Getting up and running with Sonarqube

Sonarqube Quickstart for .NET.md

1. Install Java Runtime Environment (http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jre8-downloads-2133155.html)
2. Download and extract sonarqube (https://www.sonarqube.org/downloads/)
3. Launch sonarqube: C:\sonarqube\bin\windows-x86-xx\StartSonar.bat
4. Browse to localhost:9000 to validate
5. Install the SonarScanner for MSBuild (https://docs.sonarqube.org/display/SCAN/Install+the+SonarScanner+for+MSBuild) Edit the SonarQube.Analysis.xml file in the directory the scanner for MSBuild was installed to:

• Ensure the sonar.host.url element points to localhost:9000

• Ensure the directory the scanner was extracted to is added to:

  System => Advanced System Settings => Environment Variables => System variables => Path

6. Reboot
7. Run the analysis from the root directory of the project project-key should be a unique name for the project

SonarScanner.MSBuild.exe begin /k:"<project-key>"
MSBuild.exe /t:Rebuild
SonarScanner.MSBuild.exe end

8. login as admin:admin

9. Ensure the appropriate files are excluded from analysis by doing the following:

   Administration => Files => Source File Exclusions => /packages/ ... as appropriate