What is SonarQube and SonarLint?

SonarLint is YOUR Code Quality & Code Security tool. SonarQube is YOUR TEAM’s Code Quality & Code Security tool. You and your team align to collectively own code quality and accelerate delivery.

What is SonarQube and why it is used?

SonarQube is a Code Quality Assurance tool that collects and analyzes source code, and provides reports for the code quality of your project. It combines static and dynamic analysis tools and enables quality to be measured continually over time.

What is difference between SonarQube and SonarLint?

SonarQube is a server where you can host your projects and execute analysis, whereas SonarLint is an agent that allow us to connect with this SonarQube and execute the analysis remotely. SonarLint can be used with IDE or can also be executed via CLI commands.

What is SonarQube project?

A project is created in SonarQube automatically on its first analysis. However, if you need to set some configuration on your project before its first analysis, you have the option of provisioning it via Administration options or the + menu item, which is visible to users with project creation rights.

What is the use of SonarLint?

SonarLint is a free IDE extension that lets you fix coding issues before they exist! Like a spell checker, SonarLint highlights Bugs and Security Vulnerabilities as you write code, with clear remediation guidance so you can fix them before the code is even committed.

How do you use SonarQube?

Setup SonarQube

1. Run SonarQube server.
2. Run docker ps and check if a server is up and running.
3. Wait for the server to start and log in to SonarQube server on http://localhost:9000 using default credentials: login: admin password: admin.
4. Go to: http://localhost:9000/account/security/ and generate a token.

What is SonarLint used for?

How do you use SonarQube effectively?

How to Use SonarQube Tool For Code Quality:

1. Step 1: Download and Unzip SonarQube. Prerequisites: Java (Oracle JRE11 or OpenJDK 11 minimum)
2. Step 2: Run the SonarQube local server.
3. Step 3: Start a new SonarQube project.
4. Step 4: Setup Project properties and SonarScanner.
5. Step 5: View your analysis report on Sonar Dashboard.

How do you integrate SonarLint with SonarQube?

In Intellij — Go to File >> Plugins >> Type ‘SonarLint’ >> Install and Restart IDE. (2) we can choose the SonarQube rules. → To integrate SonarQube(server) and SonarLint in our IDE and run SonarQube code inspection rules per class to give results quickly. Add the sonarQube connection binding.

Does SonarLint require SonarQube?

SonarLint supports only in the IDE like IntelliJ, Eclipse and Visual Studio. SonarQube is a central server that processes which covers full analyses which need to be triggered by the various SonarQube Scanners. SonarLint gives instant feedback as you type your code.

How do I use SonarQube on Windows?

Run SonarQube without installation

1. Navigate to the earlier download location of SonarQube.
2. Unzip the file and copy the binaries to the folder C:\SonarQube\
3. Open the SonarQube properties file sonar.
4. In the sonar.
5. Update the section by adding the connection string of the database.

How do I run SonarQube on a project?

Step 2: Install and configure the sonarqube-scanner client

1. Log in to the server console. Learn how to connect to the server through SSH.
2. Install git. Execute the install command as root: sudo su yum install git.
3. Edit the sonar-scanner-X.Y.Z-linux/conf/sonar-scanner. properties file in order to configure project analysis.