---
title: Sonarqube Install
url: https://devopstales.github.io/linux/sonarkube-install/
date: 2019-05-30
---


Sonarqube Repository OSS is an artifact repository with universal support for popular formats.
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```
yum install epel-release -y
yum update -y
```

### Install Postgresql

In a previous post I wrote about how to [Install PostgreSQL 10]({{< relref "/linux/install-postgresql.md#install-postgresql-9-6-on-centos-7" >}})

```
su - postgres
createuser -S sonar
createdb -O sonar sonar
psql
ALTER USER "sonar" WITH PASSWORD 'Password1';
\q
exit
```

### Install Sonarqube
```
# https://binaries.sonarsource.com/Distribution/sonarqube/
cd /opt
wget https://binaries.sonarsource.com/Distribution/sonarqube/sonarqube-7.6.zip
unzip sonarqube-7.6.zip
ln -s /opt/sonarqube-7.6 /opt/sonarqube

nano /opt/sonarqube/conf/sonar.properties
sonar.jdbc.username=sonar
sonar.jdbc.password=Password1
sonar.jdbc.url=jdbc:postgresql://localhost/sonar

/opt/sonarqube/bin/linux-x86-64/sonar.sh
RUN_AS_USER=sonar

adduser -s /bin/false sonar
chown -R sonar:sonar /opt/sonarqube/

sysctl -w vm.max_map_count=262144
sysctl -w fs.file-max=65536
ulimit -n 65536
ulimit -u 4096
```

### Create sistemd serice for Sonarqube
```
echo '[Unit]
Description=Sonar
After=network.target network-online.target
Wants=network-online.target

[Service]
ExecStart=/opt/sonarqube/bin/linux-x86-64/sonar.sh start
ExecStop=/opt/sonarqube/bin/linux-x86-64/sonar.sh stop
ExecReload=/opt/sonarqube/bin/linux-x86-64/sonar.sh restart
PIDFile=/opt/sonarqube/bin/linux-x86-64/./SonarQube.pid
Type=forking
User=sonar
LimitNOFILE=65536

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target' > /etc/systemd/system/sonar.service
```

### Start Sonarqube
```
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable sonar.service
sudo systemctl start sonar.service

tailf /opt/sonarqube/logs/es.log
### To check, point your browser to http://localhost:9000. Default username is admin with password admin.
```

### Apache proxy
```
echo 'ProxyRequests Off
ProxyPreserveHost On
<VirtualHost *:80>
  ServerName sonar.devopstales.intra
  ServerAdmin admin@somecompany.com
  ProxyPass / http://localhost:9000/
  ProxyPassReverse / http://localhost:9000/
  ErrorLog /var/log/sonar-error.log
  CustomLog /var/log/sonar-access.log common
</VirtualHost>' > /etc/httpd/conf.d/sonar.conf

systemctl start httpd
```