Upgrade Nessus Scanner to 8.13.1 (RHEL7)
- Download the Latest Version of Nessus and copy it to the /tmp directory
o Navigate to = https://www.tenable.com/downloads/
- Uninstall Previous Version of Nessus
o Stop the running Nessus service
#/bin/systemctl stop nessusd.service
o Determine the currently installed Nessus package name
#rpm –qa | grep Nessus
o Remove/uninstall Nessus
#rpm –e Nessus
- Install Nessus 8.13.1
o Navigate to the /tmp directory
#cd /tmp
o Install the Nessus 8.13.1 rpm
#rpm –ivh “filename”.rpm
o Start the Nessus service
#/bin/systemctl start nessusd.service
o You may receive a message “Warning: nessusd.service changed on disk”. If you do run this command:
#systemctl daemon-reload
- Confirm the Nessus 8.13.1 installation
o Open a browser and navigate to https://localhost:8834
Nessus may take a while “compiling plugins” during the initial login
o Log into Nessus with the necessary credentials
o Click “settings” and the version should now reflect the 8.13.1 update