Would you like to learn how to do a Sonarqube installation on Ubuntu Linux? In this tutorial, we are going to show you how to install Sonarqube on a computer running Ubuntu Linux.

• Ubuntu version: 18
• Ubuntu version: 19
• Sonarqube version: 7.9.1

Hardware List:

The following section presents the list of equipment used to create this Sonarqube tutorial.

Every piece of hardware listed above can be found at Amazon website.

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Tutorial Sonarqube - Installation on Ubuntu Linux

Use apt-get to install the required packages.

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Install the PostgreSQL database service.

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Access the Postgres database service command-line.

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Create a Postgres user named sonarqube.

Create a Postgres database named sonarqube.

Give the PostgreSQL user named sonarqube permission over the database named sonarqube .

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Download the Sonarqube package and move it to the OPT directory.

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Create a new Linux account named sonarqube.

Set the correct file permission on the sonarqube directory.

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Edit the sonar.sh configuration file.

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Configure the following options:

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Edit the sonar.properties configuration file.

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Configure the following options:

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Create a Linux configuration file named 99-sonarqube.conf.

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Here  is the content of the 99-sonarqube.conf file.

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Edit the sysctl.conf configuration file.

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Add the following lines at the end of the sysctl.conf file.

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Reboot your computer to enable the new configuration

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Start the Sonarqube service.

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Use the following command to monitor the SonarQube log.

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The Sonarqube log should show the following information:

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Congratulations! You have finished the Sonarqube installation.

Sonarqube Installation - How to acess the Web interface

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

sonarqube dashboard

Click on the Login button and use the Sonarqube default username and password.

• Default Username: admin
• Default Password: admin

sonarqube login

Congratulations! You have finished the SonarQube installation.