Introduction to instance administration

In SonarQube Server 2026.4, this section guides administrators on setting up the instance's functions, configuring analysis features at the instance level, and administering users.

Global analysis setup

pages in Global analysis setup

• Choosing a mode for your instance

  • Overview

  • MQR mode

  • Standard Experience

• New code definition

• Quality standards

• Adjusting the analysis scope

  • Introduction

  • Excluding files based on file paths

  • Excluding from coverage or duplication

  • Using advanced exclusion features

• Code metrics

System functions setup

pages in System functions setup

• Setting up email notifications

• Connecting to Slack

• Security features

• Housekeeping

• Telemetry

• PDF reports

AI features

pages in AI features

• Overview

• Autodetect AI code

• Permissions for AI autodetect

• Enable AI CodeFix

Security

pages in Security

• User accounts

• User sessions

• Tokens

• Sensitive settings

User management

pages in User management

• Introduction to user management

• Viewing user accounts

• Managing groups

• Managing permissions

• Associating with SCM account

• Creating users manually

• Deactivating users

• Changing user password

Authentication and provisioning

pages in Authentication and provisioning

• Overview of authentication and provisioning

• HTTP header

• LDAP

• SAML

  • Overview of SAML support

  • Setting up SAML with Microsoft Entra ID

    • Introduction to SAML with Microsoft Entra ID, introduction
    • Setup in Microsoft Entra ID

    • Setup in SonarQube Server

    • Setup of security features

  • With Keycloak

  • With Okta

  • Setting up SAML with Ping Identity

    • Introduction to SAML with Ping Identity, introduction
    • Setup in Ping Identity

    • Setup in SonarQube Server

    • Setup of security features

  • Setting up SCIM provisioning

    • SCIM overview, overview
    • SCIM with Microsoft Entra ID

    • SCIM with Okta

• GitHub

• Bitbucket Cloud

• GitLab

  • Provisioning modes

    • Introduction to GitLab provisioning modes, introduction
    • Just-in-Time provisioning

    • Automatic provisioning

  • Setting up authentication

  • Managing JIT provisioning

  • Managing automatic provisioning

  • Disabling authentication

• Troubleshooting

UI customization

pages in UI customization

• Look and feel

• Custom messages

URLs, licenses, and server IDs

pages about URLs, licenses, and server IDs

• Server base URL

• License administration

• System info and server ID