Perform the following steps:

1. Open the Nessus Web Client.
2. Log in to the Nessus Web Client with the user details created during installation.
3. Click on the Policies tab and Select Create a new policy.
4. Select Advanced Scan and fill in the required details as follows:

5. Navigate to the Compliance tag and search for MySQL benchmarks available in Nessus:

6. The screenshot in the Getting ready section shows that the remote host runs MariaDB 10.1.26; thus, we can conclude that the compatible version is MySQL 5.6, as seen at https://mariadb.com/kb/en/library/mariadb-vs-mysql-compatibility/.
7. Select CIS MySQL 5.6 for Linux OS as a policy to perform a compliance scan:

You can change the default paths of the policy if necessary.

8. Navigate to the Credentials tab, select Database from the drop-down menu, and enter the required details:

9. Navigate to the Plugins tab and disable all the plugins that are not required for the scan:

10. Save the policy and navigate to the Scans page to create a New Scan.
11. Navigate to the User Defined policy section to find the policy created for the database compliance scan:

12. Select the Policy and fill in the required details, such as the scan name, description, and targets to be scanned:

The IP address of the remote host can be obtained using the ifconfig command. Enter the 192.168.75.136 IP address in the Targets field and select Launch to begin the scan: