Installation

2.1 SonarLint Installation

To install this plugin in your IntelliJ IDE:

1. Go to File > Settings > Plugins.

2. Search for SonarLint

3. Launch the installation

2.2 SonarQube Installation

1. Download and install SonarQube-8.5 Community edition or higher version.

 e.g., install under C:\sonarQube\sonarqube-<version>

2. Modify wrapper.conf (located under C:\sonarQube\sonarqube-\\conf) as below:

wrapper.java.command=C:/Program Files/ojdkbuild/jdk-11.0.8/bin/java
Java path might be installed in different location, make sure to use the right path.

Note: You must download and config java 11 to execute SonarQube.

3. Delete all plugins (jars) under C:\sonarQube\sonarqube-\\lib\extensions
except of sonar-java-plugin-\.jar.

4. Download and copy the plugin Snapshots
java-custom-rules-\-SNAPSHOT & sonar-xml-plugin-\-SNAPSHOT
to C:\sonarQube\sonarqube-\\extensions\plugins.

5. Start SonarQube server:

- open C:\sonarQube\sonarqube-<version>\bin\windows-x86-64\ in File Explorer
- open cmd (windows) pointing to that path by typing cmd in the Address Bar in File explorer
- execute StartSonar.bat in cmd
- wait for server to be up and running, you supposed to see below message:
    jvm 1    | 2020.12.28 12:41:35 INFO  app[][o.s.a.SchedulerImpl] SonarQube is up

6. Open your browser and type http://localhost:9000/ (9000 is default)

log-in using default System Administrator credentials (login=admin, password=admin).

7. Create Quality Profiles.
Quality Profiles are sets of rules to be applied on project when scanned.

Follow below steps in order to import k2view customized QPs.  

- [Download](/articles/COE/SonarQube/02_Installation) k2view_profiles.zip 
  and extract XML and Java profiles and save the in temporary place.
   - Open SonarQube UI, Go to Home Page --> Quality Profiles --> Restore
- You will be asked to choose a back up file, choose the files you extracted for XML and Java.  
   - After restoring set each profile as Default.

Note: For any configuration changes go to conf folder and sonar.properties file. Here you can configure database, LDAP, webserver, SSO authentication, logging, etc.

For port changes, under web-server section, you can add sonar.web.port=9001.

2.3 SonarScanner Installation

1. Download and Install sonarScanner

  e.g., install under c:\sonarQube\sonar-scanner-<version>-windows

2. In the window, register sonar scanner executable under the "Path" environment variable.

- Type env in Windows Start Search and hit enter
- Click on Environment Variables button
- Look for "Path" environment variable and double click on it
- Click New and set the path of the bin folder of downloaded scanner
    e.g. C:\SonarQube\sonar-scanner-4.5.0.2216-windows\bin

3. Set SonarQube user/password

Set the user/password you use to login SonarQube UI in sonar scanner properties file.

look for sonar-scanner.properties under conf folder e.g. C:\SonarQube\sonar-scanner-4.5.0.2216-windows\conf\sonar-scanner.properties

open this file with any text editor and add the below properties: sonar.login= sonar.password=

e.g.    
    sonar.login=admin
       sonar.password=admin

Note: If while installing SonarQube server you decided to use different port than the default, you will need to set the port in scanner properties file.

Modify prop sonar.host.url within sonar-scanner.properties to point to your sonarQube server:  

   •   Local sonarQube server: -  
    sonar.host.url= http://localhost:9000 (default)  

   •   Remote sonarQube server: -  
   sonar.host.url= http(s)://IP:Port