Running

Hint

Since v0.10.0 nessus file analyzer (NFA) comes with pre-built binaries for Windows, Linux and macOS. You can download the latest version from GitHub Releases page. You can still install it with pip and build it from source code if you want.

If you decided to download pre-build version follow Build version instruction. If you decided to install from PyPI follow Source version instruction.

Build version

  1. Go to GitHub Releases page.

  2. Select and download from the Assets list the ZIP archive with -windows suffix.

  3. In the Terminal run, e.g., below command to verify the checksum of downloaded file:

    Get-FileHash .\LimberDuck-NFA-vX.Y.Z-windows.zip -Algorithm SHA256

    Important

    The output should match the checksum provided in the GitHub Releases page!

  4. Unzip the archive.

  5. Go to unzipped folder and click on LimberDuck NFA.exe file to start NFA.

  6. If you see Windows message protecting from opening, click on More info and then click on Run anyway.

Source version

Once you have nessus file analyzer (NFA) installed you can run it in Terminal with command:

nessus-file-analyzer

Attention

Remember to open your Python virtual environment first, if you decided to use it. If you use virtualenvwrapper, mentioned in the Installation instruction, you can do it with the command workon <name_of_your_virtualenvironment>. To exit your Python virtual environment, use the command deactivate.

Tip

Optionally for Linux and macOS run with & at the end to start the process in the background.

nessus-file-analyzer&

Make a shortcut to nessus file analyzer (NFA) to run it even faster.

  1. Run where command in cmd to get your_path_to_nessus-file-analyzer

    where nessus-file-analyzer.exe

  2. Copy path return in previous command.

  3. Go, e.g., to Desktop.

  4. Right click on Desktop and choose New > Shortcut.

  5. Paste returned path.

  6. Click Next.

  7. Click Finish.