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Nessus on centos 7

First find download command from official page: https://www.tenable.com/downloads/nessus?loginAttempted=true and I get 10.4.1 rpm with curl command:

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curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://www.tenable.com/downloads/api/v2/pages/nessus/files/Nessus-10.4.1-es7.x86_64.rpm' \
  --output 'Nessus-10.4.1-es7.x86_64.rpm'

and before installation need to disable firewalld and selinux:

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systemctl stop firewalld

systemctl disable firewalld

setenforce 0

#set SELINUX=disabled in below file

vim /etc/sysconfig/selinux

then install the rpm:

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yum localinstall Nessus-10.4.1-es7.x86_64.rpm

and start the service:

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systemctl start nessusd

systemctl enable nessusd  #Gives error

access nessus through 8443

before active access:

https://www.tenable.com/products/nessus/nessus-essentials to get a activate code and go ahead for your trial of Nessus.