which versions are you using (SonarQube, Scanner, Plugin, and any relevant extension)
8.5.1
what are you trying to achieve
Upgrade current version to 9.4.0
what have you tried so far to achieve this
I have downloaded the new version and unzipped it on the linux server. After that, I am a bit lost on what to do. I have opened the properties file, and it is all commented out. Not sure what I have to change there. Note, I am not using a localhost:9000 address for my scanned reports. We have a web URL for our own organization. Do I need to put that somewhere?
The problem is that I am running my scans for different folders on the linux server with only the sonar scanner installed and nothing else. I do not have an older properties file to copy from.
I go to the web server, restart the server, then go to the https://yourserverURL/setup, but that gives a message that server is up to date.
the upgrade is = your version > next LTS version > latest (optional)
or if more LTS versions on the upgrade path =
your version > next LTS version > next LTS version … > latest (optional)
So in your case it’s Sonarqube 8.5.1 > Sonarqube 8.9.10 LTS > Sonarqube 9.8.0 (latest)
It doesn’t make sense to use some in between version like 9.4.0
You will only get support for LTS and the latest version.
Ok so I have got 8.9.10, unzipped it, put it in the directory.
What are the next steps?
The guide says to
Update the contents of sonar.properties file (in <NEW_SONARQUBE_HOME>/conf) with the settings in the <OLD_SONARQUBE_HOME>/conf directory (web server URL, database, ldap settings, etc.). Do not copy-paste the old files. If you are using the Oracle DB, copy its JDBC driver into <NEW_SONARQUBE_HOME>/extensions/jdbc-driver/oracle
But I do not have an old properties file. Do I need to make any changes to the new properties file? For the DB I am using the default Postgres schema.
I am using my own web server with the URL https://sonarqube.orgname.com/. Do I have to put it somewhere in the properties file?
Next the guide says
Stop your old SonarQube Server
Start your new SonarQube Server
That can be done from the Admin → System panel and clicking on ‘Restart Server’, correct?
Ok so on more investigation, I checked the directory where the Sonarqube file is copied, and thing is, the guy who installed it does not have the sonar directory as you would expect.
The zip file is there, but the directory is structured as follows:
The person who installed it has now gone, so any idea how to update if your directory is such as this? Was SQ installed through some other method that I don’t know of?
You wrote Sonarqube was already installed - and used ? - before, so the database (2.)
should already exist.
Then
unzip the sonarqube-9.8.0.63668.zip on the machine where Sonarqube is already installed,
beside the older Sonarqube version
edit the sonarqube-9.8.0.63668/conf/sonar-properties = jdbc connnection, http port … etc.
see values in the older sonarqube-8.5.1.38104/conf/sonar-properties
if using any thirdparty plugins copy sonarqube-8.5.1.38104/extensions/plugins/*.jar to sonarqube-9.8.0.63668/extensions/plugins/
This is what I planned to do, but I cannot find any sonarqube-8.5.1.38104/conf folder or any properties file at all.
Is there a way where I can get the required properties data from the http(s)://yoursonarhost/setup and then input that into the new properties file?
Secondly, what is the essential data that I need to enter in the new properties file? For example, currently the DB URL is jdbc:postgresql://localhost/sonarqube, and I know the username, but how do I get the password?
then i guess you’re looking at the wrong place for the existing Sonarqube installation
and i can’t help further.
http(s)://yoursonarhost is just an example, as i don’t know the configured url of your Sonarqube installation and http(s)://yoursonarhost/setup is the url you need to browse to start the db migration during the Sonarqube update.
In that case, is there any way in which I can shut down the server from the URL, unzip the Sonarqube installation file in another directory, and then point the installation to the URL without modifying the previously installed files at all?
Basically, can I update the Sonarqube without touching or knowing the previous installation on my linux machine?
You can kill -9 the existing SonarQube processes, and then proceed with your install. But I recommend you do a little more detective work first to find the old version.
While proceeding to stop my old sonarqube installation, I use the following command
bin/linux-x86-64/sonar.sh force-stop
But what I get after using it is:
Force stopping SonarQube...
temp/sharedmemory (Permission denied)
Waiting for SonarQube to exit...
Waiting for SonarQube to exit...
Waiting for SonarQube to exit...
Waiting for SonarQube to exit...
Waiting for SonarQube to exit...
Waiting for SonarQube to exit...
Waiting for SonarQube to exit...
Waiting for SonarQube to exit...
Waiting for SonarQube to exit...
Waiting for SonarQube to exit...
Waiting for SonarQube to exit...
Waiting for SonarQube to exit...
Waiting for SonarQube to exit...
This loop has been running for more than an hour now.
I’ve seen this before (took me a while to re-find my internal report).
It looks like you have a plugin installed with unmet dependencies & there were startup errors in your logs that you overlooked. It was fixed in 9.5 - even more reason to be on the latest version.