If you are trying to run this update and it fails, check these common pitfalls:
The file all-2.0.tar.gz is the compressed archive containing the complete set of Nessus audit plugins. Downloading and installing this file manually is often required in "air-gapped" environments (systems without direct internet access) or when troubleshooting failed automatic updates.
This guide shows how to find and download Nessus plugin archive files named like all-20*.tar.gz (commonly distributed as plugin sets), and how to verify and extract them. It assumes a Unix-like environment and command-line access. download nessusupdateplugins all20targz top
Users often search for all20targz because they see the filename in logs or error messages.
If you run nessus-update-plugins and it fails, checking the logs might show an error saying it failed to fetch all-2.0.tar.gz. This usually indicates one of two things: If you are trying to run this update
setup_download_dir() mkdir -p "$DOWNLOAD_DIR" log_info "Download directory: $DOWNLOAD_DIR"
If your Nessus has partial internet access but fails to auto-update: If your Nessus has partial internet access but
/opt/nessus/sbin/nessuscli update --plugins-only --offline-file /path/to/save/nessusupdateplugins-all20.tar.gz
This command tells Nessus to fetch the file directly (though it often requires proxy configuration).
./nessus_downloader.sh --version all-2.0 --extract