How to install Sonarqube on Ubuntu 22

Install SonarQube 9.9 LTS on Ubuntu 22.04

This is a clean installation guide for SonarQube 9.9.0.65466 using Java 17 and PostgreSQL.

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Step 0 — Update Ubuntu

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
sudo apt install -y wget unzip vim

Step 1 — Install Java 17

sudo apt install -y openjdk-17-jdk
java -version

Step 2 — Install PostgreSQL

sudo apt install -y postgresql postgresql-contrib
sudo systemctl enable --now postgresql

Step 3 — Create Database & User

sudo -u postgres psql <<EOF
CREATE ROLE sonaruser WITH LOGIN ENCRYPTED PASSWORD 'StrongPassword123!';
CREATE DATABASE sonarqube OWNER sonaruser ENCODING 'UTF8' LC_COLLATE='C.UTF-8' LC_CTYPE='C.UTF-8';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE sonarqube TO sonaruser;
EOF

Verify database is empty:

sudo -u postgres psql -d sonarqube -c "\dt"

Step 4 — Kernel Settings for Elasticsearch

echo "vm.max_map_count=524288" | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
sudo sysctl -p

Step 5 — Download SonarQube 9.9.0.65466

cd /tmp
sudo wget https://binaries.sonarsource.com/Distribution/sonarqube/sonarqube-9.9.0.65466.zip
sudo unzip sonarqube-9.9.0.65466.zip -d /opt
sudo mv /opt/sonarqube-9.9.0.65466 /opt/sonarqube

Step 6 — Create SonarQube User

sudo groupadd sonar
sudo useradd -c "SonarQube User" -d /opt/sonarqube -g sonar -s /bin/bash sonar
sudo chown -R sonar:sonar /opt/sonarqube

Step 7 — Configure SonarQube

Edit config:

sudo nano /opt/sonarqube/conf/sonar.properties

Set these values:

sonar.jdbc.username=sonaruser
sonar.jdbc.password=StrongPassword123!
sonar.jdbc.url=jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/sonarqube
sonar.web.host=0.0.0.0

Step 8 — Create Systemd Service

sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/sonarqube.service > /dev/null << 'EOF'
[Unit]
Description=SonarQube service
After=network.target postgresql.service

[Service]
Type=forking
User=sonar
Group=sonar
ExecStart=/opt/sonarqube/bin/linux-x86-64/sonar.sh start
ExecStop=/opt/sonarqube/bin/linux-x86-64/sonar.sh stop
Restart=always
LimitNOFILE=65536
LimitNPROC=4096

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

sudo systemctl daemon-reload

Step 9 — Start SonarQube

sudo systemctl start sonarqube
sudo systemctl enable sonarqube

Check status:

systemctl status sonarqube

Check logs:

tail -f /opt/sonarqube/logs/web.log

Step 10 — Open Firewall

sudo ufw allow 9000/tcp
sudo ufw status

Step 11 — Access SonarQube

http://YOUR_SERVER_PUBLIC_IP:9000

Default Login:

• Username: admin
• Password: admin

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Installation Complete

Your SonarQube 9.9 LTS server is fully operational.