Getting ready

The requirements for Nessus vary for the different components present in it, as well as the type of license available and its usage.

The following table depicts the Nessus hardware requirements:

• Nessus Agents: This is designed to consume less memory, as the process is low priority and yields to the CPU whenever asked. Nessus Agents can be installed on a virtual machine that meets the requirements specified in the following table:

• Virtual machines: Nessus Agents supports the following versions of macOS, Linux, and Windows operating systems:

Nessus Manager supports the following versions of macOS, Linux, and Windows operating systems:

• Browsers: Nessus supports the following browsers:
  • Google Chrome (50 and above)
  • Apple Safari (10 and above)
  • Mozilla Firefox (50 and above)
  • Internet Explorer (11 and above)
• PDF reports: The Nessus .pdf report generation feature requires the latest version of Oracle Java or OpenJDK. Install Oracle Java or OpenJDK prior to installing Nessus.