NessusClient

Usable, fast, simple Ruby gem for Tenable Nessus Pro from v7.0.1 to v8.3.1 NessusClient was designed to be simple, fast and performant through communication with Nessus over REST interface.

Ruby gem for Nessus API

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Code and Bug Reports

Issue Tracker
See CONTRIBUTING for how to contribute along with some common problems to check out before creating an issue.

Getting started

require 'nessus_client'

nc = NessusClient.new( { :uri=>'https://localhost:8834', :username=>'username',:password=> 'password'} )
status = nc.server_status 
puts status
puts nc.server_properties

if status['status'] == 'ready'
  scan_id = nc.get_scan_by_name('Monthly Scan')
  scan_uuid = nc.launch_by_name( 'Monthly Scan', ['127.0.0.1'])['scan_uuid']

  loop do
   puts `clear`
   scan_status = nc.scan_details( scan_id )["info"]["status"] 
   puts " #{scan_id} - #{scan_uuid} - #{scan_status} "
   sleep 5
   if ["completed","canceled"].include? scan_status
      export_request = nc.export_request(scan_id, "nessus" )
      puts " export request: #{export_request}"
      while true do
        puts `clear`
        export_status =  nc.token_status( export_request['token'])["status"]
        puts " export status: #{export_status}"
        sleep 5
        if export_status == "ready"
          puts " downloading..."
          open("scan_report", "wb") do |file|
            file.write(nc.token_download( export_request['token'] ))
          end
          exit 0
        end
      end
   end
  end
end

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'nessus_client'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install nessus_client

Requirements

Requirements are Exon for HTTP(S) and Oj parsing:

require 'excon'
require 'oj'

Code of Conduct

Everyone participating in this project's development, issue trackers and other channels is expected to follow our Code of Conduct.

Contributing

See the contributing guide.

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Development

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