On Unix-based systems

This section explains pre-installation steps on the SonarQube 10.5 host for the Community, Developer and Enterprise Editions on Unix systems.

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SonarQube should not be run as root on Unix-based systems. It is recommended to create a dedicated user account for SonarQube (It is highly recommended for a ZIP installation).

For a ZIP installation, proceed as follows:

1. Create a dedicated user account for SonarQube. Note that:

   • This user does not need to have a login shell.

   • This user does not need to have a password.

   • We recommend that the user’s home directory be the same as the installation directory (recommended: /opt/sonarqube).

2. Grant to this user account the read/write/execute (or owner) privileges on the installation directory.