00a0Install Nessus Vulnerability Scanner on CentOS<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/install-nessus-vulnerability-scanner-on-centos\/#4-Start-Nessus\" >4. Start Nessus<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/install-nessus-vulnerability-scanner-on-centos\/#5-Continue-the-Installation-in-Web-Browser\" >5. Continue the Installation in Web Browser<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1-Login-via-SSH-and-Update-the-OS-Packages\"><\/span>1. Login via SSH and Update the OS Packages<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Like always, at the very beginning make sure that your CentOS box is up to date. Log in to your server as user &#8216;root&#8217; and execute:<\/p>\n<pre># yum -y update<\/pre>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2-Install-Required-Libraries\"><\/span>2. Install Required Libraries<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>There are two libraries that are required by Nessus. Install them if they are not already installed:<\/p>\n<pre># yum install glibc zlib<\/pre>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3-Install-Nessus-Vulnerability-Scanner-on-CentOS\"><\/span>3.\u00a0Install Nessus Vulnerability Scanner on CentOS<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Download the latest stable version of Nessus from <strong><a title=\"Download Nessus\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tenable.com\/products\/nessus\/select-your-operating-system\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HERE<\/a><\/strong>. Select &#8216;<em>Linux<\/em>&#8216; as you operating system and <em>CentOS 6<\/em> 32 bit or 64 bit depending on the OS.<\/p>\n<p>Once it is downloaded, install the Nessus package on your server.<\/p>\n<pre># rpm -ivh Nessus-5.2.5-es6.i386.rpm\r\nPreparing\u2026 ########################################### [100%]\r\n1:Nessus ########################################### [100%]\r\nnessusd (Nessus) 5.2.5 [build N25109] for Linux\r\nCopyright (C) 1998 - 2014 Tenable Network Security, Inc\r\nProcessing the Nessus plugins\u2026\r\n[##################################################]All plugins loaded\r\n- You can start nessusd by typing \/sbin\/service nessusd start\r\n- Then go to https:\/\/yourdomain.tld:8834\/ to configure your scanner<\/pre>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4-Start-Nessus\"><\/span>4. Start Nessus<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>and start Nessus by executing the following command:<\/p>\n<pre># \/etc\/init.d\/nessusd start<\/pre>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"5-Continue-the-Installation-in-Web-Browser\"><\/span>5. Continue the Installation in Web Browser<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Now open a web browser and access <em>https:\/\/yourdomain.tld:8834<\/em> to continue the Nessus installation.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/nessus1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3218\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/nessus1-300x124.png\" alt=\"nessus1\" width=\"300\" height=\"124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/nessus1-300x124.png 300w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/nessus1-1024x424.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/nessus1-600x248.png 600w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/nessus1-624x258.png 624w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/nessus1.png 1152w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Create an administrator user for Nessus. This user will have all privileges on Nessus.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/nessus2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3219\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/nessus2-300x92.png\" alt=\"nessus2\" width=\"300\" height=\"92\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/nessus2-300x92.png 300w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/nessus2-1024x316.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/nessus2-600x185.png 600w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/nessus2-624x192.png 624w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/nessus2.png 1393w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Create an account <a title=\"Nessus Activation Code\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tenable.com\/products\/nessus\/nessus-plugins\/obtain-an-activation-code\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a> to obtain an activation code for subscribing to the Plugin Feed. This way you will always have the latest plugins which contain vulnerability information. Enter the activation code and click &#8216;<em>Next<\/em>&#8216;.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/nessus3.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3220\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/nessus3-300x108.png\" alt=\"nessus3\" width=\"300\" height=\"108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/nessus3-300x108.png 300w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/nessus3-1024x369.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/nessus3-600x216.png 600w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/nessus3-624x225.png 624w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/nessus3.png 1408w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Click &#8216;<em>Next<\/em>&#8216; to download the latest plugins.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/nessus4.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3221\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/nessus4-300x173.png\" alt=\"nessus4\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/nessus4-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/nessus4.png 490w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>and wait while Nessus is initializing.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/nessus5.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3222\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/nessus5-300x57.png\" alt=\"nessus5\" width=\"300\" height=\"57\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/nessus5-300x57.png 300w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/nessus5-1024x197.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/nessus5-600x115.png 600w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/nessus5-624x120.png 624w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/nessus5.png 1366w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Finally, log in to Nessus with your administrator account and start configuring it according to your needs.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/nessus6.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3223\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/nessus6-300x292.png\" alt=\"nessus6\" width=\"300\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/nessus6-300x292.png 300w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/nessus6.png 430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Of course you don\u2019t have to Install Nessus Vulnerability Scanner on CentOS, if you use one of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/centos-hosting.html\">CentOS VPS Hosting<\/a> services, in which case you can simply ask our expert Linux admins to install this for you. They are available 24\u00d77 and will take care of your request immediately.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>PS.<\/strong><\/span> If you liked this post, on how to\u00a0Install Nessus Vulnerability Scanner on CentOS,\u00a0 please share it with your friends on the social networks using the buttons on the left or simply leave a thank you note below. Thanks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this blog article we will show you how to install Nessus Vulnerability Scanner on a CentOS VPS. 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