Installing Nessus Scanner on Windows & Mac

Installing Docker on mac#

Project address: https://github.com/elliot-bia/nessus

Installation

docker run -itd --name=ramisec_nessus -p 8834:8834 ramisec/nessus

Update reference github documentation

Installing Docker on Windows#

Required files as shown in the image above

Steps are as follows:

# Stop the nessus service
net stop "Tenable Nessus"

# Change file attributes
attrib -s -r -h "C:\ProgramData\Tenable\Nessus\nessus\plugins\*.*"
attrib -s -r -h "C:\ProgramData\Tenable\Nessus\nessus\plugin_feed_info.inc"

# Copy the cracked files to the following directories
C:\ProgramData\Tenable\Nessus\nessus\plugin_feed_info.inc
C:\ProgramData\Tenable\Nessus\nessus\plugins\plugin_feed_info.inc

# Update plugins
"C:\Program Files\Tenable\Nessus\nessuscli.exe" update C:\Users\Downloads\all-2.0-SC-202410131908.tar.gz

# Change file attributes
attrib +s +r +h "C:\ProgramData\Tenable\Nessus\nessus\plugins\*.*"
attrib +s +r +h "C:\ProgramData\Tenable\Nessus\nessus\plugin_feed_info.inc"
attrib -s -r -h "C:\ProgramData\Tenable\Nessus\nessus\plugins\plugin_feed_info.inc"

# Start the service
net start "Tenable Nessus"