Nessusbeat

Nessusbeat provides a Beat that monitors a local Nessus installation's reports directory and exports, parses, and outputs scan results to supported Beat outputs.

Getting Started with Nessusbeat

Requirements

• Golang 1.7

Configuration

nessusbeat:
  report_path: /opt/nessus/var/nessus/users/admin/reports
  #cacert_path:
  #api_url:
  #api_username:
  #api_password:

Build

To build the binary for Nessusbeat run the command below. This will generate a binary in the same directory with the name nessusbeat.

make

Run

To run Nessusbeat with debugging output enabled, run:

./nessusbeat -c nessusbeat.yml -e -d "*"

To run on startup, see the init-scripts folder for example configuration files for each init system.

Roadmap

• Add option to poll remote Nessus and SecurityCenter
• Add ability to filter scans
• Support authentication via API key and secret