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Installing the DCE Helm chart

SonarQube Data Center Edition (DCE) can be installed from a customized SonarQube Server Helm chart. This page is for SonarQube Server 2026.4.

Once you have customized the Helm chart, you can install it via the command line from the Helm repository.

You can also overwrite Helm chart parameters directly in the installation command.

General installation command

Use the following command to install the latest SonarQube Server Helm chart:

helm repo add sonarqube https://SonarSource.github.io/helm-chart-sonarqube
helm repo update
kubectl create namespace sonarqube-dce
export JWT_SECRET=$(echo -n "your_secret" | openssl dgst -sha256 -hmac "your_key" -binary | base64)
export MONITORING_PASSCODE="yourPasscode"
export JDBC_URL="jdbc:postgresql://myPostgres/myDatabase"
export JDBC_USERNAME="sonar"
export JDBC_PASSWORD_SECRET_NAME="jdbc-secret"
export JDBC_PASSWORD_SECRET_KEY="jdbc-password"
helm upgrade --install -n sonarqube-dce sonarqube sonarqube/sonarqube-dce --set applicationNodes.jwtSecret=$JWT_SECRET,monitoringPasscode=$MONITORING_PASSCODE,jdbcOverwrite.jdbcUrl=$JDBC_URL,jdbcOverwrite.jdbcUsername=$JDBC_USERNAME,jdbcOverwrite.jdbcSecretName=$JDBC_PASSWORD_SECRET_NAME,jdbcOverwrite.jdbcSecretPasswordKey=$JDBC_PASSWORD_SECRET_KEY

  • You must set the applicationNodes.jwtSecret value with a HS256 key encoded with base64.

  • The chart requires an external database. If you want to perform a quick testing, you might want to follow the steps outlined here. You will be required to set the following values accordingly: jdbcOverwrite.jdbcUrl, jdbcOverwrite.jdbcUsername, jdbcOverwrite.jdbcSecretName, and jdbcOverwrite.jdbcSecretPasswordKey.

  • The parameters after --set can also be defined in the values.yaml file. See Customizing the DCE Helm chart for more information.

  • If you want to deploy the SonarQube Server LTA version, you should install the LTA Helm chart, see the Helm chart documentation.

  • The monitoring Passcode is required for the helm upgrade operation. See Setting up monitoring for a better way to store the monitoring passcode used to authenticate to the Web API.

Example: installing on OpenShift

The following command enables OpenShift.

Setting up an external database for testing

The chart requires an external database. If you want to perform a quick test, install a PostgreSQL chart on your cluster. See this setup example for guidance. For more information and settings, refer to the chart documentation.

After installing the database, set the following values accordingly: jdbcOverwrite.jdbcUrl, jdbcOverwrite.jdbcUsername, jdbcOverwrite.jdbcSecretName, and jdbcOverwrite.jdbcSecretPasswordKey.

Related pages

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