====== Install SonarQube======

SonarQube is a free and open source quality management software that can be used to automate code quality inspections. 

Make sure that all of the latest patches are installed.

<code bash>
sudo apt update
sudo apt dist-upgrade
sudo reboot
</code>

Install [[linux:install:java]]

Install PostgreSQL and configure:<code bash>

echo "deb http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ `lsb_release -cs`-pgdg main" | tee /tmp/postgresql.list

sudo mv /tmp/postgresql.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/

wget -q https://www.postgresql.org/media/keys/ACCC4CF8.asc -O - | sudo apt-key add -

sudo apt update

sudo apt install postgresql postgresql-contrib -y

sudo systemctl start postgresql
sudo systemctl enable postgresql

sudo su - postgres

psql

CREATE USER sonar WITH ENCRYPTED password 'P@ssword';
CREATE DATABASE sonar OWNER sonar;
\q

exit
</code>

Download, install, and configure SonarQube:<code bash>

sudo apt install unzip -y

cd /tmp

VERSION=7.5
wget https://binaries.sonarsource.com/Distribution/sonarqube/sonarqube-$VERSION.zip

sudo unzip sonarqube-$VERSION.zip -d /opt

if [ -d "/opt/sonarqube" ]; then
  sudo rm /opt/sonarqube
fi

sudo ln -s /opt/sonarqube-$VERSION /opt/sonarqube

sudo sed -i 's/#sonar.jdbc.username=/sonar.jdbc.username=sonar/g' /opt/sonarqube/conf/sonar.properties
sudo sed -i 's/#sonar.jdbc.password=/sonar.jdbc.password=P@ssword/g' /opt/sonarqube/conf/sonar.properties
sudo sed -i 's/#sonar.jdbc.url=jdbc:postgresql:\/\/localhost\/sonar/sonar.jdbc.url=jdbc:postgresql:\/\/localhost\/sonar/g' \
     /opt/sonarqube/conf/sonar.properties
sudo sed -i 's/#sonar.search.javaOpts=-Xms512m -Xmx512m/sonar.search.javaOpts=-Xms512m  -Xmx512m/g' \
     /opt/sonarqube/conf/sonar.properties
sudo sed -i 's/#sonar.web.host=0.0.0.0/sonar.web.host=127.0.0.1/g' /opt/sonarqube/conf/sonar.properties

sudo groupadd sonar
sudo useradd -c "Sonar System User" -d /opt/sonarqube -g sonar -s /bin/bash sonar
sudo chown -R sonar:sonar /opt/sonarqube-$VERSION

sudo sed -i 's/#RUN_AS_USER=/RUN_AS_USER=sonar/g' /opt/sonarqube/bin/linux-x86-64/sonar.sh

sudo sysctl -w vm.max_map_count=262144
</code>

Configure the service:<code bash>
cat > /tmp/sonar.service << EOF
[Unit]
Description=SonarQube Server
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

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

sudo mv /tmp/sonar.service /etc/systemd/system/
sudo chown root:root /etc/systemd/system/sonar.service

sudo systemctl enable sonar.service

sudo systemctl start sonar.service
</code>

Install [[linux:install:webserver|NGINX web server]]

Configure NGINX to proxy web traffic to SonarQube:<code bash>
cat > /tmp/sonar-proxy<< EOF
server {
    listen 80;

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:9000;
    }
}
EOF

sudo mv /tmp/sonar-proxy /etc/nginx/sites-available/

sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/sonar-proxy /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/sonar-proxy

sudo service nginx reload
</code>

SonarQube is now installed and configured. Open a web browser and navigate to the URL. Click on the Log In button and provide the default administrator account username and password as **admin/admin** and click on the Log In button. You should see the SonarQube default dashboard.

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Last Updated: January 28, 2019