How to get the latest version of sonarqube with using API

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How to get the latest version of sonarqube with using API

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Hey there.

Can you help us understand how this would be useful for you? What are you trying to accomplish?

In any case GET api/system/upgrades might be useful for you if your SonarQube server can access the internet. It lists available upgrades for the SonarQube instance, like this!

// 20220104122038
// http://localhost:9000/api/system/upgrades

{
  "upgrades": [
    {
      "version": "8.9.2",
      "description": "Long-Term Support version - LTS bug fixes",
      "releaseDate": "2021-07-28",
      "changeLogUrl": "https://jira.sonarsource.com/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10930&version=16842",
      "downloadUrl": "https://binaries.sonarsource.com/Distribution/sonarqube/sonarqube-8.9.2.46101.zip",
      "downloadDeveloperUrl": "https://binaries.sonarsource.com/CommercialDistribution/sonarqube-developer/sonarqube-developer-8.9.2.46101.zip",
      "downloadEnterpriseUrl": "https://binaries.sonarsource.com/CommercialDistribution/sonarqube-enterprise/sonarqube-enterprise-8.9.2.46101.zip",
      "downloadDatacenterUrl": "https://binaries.sonarsource.com/CommercialDistribution/sonarqube-datacenter/sonarqube-datacenter-8.9.2.46101.zip",
      "plugins": {
        "requireUpdate": [
          
        ],
        "incompatible": [
          
        ]
      }
    },
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This is awesome - but for any drive-bys, remember to authenticate with a Sonarqube user.

FWIW, my use-case is for monitoring - I check this, and if a bug release is available, I just say that (as “green”). If a dot release is available, I’ll output it with a monitoring warning, if a major version, then I go critical.

My wish list would be to have this output include if the version I’m running contains a critical security bug, that the output says something like “critical_upgrade: true”. That way I can ‘go critical’ even if it’s just a bug fix release. The monitoring alert will prompt the administrator to actually do it, rather than it sitting there for a couple of months until someone things to check into it.