Overview
Nessus is the de-facto industry standard for vulnerability assessment. Trusted by more than 24,000 organizations worldwide. Nessus provides vulnerability analysis, patch confirmation, configuration assessment, and sensitive data identification for EC2 environments and instances. With a continuously updated library of more than 100,000 plugins, Nessus delivers the most in-depth coverage and accuracy to the marketplace. The Nessus AMI is built on Tenable Core, Tenable's customized and hardened version of Oracle Linux 8. Nessus AMI licenses may be purchased on the Tenable Online Store.
Highlights
- Prevents attacks by identifying vulnerabilities in the attack surface, allowing IT professionals to mitigate them before attacks occur.
- Easy configuration and management: policy creation wizards and scan scheduling.
- Daily updates ensure ongoing vulnerability and IT asset coverage.
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Type | Cost |
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EBS General Purpose SSD (gp2) volumes | $0.10/per GB/month of provisioned storage |
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64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
An AMI is a virtual image that provides the information required to launch an instance. Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) instances are virtual servers on which you can run your applications and workloads, offering varying combinations of CPU, memory, storage, and networking resources. You can launch as many instances from as many different AMIs as you need.
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Usage instructions
Before you begin: Confirm your environment will support your intended use of the instance, as described in License and System Requirements. Confirm your internet and port access will support your intended use of the instance, as described in Access Requirements.
To deploy a Tenable Core virtual machine in AWS:
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Log in to AWS. For more information, see the AWS Documentation.
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Navigate to the Amazon Marketplace.
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In the Amazon Marketplace search bar, type Tenable Core + Tenable Nessus.
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Click the result for Tenable Core + Tenable Nessus. The product overview page appears.
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Click Continue to Subscribe. Either a terms and conditions window or the basic configurations page appears. If the terms and conditions window appears, click Accept Terms. Click Continue to Configuration. The basic configurations page appears.
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Select the region where you want to operate your virtual machine. AWS preselects fulfillment and software versions for the AMI based on your region.
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Click Continue to Launch. The launch options page appears.
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In the Choose Action drop-down box, select one of the following:
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Launch from Website: Continue deploying in a simplified launch page with limited configuration options. For more information, see Deploy Tenable Core in AWS with Limited Options [https://docs.tenable.com/tenable-core/Nessus/Content/TenableCore/Deploy_AWS_Simple.htm ].
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Launch through EC2: Continue deploying in an advanced launch instance wizard with complete configuration options, including options for cloud-init. For more information, see Deploy Tenable Core in AWS with Advanced Options [https://docs.tenable.com/tenable-core/Nessus/Content/TenableCore/Deploy_AWS_Advanced.htm ].
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Type ec2-user as your username to connect to Tenable Core in your SSH client
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To create a password for the Initial Administrator User Account here are the detailed instructions: https://docs.tenable.com/tenable-core/Nessus/Content/TenableCore/CreateAdminUserPassword.htm
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Once the instance is running, you can login to Tenable Core via https://<AWS Instance IP Address or Hostname>:8000/ in your local browser
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