5.2 : Auto scanning tools - Nessus (Part VII)

Nessus

• a commercial license based vulnerability scanner
• more advanced features compare with openvas

Installation

get your ACIVTIVIATION_KEY here
https://www.tenable.com/products/nessus/nessus-essentials

docker run -dt \
    -e LICENSE="ACIVTIVIATION_KEY"\
    --name nessus_scanner \
    -p 8888:8834 \
    -e ADMIN_USER="admin" \
    -e ADMIN_PASS="password" \
    stevemcgrath/nessus_scanner:latest

docker from
https://hub.docker.com/r/stevemcgrath/nessus_scanner

After installation, visit https://your_machineip_address:8888

11 mins basic tutorial