HowTo Instal Nessus on Debian

Nessus is one of the best security auditing tool out there, it has been developed by Tenable Network Security.

Install with apt-get, the client and the server:
# apt-get install nessus nessusd
Create the Certificate
# nessus-mkcert
Create the Nessus User
# nessus-adduser
Start the Server and load all plugins:
# nessusd
Enter GUI mode by menu or type:
# nessus
Configuration Files:
“/etc/nessus/nessusd.conf”
Port:
127.0.0.1:46681