ansible-role-nessus-agent

Ansible role for installing and configuring Nessus Agent

https://galaxy.ansible.com/singleplatform-eng/nessus-agent/

Role Variables

• nessus_agent_key: key used for linking with nessus host (this is a required variable)

• nessus_agent_group: host group this agent should be added to when linking with nessus host (this is a required variable)

• nessus_agent_host: nessus host to link with (default: cloud.tenable.com)

• nessus_agent_port: nessus host port (default: 443)

• nessus_agent_package: can be either a repository package, path to a file, or a URL (default: NessusAgent)

    nessus_agent_package: nessus-agent
    nessus_agent_package: /tmp/nessus-agent_6.8.1_amd64.deb
  

Example Playbook

- hosts: all
  become: yes
  roles:
     - role: ansible-role-nessus-agent
       nessus_agent_key: xxxxxxxxx
       tags: nessus-agent

Testing Locally

1. Ensure you have a running Nessus Manager or tenable.io account and agent key.

2. Install dependencies.

   • Ansible
   • Docker
   • Ruby

3. Install Test Kitchen and dependencies.

   bundle

4. Download Nessus Agent packages for CentOS 6, CentOS 7, and Ubuntu 14.04/16.04. Put them under test/integration/default/files/.

5. Create credentials file.

   cp test/integration/default/group_vars/all/secrets.yml.example test/integration/default/group_vars/all/secrets.yml

6. Fill out tests/group_vars/all/secrets.yml.

7. Run integration test.

   kitchen create
   kitchen converge
   
   # when done, run
   kitchen destroy

Author Information

SinglePlatform Engineering

License

BSD 3-Clause