Server upgrade overview

Reasons to upgrade immediately

In SonarQube Server, you need to perform an upgrade 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 If you are on a version of SonarQube Server that is no longer active.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 upgrade 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). 

Upgrade steps

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

1. Read SonarQube Server release cycle model.
2. Determine the upgrade path.
3. Read the upgrade notes between the SonarQube versions.
4. Test the upgrade.
5. Back up the SonarQube Server database.
6. Perform the upgrade.
7. Perform the post-upgrade steps.

Check out this video on how to ace your SonarQube Server upgrade.

Related pages

• Upgrading from SonarQube Community Build
• Moving to another SonarQube Server edition
• Other migration-related tasks