Integrating Jenkins with SonarQube

SonarQube, previously known as Sonar, is a rapidly application for reporting quality metrics and finding code hotspots. This recipe details how to generate code metrics through a Jenkins plugin, and then push them directly to a Sonar database.

Getting ready...

1. Go to the Jenkins dashboard and click on Manage Jenkins. Go to Manage Plugins and in the Available tab find the SonarQube plugin.

2. Click on Install without restart:

3. Go to the Jenkins dashboard and click on Manage Jenkins.
4. Click on Configure system and find the SonarQube section.
5. Now, let's go to SonarQube to get the token to integrate Jenkins and SonarQube.
6. Once SonarQube is up and running, open the browser at http://localhost:9000 to visit the SonarQube dashboard:

7. Click on Login and give the default username and password as admin and default to log in as an administrator.
8. Click on Login:

9. As of now, there is no project available in the SonarQube dashboard.
10. Click on the Administration tab and in the Security...