bjweeks
February 22nd, 2006, 03:59 AM
Nessus 3 is now closed source so we have to install from a .deb but the client is still opensource.
To download Nessus 3 you must regester on there site and give your name and e-mail if you don't want to you can sill use nessus 2 in the repoes.
Ok, lets start by downloading Nessus 3.
http://www.nessus.org/download/
Regester and download the deb file to your home directory. Use a real email cuase you need the serial that is emailed.
Nessus depends on openssl so lets install that first.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install openssl
Now to install it.
sudo dpkg -i Nessus-3.0.1-debian3_i386.deb
Use the code you got emailed to register it.
sudo /opt/nessus/bin/nessus-fetch --register *your code here*
Add the admin user with pass auth and no rules
sudo /opt/nessus/sbin/nessus-add-first-user
Start the nessus server.
sudo /etc/init.d/nessusd start
The nessus server is now started and running so you can use the the windows client or another linux box.
If you want to install the client on the same box as the server keep reading.
Download the client tarball to your home directory.
http://www.nessus.org/download/
Before we build it we need some packages.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install build-essential libssl-dev libz-dev libgtk2.0-dev
Extract it.
tar -xzf NessusClient-1.0.0.RC4.tar.gz
cd into its directory.
cd NessusClient-1.0.0.RC4
./configure
make
sudo make install
Nessus client is now installed to run it
NessusClient
To download Nessus 3 you must regester on there site and give your name and e-mail if you don't want to you can sill use nessus 2 in the repoes.
Ok, lets start by downloading Nessus 3.
http://www.nessus.org/download/
Regester and download the deb file to your home directory. Use a real email cuase you need the serial that is emailed.
Nessus depends on openssl so lets install that first.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install openssl
Now to install it.
sudo dpkg -i Nessus-3.0.1-debian3_i386.deb
Use the code you got emailed to register it.
sudo /opt/nessus/bin/nessus-fetch --register *your code here*
Add the admin user with pass auth and no rules
sudo /opt/nessus/sbin/nessus-add-first-user
Start the nessus server.
sudo /etc/init.d/nessusd start
The nessus server is now started and running so you can use the the windows client or another linux box.
If you want to install the client on the same box as the server keep reading.
Download the client tarball to your home directory.
http://www.nessus.org/download/
Before we build it we need some packages.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install build-essential libssl-dev libz-dev libgtk2.0-dev
Extract it.
tar -xzf NessusClient-1.0.0.RC4.tar.gz
cd into its directory.
cd NessusClient-1.0.0.RC4
./configure
make
sudo make install
Nessus client is now installed to run it
NessusClient