Unable to start SonarQube (Linux)

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  • SonarQube Server 10.5.1

  • Starting it from command line using the sonar.sh script

  • Start the server and it is not coming up

  • Tried to start the server using these commands:
    $ sonar.sh start

    and also
    $ sonar.sh console

    Here is what I see when I run the sonar.sh console command:

<pre>bin/java
Running SonarQube...
2025.11.20 13:38:40 INFO  app[][o.s.a.AppFileSystem] Cleaning or creating temp directory /opt/sonarcube/temp
2025.11.20 13:38:40 INFO  app[][o.s.a.es.EsSettings] Elasticsearch listening on [HTTP: 127.0.0.1:9001, TCP: 127.0.0.1:44903]
2025.11.20 13:38:40 INFO  app[][o.s.a.ProcessLauncherImpl] Launch process[ELASTICSEARCH] from [/opt/sonarcube/elasticsearch]: /usr/lib/jvm/java-21-openjdk-amd64/bin/java -Xms4m -Xmx64m -XX:+UseSerialGC -Dcli.name=server -Dcli.script=./bin/elasticsearch -Dcli.libs=lib/tools/server-cli -Des.path.home=/opt/sonarcube/elasticsearch -Des.path.conf=/opt/sonarcube/temp/conf/es -Des.distribution.type=tar -cp /opt/sonarcube/elasticsearch/lib/*:/opt/sonarcube/elasticsearch/lib/cli-launcher/* org.elasticsearch.launcher.CliToolLauncher
2025.11.20 13:38:40 INFO  app[][o.s.a.SchedulerImpl] Waiting for Elasticsearch to be up and running
Nov 20, 2025 1:38:42 PM sun.util.locale.provider.LocaleProviderAdapter &lt;clinit&gt;
WARNING: COMPAT locale provider will be removed in a future release
2025.11.20 13:38:42 WARN  es[][o.a.l.i.v.VectorizationProvider] Java vector incubator module is not readable. For optimal vector performance, pass --add-modules jdk.incubator.vector to enable Vector API.
2025.11.20 13:38:42 INFO  es[][o.e.n.Node] version[8.11.0], pid[17796], build[tar/d9ec3fa628c7b0ba3d25692e277ba26814820b20/2023-11-04T10:04:57.184859352Z], OS[Linux/6.17.0-6-generic/amd64], JVM[Ubuntu/OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM/21.0.9-ea/21.0.9-ea+8-Ubuntu-1]
2025.11.20 13:38:42 INFO  es[][o.e.n.Node] JVM home [/usr/lib/jvm/java-21-openjdk-amd64], using bundled JDK [false]
2025.11.20 13:38:42 INFO  es[][o.e.n.Node] JVM arguments [-Des.networkaddress.cache.ttl=60, -Des.networkaddress.cache.negative.ttl=10, -Djava.security.manager=allow, -XX:+AlwaysPreTouch, -Xss1m, -Djava.awt.headless=true, -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8, -Djna.nosys=true, -XX:-OmitStackTraceInFastThrow, -Dio.netty.noUnsafe=true, -Dio.netty.noKeySetOptimization=true, -Dio.netty.recycler.maxCapacityPerThread=0, -Dlog4j.shutdownHookEnabled=false, -Dlog4j2.disable.jmx=true, -Dlog4j2.formatMsgNoLookups=true, -Djava.locale.providers=SPI,COMPAT, --add-opens=java.base/java.io=org.elasticsearch.preallocate, -XX:+UseG1GC, -Djava.io.tmpdir=/opt/sonarcube/temp, -XX:ErrorFile=/opt/sonarcube/logs/es_hs_err_pid%p.log, -Xlog:disable, -Des.networkaddress.cache.ttl=60, -Des.networkaddress.cache.negative.ttl=10, -XX:+AlwaysPreTouch, -Xss1m, -Djava.awt.headless=true, -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8, -Djna.nosys=true, -Djna.tmpdir=/opt/sonarcube/temp, -XX:-OmitStackTraceInFastThrow, -Dio.netty.noUnsafe=true, -Dio.netty.noKeySetOptimization=true, -Dio.netty.recycler.maxCapacityPerThread=0, -Dio.netty.allocator.numDirectArenas=0, -Dlog4j.shutdownHookEnabled=false, -Dlog4j2.disable.jmx=true, -Dlog4j2.formatMsgNoLookups=true, -Djava.locale.providers=COMPAT, -Dcom.redhat.fips=false, -Xmx512m, -Xms512m, -XX:MaxDirectMemorySize=256m, -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError, -XX:G1HeapRegionSize=4m, -XX:InitiatingHeapOccupancyPercent=30, -XX:G1ReservePercent=15, -Des.distribution.type=tar, --module-path=/opt/sonarcube/elasticsearch/lib, --add-modules=jdk.net, --add-modules=ALL-MODULE-PATH, -Djdk.module.main=org.elasticsearch.server]
