How to Install SonarQube in Linux

How to Install SonarQube in Ubuntu Linux.md

How to Install Sonarqube in Ubuntu Linux

Prerequsites

Virtual Machine running Ubuntu 22.04 or newer

Install Postgresql 15

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt $(lsb_release -cs)-pgdg main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pgdg.list'

wget -qO- https://www.postgresql.org/media/keys/ACCC4CF8.asc | sudo tee /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/pgdg.asc &>/dev/null

sudo apt update
sudo apt-get -y install postgresql postgresql-contrib
sudo systemctl enable postgresql

Create Database for Sonarqube

sudo passwd postgres
su - postgres

createuser sonar
psql 
ALTER USER sonar WITH ENCRYPTED password 'sonar';
CREATE DATABASE sonarqube OWNER sonar;
grant all privileges on DATABASE sonarqube to sonar;
\q

exit

Install Java 17

sudo bash

apt install -y wget apt-transport-https
mkdir -p /etc/apt/keyrings

wget -O - https://packages.adoptium.net/artifactory/api/gpg/key/public | tee /etc/apt/keyrings/adoptium.asc

echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/adoptium.asc] https://packages.adoptium.net/artifactory/deb $(awk -F= '/^VERSION_CODENAME/{print$2}' /etc/os-release) main" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/adoptium.list

apt update
apt install temurin-17-jdk
update-alternatives --config java
/usr/bin/java --version

exit 

Increase Limits

sudo vim /etc/security/limits.conf

Paste the below values at the bottom of the file

sonarqube   -   nofile   65536
sonarqube   -   nproc    4096

sudo vim /etc/sysctl.conf

Paste the below values at the bottom of the file

vm.max_map_count = 262144

Reboot to set the new limits

sudo reboot

Install Sonarqube

sudo wget https://binaries.sonarsource.com/Distribution/sonarqube/sonarqube-9.9.0.65466.zip
sudo apt install unzip
sudo unzip sonarqube-9.9.0.65466.zip -d /opt
sudo mv /opt/sonarqube-9.9.0.65466 /opt/sonarqube
sudo groupadd sonar
sudo useradd -c "user to run SonarQube" -d /opt/sonarqube -g sonar sonar
sudo chown sonar:sonar /opt/sonarqube -R

Update Sonarqube properties with DB credentials

sudo vim /opt/sonarqube/conf/sonar.properties

Find and replace the below values, you might need to add the sonar.jdbc.url

sonar.jdbc.username=sonar
sonar.jdbc.password=sonar
sonar.jdbc.url=jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/sonarqube

Create service for Sonarqube

sudo vim /etc/systemd/system/sonar.service

Paste the below into the file

[Unit]
Description=SonarQube service
After=syslog.target network.target

[Service]
Type=forking

ExecStart=/opt/sonarqube/bin/linux-x86-64/sonar.sh start
ExecStop=/opt/sonarqube/bin/linux-x86-64/sonar.sh stop

User=sonar
Group=sonar
Restart=always

LimitNOFILE=65536
LimitNPROC=4096

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Start Sonarqube and Enable service

sudo systemctl start sonar
sudo systemctl enable sonar
sudo systemctl status sonar
sudo tail -f /opt/sonarqube/logs/sonar.log

Access the Sonarqube UI

http://<IP>:9000

Thank you , it was clear :)

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You should create the database and user with the following command instead:

$ sudo -u postgres psql

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I have jdk11 and jdk17 on my RHEL8 server. How do I force sonarqube 9.9 to use jdk17? Without changing java version what system is pointing to?

authentication failed while login

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Works perfectly. hope newer version also !

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authentificator failed

please whto is the login and password

By Default password Sonarqube
username - admin
Password - admin

By Default password Sonarqube username - admin Password - admin

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