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Scan → Create

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Summary

Create a new scan in Tenable Vulnerability Management

Inputs

  • templateUuid (required) — The UUID of the scan template to use. Choose from the list, or specify an ID using an expression.
  • name (required) — The name of the scan.
  • textTargets (required) — Comma-separated list of targets to scan (hostnames, IPs, IP ranges, CIDRs).
  • additionalFields — Additional scan settings such as description, enabled state, folder, launch schedule, policy, and scanner.

Output shape

The API response from Tenable, typically containing the created scan object.

The operation sends a POST request to /scans with a body structured as { uuid: templateUuid, settings: { name, text_targets, [description], [enabled], [folder_id], [launch], [policy_id], [scanner_id] } }. Exactly which additional fields are included depends on what is provided in the additionalFields collection.

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