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Installing Helm chart for SonarQube Community Build

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General installation command Example: installing on Openshift

Once you have customized the Helm chart, you can install it. You can also overwrite Helm chart parameters directly in the installation command (see Openshift example below).

General installation command

Use the following command to install the latest SonarQube Community Build Helm chart.

helm repo add sonarqube https://SonarSource.github.io/helm-chart-sonarqube
helm repo update
kubectl create namespace sonarqube # If you dont have permissions to create the namespace, skip this step and replace all -n with an existing namespace name.
helm upgrade --install -n sonarqube sonarqube sonarqube/sonarqube

Example: installing on Openshift

The command below:

  • Enables OpenShift.
  • Deploys a PostgreSQL database for test purposes.

without updating the provided default Helm chart.

helm repo add sonarqube https://SonarSource.github.io/helm-chart-sonarqube
helm repo update
kubectl create namespace sonarqube 
helm upgrade --install -n sonarqube sonarqube sonarqube/sonarqube \
  --set OpenShift.enabled=true \
  --set postgresql.securityContext.enabled=false \
  --set OpenShift.createSCC=false \
  --set postgresql.containerSecurityContext.enabled=false

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