How to install Nessus on Kali
First download nessus for Linux
https://www.tenable.com/downloads/nessus?loginAttempted=true
or
You can download it through curl from your command line
curl –request GET \
–url ‘https://www.tenable.com/downloads/api/v2/pages/nessus/files/Nessus-10.5.4-debian10_amd64.deb’ \
–output ‘Nessus-10.5.4-debian10_amd64.deb’
After downloading, go to the location where you have downloaded
type
sudo dpkg -i Nessus-10.4.1-debian9_amd64.deb
wait for it, it will be installed on your system.
after installation start the following service
sudo /bin/systemctl start nessusd.service
or
sudo systemctl start nessusd
Then Open your browser in kali and type
How to configure the scanner.
Select a professional version
Enter any organizational email
Enter dummy data
You will see your activation — Trail version for 7 days
create a username and password
I created username
username: username
password: username
Then after login, it will start downloading plugins.
