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Author : Ashan Ruwanpathiranage

SonarQube Cloud Installation Guide using Azure Ubuntu Virtual Machine

This guide provides detailed steps to install SonarQube in cloud enviornment (Azure Ubuntu VM).

Prerequisites​

  1. New Ubuntu 22.0.4 Virtual Machine instance with at least medium performance (4 GB RAM)

  2. Docker

  3. Docker-compose

Step 1: System Configuration​

Login to SonarQube instance using git bash or azure cli and perform below command to configure virtual memory permanently for SonarQube to function:

sudo nano /etc/sysctl.conf

Add the following lines to the bottom of that file by scrolling all the way down:

vm.max_map_count=262144
fs.file-max=65536

Press Ctrl + O and Enter for saving the file. Press Ctrl + X for exiting the file after saving.

To make sure changes are getting into effect:

sudo sysctl -p

Perform System update

sudo apt update

Step 2: Create docker-compose.yml​

Create yaml file


sudo vi docker-compose.yml

copy and paste below script


version: "3"
services:
  sonarqube:
    image: sonarqube:community
    restart: unless-stopped
    depends_on:
      - db
    environment:
      SONAR_JDBC_URL: jdbc:postgresql://db:5432/sonar
      SONAR_JDBC_USERNAME: sonar
      SONAR_JDBC_PASSWORD: sonar
    volumes:
      - sonarqube_data:/opt/sonarqube/data
      - sonarqube_extensions:/opt/sonarqube/extensions
      - sonarqube_logs:/opt/sonarqube/logs
    ports:
      - "9000:9000"
  db:
    image: postgres:12
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      POSTGRES_USER: sonar
      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: sonar
    volumes:
      - postgresql:/var/lib/postgresql
      - postgresql_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
volumes:
sonarqube_data:
  sonarqube_extensions:
  sonarqube_logs:
  postgresql:
  postgresql_data:

Step 3: Execute the compose file using Docker compose command​

Open the bash shell and execute the below code


sudo docker-compose up -d

Make sure SonarQube is up and running by checking the logs


sudo docker-compose logs

Now access sonarQube Dashboard by going to browser and enter public dns name OR public IP address with port 9000

Now to go to browser --> http://SonarQube_public_dns_name:9000/ --> http://your_SonarQube_public_IP_address:9000/

By following these steps, you can successfully integrate SonarQube with GitHub to enhance your code quality and maintainability practices.