sonarqube installation

1. we need to download sonarqube
2. go to: http://www.sonarqube.org/downloads/
3. click on the Download link
4. extract the zip file to C:\tools\sonarqube-5.4

setup the Postgresql Database

1. start postgresql(pgAdmin III)
2. create sonarqube Login Role
3. username: sonarqube
4. password: sonarqube
5. select superuser checkbox in the Role Privileges
6. ok so the role is created
7. now we need to create a New Database
8. call it sonarqube
9. the owner is sonarqube

configure the sonarqube database connection

1. open sonar.properties in C:\tools\sonarqube-5.4\conf folder
2. sonar.jdbc.username=sonarqube
3. sonar.jdbc.password=sonarqube
4. sonar.jdbc.url=jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/sonarqube

starting the sonarqube server

1. execute StartSonar.bat in the C:\tools\sonarqube-5.4\bin\windows-x86-64 folder
2. when everything is done correctly you will get a message INFO app[o.s.p.m.Monitor] Process[web] is up, otherwise check the sonar.log file in the C:\tools\sonarqube-5.4\logs folder