Launch scan

post

https://cloud.tenable.com/scans/{scan_id}/launch

Launches a scan. For more information, see Launch a Scan.

Note: There is a limit of 25 active scans per container. You can use use the Get scan count endpoint to retrieve the total number of active scans in your container. For more information, see Concurrency Limiting.

Requires the Scan Operator [24] user role and Can Execute [32] scan permissions. See Roles and Permissions.

Recent Requests

Time	Status	User Agent
Retrieving recent requests…

Loading…

Responses

403

Returned if Tenable Vulnerability Management cannot launch the scan because the scan is disabled.

200Returned if the scan was launched successfully.

401Returned if the API keys specified in your request are invalid.

404Returned if Tenable Vulnerability Management cannot find the specified scan.

429Returned if you attempt to send too many requests in a specific period of time or if you attempt to launch more than 25 scans. For more information, see Rate Limiting and Concurrency Limiting.

500Returned if an internal error occurred.