Project analysis setup overview
This page introduces briefly the prerequisites and the setup steps necessary for a project analysis.
For an overview of the analysis process, see SonarQube analysis overview.
Prerequisites and recommendations
SonarQube is integrated with your DevOps platform / CI tool
It is highly recommended that you integrate SonarQube with your DevOps platform or CI tool. See:
The SonarScanner is installed on the CI/CD host
Once the SonarQube Server has been installed, you're ready to install a SonarScanner. You must install the scanner that is most appropriate for your needs depending on your build system: Gradle, Maven, .NET, NPM, or Python. For other project types, use the SonarScanner CLI which requires more manual configuration.
For installation requirements, see General requirements on scanner environment.
For installation instructions, see the corresponding SonarScanner section: Maven, Gradle, NET, NPM, Python, or CLI.
SCM metadata used during the analysis will be automatically imported from Git and SVN. Other providers require additional plugins.
Creating your SonarQube project
Your project repository is represented in SonarQube by a project.
You can create your SonarQube project in the SonarQube UI before starting the first project analysis. Or you can start your first project analysis to automatically create the SonarQube project on the server (SonarQube creates automatically a new project if the received project key does not exist in its database).
To create a project, see Creating and importing projects.
Integrating SonarQube analysis into your CI or build pipeline
To integrate the SonarQube analysis into your CI pipeline, see the corresponding section:
- Jenkins: Adding the SonarQube analysis to a Jenkins job
- GitHub Actions: Adding the SonarQube analysis to your GitHub Actions workflow
- GitLab CI/CD: Adding the SonarQube analysis to your GitLab CI/CD pipeline
- Azure Pipelines
- Bitbucket Pipelines
To integrate the SonarQube analysis into your build pipeline, see the scanner invoking instructions in the corresponding section: Maven, Gradle, NET, CLI, NPM, Python, or CLI.
Adjusting the analysis of your project
The analysis performed by the SonarScanner is configured through analysis parameters. The following applies:
- A few analysis parameters are mandatory.
- Many analysis parameters, such as those defining the analysis scope, have a default value and can be adjusted.
- Analysis parameters allow you to include the code and test coverage in your analysis, or to import issues generated by a third-party analyzer, etc.
SonarQube manages the analysis parameters through sonar properties (The sonar property key has the following syntax: sonar.<property>.).
You can configure the analysis parameters in different places. For more information, see Analysis parameters and the respective SonarScanner section: Maven, Gradle, NET, CLI, NPM, and Python.
You can:
- Include the code and test coverage in your analysis: see Test coverage.
- Adjust the analysis scope: see Analysis scope.
- Import issues generated by third-party analyzers: see Importing external issues.
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