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# Tenable Vulnerability Management Setup for Workbench
The following topic describes how to configure an API connection between Workbench and the Tenable Vulnerability Management (VM) platform.
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Expel only supports Tenable Vulnerability Management (cloud version, previously called Tenable.io). Tenable.sc (on-premises version) is not currently supported.
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### Step 1: Get API Credentials from Tenable VM
1. Open Tenable.
2. From the menu in the upper left, select **Settings**.
3. Select **Access Control**.
4. Select **Create User**.
5. Create an **Admin user**.
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**This user is for API access.** The user must belong to your domain, so reflect that in the username. For example, you can name the user `soc+admin@yourdomain.com` or `soc+api@yourdomain.com`.
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6. Log in with the account that was just created.
7. Create a **second Admin user** and provide the credentials to Expel (our support team will finish setting up the 2FA). This account should be using 2FA with either TOTP authentication or authentication via a SOC hotline.
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**This user is for for** [**console access**](/connect-your-technology/about-integrations/why-expel-asks-for-console-access.md)**.** The user must also belong to your domain, so reflect that in the username just as you did for the first Admin user. For example, you can name the user `soc+console@yourdomain`; if Tenable configured it, you can use the `@expel.io` domain.
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8. From the menu in the upper left, select **Settings**.
9. Select **My Account**.
10. Select **API KEYS**.
11. Select **Generate**.
12. Copy the **Access Key** and the **Secret Key**. You will need them when you set up the security device in Workbench.
### Step 2: Add Tenable Vulnerability Management as a Security Device in Workbench
1. [Log in to Workbench](https://workbench.expel.io/auth/login?orig=%2F).
2. In the side menu, navigate to **Organization Settings > Security Devices**. If you have multiple organizations, you must select the appropriate organization name from the list.
3. Select **Add Security Device**.
4. In the search box, enter “Tenable” and then select the Tenable Vulnerability Management integration.
5. Complete the fields as follows:
* **Name** - enter a name that might help you more easily identify this integration, such as “CompanyName Tenable”; this name will display in Workbench under the Name column, and is a text string that you can filter on.
* **Location** - enter the location of your integration, for example “cloud;” this is also a text string that you can filter on, so we recommend being consistent with location naming across your Expel integrations.
* **Access Key** - provide the key that was generated in Step 1.
* **Secret** - provide the secret that was generated in Step 1.
6. Select **Save**.
7. Select **Set up later** from the console access dropdown (Expel will set up console access).
8. Select **Save**.
Your device should be created successfully within a few seconds. A few reminders:
* After your connection is healthy, it will take some time for your device to begin polling and receiving data.
* To check on the status, select the downward arrow for your device in the first column and choose **View details**.
* Polling will happen first; data will be received after that. **You must refresh the page to see updates.**
* If your device does not begin polling within 15 minutes, and does not begin receiving data within 30 minutes, [contact our support team for help](/support/how-to-reach-us.md).
* To check if alerts are coming through, navigate to **Dashboards > Alert Analysis**. Scroll to the device you want to check, and select the **Expel Alerts** tab to reveal more alert information. It can take 36 to 72 hours for alerts to appear after setup, as we [tune your device](/workbench-reference/alerts/how-expel-alerts-work.md#device-tuning).
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