nessus Cookbook

This cookbook installs Tenable Nessus
and does some initial setup. Currently it can enable the service and
activate your feed subscription.

Requirements

Tenable does not seem to offer direct download of the Nessus installer
so currently we have to rely on it being somewhere on the filesystem.
This can be accomplished with another cookbook, shared directory, etc.

Attributes

• installer_file - Where to find the installer file.
• enable - Boolean - Whether to enable/start the service
• activate - Boolean - Whether to activate the subscription
• activation_code - String - Nessus Feed activation code

Usage

nessus::default

Just include nessus in your node's run_list to install and start:

{
  "name":"my_node",
  "run_list": [
    "recipe[nessus]"
  ]
}

To activate as well:

{
  "name":"my_node",
  "run_list": [
    "recipe[nessus]"
  ],
  "default_attributes": {
    "nessus":{
      "installer_file":"/vagrant/installers/Nessus-*",
      "activation_code":"FFFF-AAAA-BBBB-CCCC-DDDD"
    }
  }
}

Contributing

1. Fork the repository on Github
2. Create a named feature branch (like add_component_x)
3. Write your change
4. Write tests for your change (if applicable)
5. Run the tests, ensuring they all pass
6. Submit a Pull Request using Github

License and Authors

Authors: Jason Rohwedder jro@risk.io