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## How to Install SonarQube in Ubuntu Linux.md

      
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    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