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How to import Nessus reports and see results

evang_26
Communicator

Hello users,

I recently installed Splunk add-on for Nessus hoping that it would be easy to somehow upload reports (even automatically) to compare results etc.

However, it seems that I cannot find how to do it.

Could you please help me a bit?

Kind regards,
Evangelos

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jcoates_splunk
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

digging this one out of the archives...

  1. configure nessus or tenable security center to export xml reports into a spool directory
  2. point the add-on for nessus at this directory. It will parse the reports into splunk-friendly data.
  3. you may also want to configure the directory where the add-on for nessus will output the data, default is a local Splunk's input spool.

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lvsteche
New Member

With the default settings, the Nessus report files must be placed in the $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/apps/Splunk_TA_nessus/spool directory. The report files must be exported to the "dot nessus" XML format and have a file extension of .nessus.

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jcoates_splunk
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

digging this one out of the archives...

  1. configure nessus or tenable security center to export xml reports into a spool directory
  2. point the add-on for nessus at this directory. It will parse the reports into splunk-friendly data.
  3. you may also want to configure the directory where the add-on for nessus will output the data, default is a local Splunk's input spool.
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bachube
New Member

You need to use a forwarder.

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evang_26
Communicator

So, none of you have any clue regarding this question?

Regards,
Evangelos

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