Software Update¶

Methods described in this section relate to the software update API. These methods can be accessed at Nessus.software_update.

class SoftwareUpdateAPI(api: restfly.session.APISession)[source]¶

settings(update: typing_extensions.Literal[all, plugins, disabled], custom_host: Optional[str] = None, auto_update_delay: Optional[int] = None) → None[source]¶

Update the software update settings

Parameters

update (str) – What components should be updated? Expected values are all, plugins, and disabled.
custom_host (str, optional) – URL of the custom plugin feed host
auto_update_delay (int, optional) – How often should the plugin feed attempt to update (in hours)

Example

>>> nessus.software_update.settings(update='all',
...                                 auto_update_delay=24
...                                 )

update() → None[source]¶

Schedules a software update for all components

Example

>>> nessus.software_update.update()