Advanced installation features

Explains how to perform advanced setup on SonarQube server including web connection parameter change.

This section explains how to:

• Change the web server connection parameters
• Modify the default configuration of the server installation

You can also:

• In case of a ZIP installation: run SonarQube as a service on Windows (see the Securing the server behind a proxy article) or Linux.
• Run SonarQube behind a proxy
• Monitor and adjust Instance monitoring
• Install a Install a plugin.

Changing the web server connection parameters

To set up the web server connection:

• For a server installation from the ZIP file: Verify and change if necessary the following properties in the SonarQube Server configuration file (<sonarqubeHome>/conf/sonar.properties).
• For a server installation from the Docker image: Verify and change if necessary the following environment variables.

Property (ZIP installation)	Environment variable (Docker installation)	Description
sonar.web.host	SONAR_WEB_HOST	For servers with more than one IP address, this property specifies which address will be used for listening on the specified ports. Default value: 0.0.0.0 (ports will be used on all IP addresses associated with the server)
sonar.web.port	SONAR_WEB_PORT	TCP port for incoming HTTP connections. Default value: 9000
sonar.web.context	SONAR_WEB_CONTEXT	Web context specifying the path at which to serve SonarQube. For example, with sonar.web.port=9000 and sonar.web.context=/sonarqube, you will access the web interface at http://localhost:9000/sonarqube. Example: /sonarqube (must start with a forward slash) Default value: empty (root context)

Modifying the default configuration of a server installation

To modify the default configuration:

• For a server installation from the ZIP file: Change the sonar properties in the SonarQube Server configuration file (<sonarqubeHome>/conf/sonar.properties).
• For a server installation from the Docker image: Change the sonar Environment variables.