Would you like to learn how to install SonarQube using Docker on Ubuntu Linux? In this tutorial, we are going to show you all the steps required to perform the SonarQube installation using Docker on a computer running Ubuntu Linux in 5 minutes or less.
• Ubuntu 20.04
• Ubuntu 18.04
• Ubuntu 19.04
• SonarQube 8.4.2
Tutorial SonarQube – Docker Installation
Edit the system configuration file.
Insert the following lines at the end of this file.
Enable the system configuration.
Create a configuration file named 99-sonarqube.conf.
Here is the file content.
Reboot the computer.
Install the Docker service.
Download the SonarQube Docker image from the online repository.
List the Docker images installed on your system.
Here is the command output:
Create Docker volumes to store the SonarQube persistent data.
Verify the persistent data directories.
Optionally, create symbolic links to an easier access location.
Start a SonarQube container with persistent data storage.
Here is the command output:
In our example, the SonarQube image was used to start a new container.
The new container has persistent data storage.
The container ID is 348b4ab00defe8e3621a61e5899d4eb04dd533046fce4cf2c5b0163f0717bd50.
Tutorial Docker – SonarQube installation
Open your browser and enter the IP address of your web server plus :9000
In our example, the following URL was entered in the Browser:
• http://192.168.15.10:9000
The SonarQube dashboard will be presented.
Click on the Login button and use the Sonarqube default username and password.
• Default Username: admin
• Default Password: admin
Congratulations! You have finished the SonarQube Docker installation.
Tutorial SonarQube – Docker container management
Verify the containers status using the following command:
Verify the status of a container.
To stop a container, use the following command:
To start a container, use the following command:
To restart a container, use the following command:
In case of error, use the following command to verify the container logs.
In our examples, we demonstrated how to manage SonarQube containers.