2025.11.20 13:38:43 INFO  es[][o.e.p.PluginsService] loaded module [x-pack-core]
2025.11.20 13:38:43 INFO  es[][o.e.p.PluginsService] loaded module [old-lucene-versions]
2025.11.20 13:38:43 INFO  es[][o.e.p.PluginsService] loaded module [parent-join]
2025.11.20 13:38:43 INFO  es[][o.e.p.PluginsService] loaded module [lang-painless]
2025.11.20 13:38:43 INFO  es[][o.e.p.PluginsService] loaded module [rest-root]
2025.11.20 13:38:43 INFO  es[][o.e.p.PluginsService] loaded module [reindex]
2025.11.20 13:38:43 INFO  es[][o.e.p.PluginsService] loaded module [x-pack-redact]
2025.11.20 13:38:43 INFO  es[][o.e.p.PluginsService] loaded module [analysis-common]
2025.11.20 13:38:43 INFO  es[][o.e.p.PluginsService] loaded module [x-pack-security]
2025.11.20 13:38:43 INFO  es[][o.e.p.PluginsService] loaded module [transport-netty4]
2025.11.20 13:38:43 INFO  es[][o.e.p.PluginsService] loaded module [aggregations]
2025.11.20 13:38:43 INFO  es[][o.e.p.PluginsService] loaded module [apm]
2025.11.20 13:38:45 INFO  es[][o.e.e.NodeEnvironment] using [1] data paths, mounts [[/ (/dev/nvme0n1p2)]], net usable_space [83gb], net total_space [915.3gb], types [ext4]
2025.11.20 13:38:45 INFO  es[][o.e.e.NodeEnvironment] heap size [512mb], compressed ordinary object pointers [true]
2025.11.20 13:38:45 INFO  es[][o.e.n.Node] node name [sonarqube], node ID [XEEP1i-TTperR92JpMlUUQ], cluster name [sonarqube], roles [data_content, data_warm, master, remote_cluster_client, data, data_cold, ingest, data_frozen, ml, data_hot, transform]
2025.11.20 13:38:45 INFO  es[][o.e.x.s.Security] Security is disabled
2025.11.20 13:38:45 INFO  es[][o.e.t.n.NettyAllocator] creating NettyAllocator with the following configs: [name=unpooled, suggested_max_allocation_size=1mb, factors={es.unsafe.use_unpooled_allocator=null, g1gc_enabled=true, g1gc_region_size=4mb, heap_size=512mb}]
2025.11.20 13:38:45 INFO  es[][o.e.i.r.RecoverySettings] using rate limit [40mb] with [default=40mb, read=0b, write=0b, max=0b]
2025.11.20 13:38:45 INFO  es[][o.e.d.DiscoveryModule] using discovery type [single-node] and seed hosts providers [settings]
2025.11.20 13:38:46 INFO  es[][o.e.n.Node] initialized
2025.11.20 13:38:46 INFO  es[][o.e.n.Node] starting ...
2025.11.20 13:38:46 INFO  es[][o.e.t.TransportService] publish_address {127.0.0.1:44903}, bound_addresses {127.0.0.1:44903}
2025.11.20 13:38:46 INFO  es[][o.e.c.c.ClusterBootstrapService] this node is locked into cluster UUID [muQ1z4gOQqa2RmSYwmdWLA] and will not attempt further cluster bootstrapping
2025.11.20 13:38:46 INFO  es[][o.e.c.s.MasterService] elected-as-master ([1] nodes joined in term 4)[_FINISH_ELECTION_, {sonarqube}{XEEP1i-TTperR92JpMlUUQ}{Kf7ch7SpTYKpvCEp9IuHbA}{sonarqube}{127.0.0.1}{127.0.0.1:44903}{cdfhilmrstw}{8.11.0}{7000099-8500003} completing election], term: 4, version: 14, delta: master node changed {previous [], current [{sonarqube}{XEEP1i-TTperR92JpMlUUQ}{Kf7ch7SpTYKpvCEp9IuHbA}{sonarqube}{127.0.0.1}{127.0.0.1:44903}{cdfhilmrstw}{8.11.0}{7000099-8500003}]}
2025.11.20 13:38:46 INFO  es[][o.e.c.s.ClusterApplierService] master node changed {previous [], current [{sonarqube}{XEEP1i-TTperR92JpMlUUQ}{Kf7ch7SpTYKpvCEp9IuHbA}{sonarqube}{127.0.0.1}{127.0.0.1:44903}{cdfhilmrstw}{8.11.0}{7000099-8500003}]}, term: 4, version: 14, reason: Publication{term=4, version=14}
2025.11.20 13:38:46 INFO  es[][o.e.c.f.AbstractFileWatchingService] starting file watcher ...
