Overview

The section lists the steps you have to perform to update your SonarQube Server installation.

If you previously used ZIP installation, we recommend installing SonarQube Server from a Docker image or Helm chart (Kubernetes/OpenShift). These methods make it easier to update to newer versions and to operate your instance. Install from the ZIP file only if neither of those options is feasible for your environment.

Reasons to update immediately

In SonarQube Server, you need to perform an update in the following situations:

1. If you are on a version of SonarQube Server that is no longer active.

2. If you are on the latest version of SonarQube Server and there is a new update available.

3. If you are on the latest version or Long-Term-Active (LTA) for which there is a new patch version available (security and bug fixes).

Update steps

Follow these steps to perform an update of your SonarQube Server:

1. Read Release cycle model.

2. Determining the update path.

3. Read the Update notes between the SonarQube versions.

4. Pre-update steps.

5. Back up the SonarQube Server database.

6. Performing the update.

7. Post-update steps.

Related pages

• Upgrading from SonarQube Community Build

• Moving to another SonarQube Server edition

• Other migration-related tasks