We have a new QA set up of our Sonar and need to know how we will refresh the PROD data with the same?

[Rebse (Gilbert Rebhan)]

Copy the prod db to test db.
That’s what i do with our test instances every now and then.
Afterwards you will have to edit some properties, as sonar.core.serverBaseURL … etc.
I use scripting with Sonarqube web api and Groovy SQL for that.

Note: you must not use multiple Sonarqube instances with one database.
see this post for details

Multiple Sonar instances one database

Short answer: No. Long answer: While the same database server can be used, you need multiple SonarQube databases. Question: What’s the use-case for having multiple SonarQube instances, especially if they are populating the same database? Most users aim to consolidate instances.

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