Java Runtime Errors Caused by Version Upgrade

SonarQube 9.9 LTS Upgrade
1

Hello, SonarTeam

We are currently using SonarQube 8.9LTS.

We are planning to upgrade to 9.9LTS and are in the process of verifying the upgrade.

After the upgrade, I am getting the following error message and am unable to start SonarQube.

Please let me know if there is any solution to this problem.

The error message is as follows

[sonar@sonarqube-developer ~]$ /opt/sonarqube/bin/linux-x86-64/sonar.sh start
/usr/bin/java
Starting SonarQube…
Started SonarQube.
[sonar@sonarqube-developer ~]$ /opt/sonarqube/bin/linux-x86-64/sonar.sh status
/usr/bin/java
Removed stale pid file: ./SonarQube.pid
SonarQube is not running.
[sonar@sonarqube-developer ~]$ cd /opt/sonarqube/logs
[sonar@sonarqube-developer logs]$ cat nohup.log
Error: LinkageError occurred while loading main class org.sonar.application.App
java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: org/sonar/application/App has been compiled by a more recent version of the Java Runtime (class file version 61.0), this version of the Java Runtime only recognizes class file versions up to 55.0

Regards.
Kisho Fukue

2

Hey there.

As noted in the Upgrade Notes:

SonarQube server requires Java 17
Java 17 is required for SonarQube server. Use of Java 11 is no longer supported. See the documentation on prerequisites for more information. (SONAR-17566).

3

Hi, Colin,

I am very grateful for it.

I will try again after implementing the Java update.

Sincerely,
Kisho Fukue

4

Hi Team,

Thank you for your response the other day.

I installed Java 17 using the alternative install command.

[starsshd@sonarqube-developer bin]$ java -version
openjdk version "17.0.7" 2023-04-18
OpenJDK Runtime Environment Temurin-17.0.7+7 (build 17.0.7+7)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM Temurin-17.0.7+7 (build 17.0.7+7, mixed mode, sharing)

I then ran SonarQube and checked the status with the status command, but it did not seem to start properly.

[sonar@sonarqube-developer ~]$ /opt/sonarqube/bin/linux-x86-64/sonar.sh start
/usr/bin/java
Starting SonarQube...
Started SonarQube.
[sonar@sonarqube-developer ~]$ /opt/sonarqube/bin/linux-x86-64/sonar.sh status
/usr/bin/java
Removed stale pid file: ./SonarQube.pid
SonarQube is not running.

I checked the log file and found the following status.

[sonar@sonarqube-developer ~]$ cd /opt/sonarqube/logs
[sonar@sonarqube-developer logs]$ cat nohup.log
2023.05.29 11:16:46 INFO  app[][o.s.a.AppFileSystem] Cleaning or creating temp directory /opt/sonarqube-9.9.0.65466/temp
2023.05.29 11:16:46 ERROR app[][o.s.application.App] Startup failure
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Unable to create shared memory :
        at org.sonar.process.sharedmemoryfile.AllProcessesCommands.<init>(AllProcessesCommands.java:103)
        at org.sonar.application.AppFileSystem.reset(AppFileSystem.java:63)
        at org.sonar.application.App.start(App.java:53)
        at org.sonar.application.App.main(App.java:81)
Caused by: java.io.FileNotFoundException: /opt/sonarqube-9.9.0.65466/temp/sharedmemory (Permission denied)
        at java.base/java.io.RandomAccessFile.open0(Native Method)
        at java.base/java.io.RandomAccessFile.open(RandomAccessFile.java:344)
        at java.base/java.io.RandomAccessFile.<init>(RandomAccessFile.java:259)
        at java.base/java.io.RandomAccessFile.<init>(RandomAccessFile.java:213)
        at org.sonar.process.sharedmemoryfile.AllProcessesCommands.<init>(AllProcessesCommands.java:100)
        ... 3 common frames omitted

Is there anything else that may be preventing SonarQube from running?

Sincerely,
Kisho Fukue

5

Thanks.

The first thing I would do is check permissions on the file system for the user running your SonarQube instance. Are they the owner (chown) of all the files in the SonarQube installation directory?

6

Hi, Colin

I have checked on my end and found that there are several directories under which the permissions are not appropriate.

After modifying the permissions, SonarQube was successfully activated!

[sonar@sonarqube-developer temp]$ /opt/sonarqube/bin/linux-x86-64/sonar.sh start
/usr/bin/java
Starting SonarQube...
Started SonarQube.
[sonar@sonarqube-developer temp]$ /opt/sonarqube/bin/linux-x86-64/sonar.sh status
/usr/bin/java
SonarQube is running (10183).

Thank you so much.

Sincerely,
Kisho Fukue

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7

Great! Thank you for the follow-up.

8

Hi, Team

Thank you for following up on the upgrade process last time.

In our operation, before the upgrade, static code analysis was performed by a plugin called ESLint.
(GitHub - sleroy/SonarEsLintPlugin: SonarQube plugin for EsLint linter)

Since ESLint is already out of the supported version, we believe that static code analysis by other means is necessary.

I am wondering if a service called sonarlint would be able to do the same kind of static code analysis, is it possible?
(Linter IDE Tool & Real-Time Software for Code | Sonar | Sonar)

If not, we would like to know if you know of any plug-ins that can be used for static code analysis.

Sincerely,
Kisho Fukue