2025.11.20 13:38:46 INFO  es[][o.e.c.f.AbstractFileWatchingService] file settings service up and running [tid=63]
2025.11.20 13:38:46 INFO  es[][o.e.c.c.NodeJoinExecutor] node-join: [{sonarqube}{XEEP1i-TTperR92JpMlUUQ}{Kf7ch7SpTYKpvCEp9IuHbA}{sonarqube}{127.0.0.1}{127.0.0.1:44903}{cdfhilmrstw}{8.11.0}{7000099-8500003}] with reason [completing election]
2025.11.20 13:38:46 INFO  es[][o.e.h.AbstractHttpServerTransport] publish_address {127.0.0.1:9001}, bound_addresses {127.0.0.1:9001}
2025.11.20 13:38:46 INFO  es[][o.e.n.Node] started {sonarqube}{XEEP1i-TTperR92JpMlUUQ}{Kf7ch7SpTYKpvCEp9IuHbA}{sonarqube}{127.0.0.1}{127.0.0.1:44903}{cdfhilmrstw}{8.11.0}{7000099-8500003}{xpack.installed=true, rack_id=sonarqube}
2025.11.20 13:38:46 INFO  es[][o.e.l.ClusterStateLicenseService] license [39d050a3-d15c-4806-afaf-c0737536efa6] mode [basic] - valid
2025.11.20 13:38:46 INFO  es[][o.e.g.GatewayService] recovered [0] indices into cluster_state
2025.11.20 13:38:46 INFO  es[][o.e.h.n.s.HealthNodeTaskExecutor] Node [{sonarqube}{XEEP1i-TTperR92JpMlUUQ}] is selected as the current health node.
2025.11.20 13:38:47 INFO  app[][o.s.a.SchedulerImpl] Process[es] is up
2025.11.20 13:38:47 INFO  app[][o.s.a.ProcessLauncherImpl] Launch process[WEB_SERVER] from [/opt/sonarcube]: /usr/lib/jvm/java-21-openjdk-amd64/bin/java -Djava.awt.headless=true -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Djava.io.tmpdir=/opt/sonarcube/temp -XX:-OmitStackTraceInFastThrow --add-opens=java.base/java.util=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.io=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.rmi/sun.rmi.transport=ALL-UNNAMED --add-exports=java.base/jdk.internal.ref=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.nio=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/sun.nio.ch=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.management/sun.management=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=jdk.management/com.sun.management.internal=ALL-UNNAMED -Dcom.redhat.fips=false -Xmx512m -Xms128m -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -Dhttp.nonProxyHosts=localhost|127.*|[::1] -cp ./lib/sonar-application-10.5.1.90531.jar:/opt/sonarcube/lib/jdbc/h2/h2-2.2.224.jar org.sonar.server.app.WebServer /opt/sonarcube/temp/sq-process12645450983796955179properties
Exception in thread &quot;main&quot; java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException: The Security Manager is deprecated and will be removed in a future release
	at java.base/java.lang.System.setSecurityManager(System.java:430)
	at org.sonar.process.PluginSecurityManager.restrictPlugins(PluginSecurityManager.java:42)
	at org.sonar.server.app.WebSecurityManager.apply(WebSecurityManager.java:47)
	at org.sonar.server.app.WebServer.main(WebServer.java:101)
2025.11.20 13:38:47 WARN  app[][o.s.a.p.AbstractManagedProcess] Process exited with exit value [Web Server]: 1
2025.11.20 13:38:47 INFO  app[][o.s.a.SchedulerImpl] Process[Web Server] is stopped
2025.11.20 13:38:47 WARN  app[][o.s.a.p.AbstractManagedProcess] Process exited with exit value [ElasticSearch]: 143
2025.11.20 13:38:47 INFO  app[][o.s.a.SchedulerImpl] Process[ElasticSearch] is stopped
2025.11.20 13:38:47 INFO  app[][o.s.a.SchedulerImpl] SonarQube is stopped
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Hi,

According to the logs, you’re trying to run SonarQube 10.5.1 (released in May 2024), which is an unsupported release, with Java 21. This version requires Java 17.

But, please, unless you have a very good reason to run this exact version, please get a newer version and use it instead.

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