8. Service Discovery

Activity 8.01: Utilizing Jenkins and SonarQube

Solution:

1. Install SonarQube and run it as a container using the following command:

   docker run -d --name sonarqube -p 9000:9000 -p 9092:9092 sonarqube

   You should get the container ID as the output:

   4346a99b506b1bec8000e429471dabac57e3f565b154ee921284ec685497bfae

2. Log in to SonarQube by using admin/admin credentials:

   Figure 8.38: Log in to SonarQube

   After the successful login, a screen similar to the following should appear:

   Figure 8.39: The SonarQube dashboard

3. At the top right, click on the user. A drop-down menu will appear. Click on My Account:
4. Scroll down and click on Generate under Security to generate a token. You must copy it now because you will not be able to access it later:

   Figure 8.40: Generating the token

5. In Jenkins, click on Manage Jenkins > Plugin Manager. Search for Sonar in the Available list. Install the SonarQube Scanner plugin.

   Figure 8.41: Installing the SonarQube Scanner...