# Installing SonarQube from the ZIP file

First, check the [server-host](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-server/10.7/setup-and-upgrade/installation-requirements/server-host "mention") (in particular, make sure the [correct Java version 17](https://adoptium.net/en-GB/temurin/releases/?version=17) is installed) and perform the [linux](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-server/10.7/setup-and-upgrade/pre-installation/linux "mention"). Then follow these steps for your installation:

## Download the distribution <a href="#download-zip" id="download-zip"></a>

Download and unzip the [distribution](https://www.sonarsource.com/products/sonarqube/downloads/) (do not unzip into a directory starting with a digit).

`<sonarqubeHome>` (below) refers to the path to the directory where the SonarQube distribution has been unzipped.

## Perform various settings <a href="#various-settings" id="various-settings"></a>

### Set access to the database <a href="#set-access-to-the-database" id="set-access-to-the-database"></a>

Edit `<sonarqubeHome>/conf/sonar.properties` to configure the database settings. Templates are available for every supported database. Just uncomment and configure the template you need and comment out the lines dedicated to H2:

```css-79elbk
Example for PostgreSQL
sonar.jdbc.username=sonarqube
sonar.jdbc.password=mypassword
sonar.jdbc.url=jdbc:postgresql://localhost/sonarqube
```

### Add the JDBC driver <a href="#add-the-jdbc-driver" id="add-the-jdbc-driver"></a>

Drivers for the supported databases (except Oracle) are already provided. Do not replace the provided drivers; they are the only ones supported.

For Oracle, copy the JDBC driver into `<sonarqubeHome>/extensions/jdbc-driver/oracle`.

### Configure the Elasticsearch storage path <a href="#configure-the-elasticsearch-storage-path" id="configure-the-elasticsearch-storage-path"></a>

By default, Elasticsearch data is stored in `<sonarqubeHome>/data`, but this is not recommended for production instances. Instead, you should store this data elsewhere, ideally in a dedicated volume with fast I/O. Beyond maintaining acceptable performance, doing so will also ease the upgrade of SonarQube.

Edit `<sonarqubeHome>/conf/sonar.properties` to configure the following settings:

```css-79elbk
sonar.path.data=/var/sonarqube/data
sonar.path.temp=/var/sonarqube/temp
```

The user used to launch SonarQube must have read and write access to those directories.

### Adjust the Java executable path <a href="#adjust-the-java-executable-path" id="adjust-the-java-executable-path"></a>

By default, the scripts will use the Java executable available in the PATH. If there are multiple versions of Java installed on your server, you may need to explicitly define which version of Java is used.

It is possible to overwrite the default Java executable by setting the environmental variable `SONAR_JAVA_PATH`.

<details>

<summary>Linux</summary>

`export SONAR_JAVA_PATH="path/to/java_home/bin/java"`

</details>

<details>

<summary>Windows</summary>

`setx SONAR_JAVA_PATH "C:\Program Files\java_home\bin\java.exe"`

</details>

## Start the web server <a href="#start-server" id="start-server"></a>

Execute the following script to start the server:

* On Linux: `<sonarqubeHome>/bin/linux-x86-64/sonar.sh start`
* On macOS: `<sonarqubeHome>/bin/macosx-universal-64/sonar.sh start`
* On Windows: `<sonarqubeHome>\bin\windows-x86-64\StartSonar.bat`

You can now browse SonarQube at [http://localhost:9000](http://localhost:9000/) (the default system administrator credentials are `admin`/`admin`).

## Next steps <a href="#next-steps" id="next-steps"></a>

Once your server is installed and running, you’re ready to begin [overview](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-server/10.7/analyzing-source-code/overview "mention").