how to launch sonarqube?

for my studies I need to install sonarqube on an ubuntu server.

I installed it following this tutorial :

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(I stopped before the proxying part) but I can't access to 127.0.0.1:9000. From the logs it look like there is a problem with elasticsearch when i launch sonarcube.

/opt/sonar/log/sonar.log :

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2017.11.14 18:21:11 INFO app[][o.s.a.AppFileSystem] Cleaning or creating temp directory /opt/sonar/temp
2017.11.14 18:21:11 INFO app[][o.s.a.es.EsSettings] Elasticsearch listening on /127.0.0.1:9001
2017.11.14 18:21:11 INFO app[][o.s.a.p.ProcessLauncherImpl] Launch process[[key='es', ipcIndex=1, logFilenamePrefix=es]] from [/opt/sonar/elasticsearch]: /opt/sonar/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch -Epath.conf=/opt/sonar/temp/conf/es
2017.11.14 18:21:11 INFO app[][o.s.a.SchedulerImpl] Waiting for Elasticsearch to be up and running
2017.11.14 18:21:13 INFO app[][o.e.p.PluginsService] no modules loaded
2017.11.14 18:21:13 INFO app[][o.e.p.PluginsService] loaded plugin [org.elasticsearch.transport.Netty4Plugin]
java.security.policy: error adding Entry:
java.net.MalformedURLException: no protocol: ${codebase.elasticsearch-rest-client}
java.security.policy: error adding Entry:
java.net.MalformedURLException: no protocol: ${codebase.httpasyncclient-4.1.2.jar}
java.security.policy: error adding Entry:
java.net.MalformedURLException: no protocol: ${codebase.netty-common-4.1.13.Final.jar}
java.security.policy: error adding Entry:
java.net.MalformedURLException: no protocol: ${codebase.netty-transport-4.1.13.Final.jar}
java.security.policy: error adding Entry:
java.net.MalformedURLException: no protocol: ${codebase.securesm-1.1.jar}
java.security.policy: error adding Entry:
java.net.MalformedURLException: no protocol: ${codebase.lucene-core-6.6.1.jar}
java.security.policy: error adding Entry:
java.net.MalformedURLException: no protocol: ${codebase.lucene-misc-6.6.1.jar}
2017.11.14 18:21:27 WARN app[][o.s.a.p.AbstractProcessMonitor] Process exited with exit value [es]: 1
2017.11.14 18:21:27 INFO app[][o.s.a.SchedulerImpl] Process [es] is stopped
2017.11.14 18:21:27 INFO app[][o.s.a.SchedulerImpl] SonarQube is stopped
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/opt/sonar/logs/es.log :

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2017.11.14 18:21:24 INFO es[][o.e.n.Node] initializing ...
2017.11.14 18:21:24 INFO es[][o.e.e.NodeEnvironment] using [1] data paths, mounts [[/ (/dev/vda1)]], net usable_space [5.7gb], net total_space [9.6gb], spins? [possibly], types [ext4]
2017.11.14 18:21:24 INFO es[][o.e.e.NodeEnvironment] heap size [503.6mb], compressed ordinary object pointers [true]
2017.11.14 18:21:24 INFO es[][o.e.n.Node] node name [sonarqube], node ID [3PxDbRbDQ4-M_YDsv25FHg]
2017.11.14 18:21:24 INFO es[][o.e.n.Node] version[5.6.3], pid[8661], build[1a2f265/2017-10-06T20:33:39.012Z], OS[Linux/4.4.0-22-generic/amd64], JVM[Oracle Corporation/OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM/9-internal/9-internal+0-2016-04-14-195246.b$
2017.11.14 18:21:24 INFO es[][o.e.n.Node] JVM arguments [-XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC, -XX:CMSInitiatingOccupancyFraction=75, -XX:+UseCMSInitiatingOccupancyOnly, -XX:+AlwaysPreTouch, -Xss1m, -Djava.awt.headless=true, -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8, $
2017.11.14 18:21:26 INFO es[][o.e.p.PluginsService] loaded module [aggs-matrix-stats]
2017.11.14 18:21:26 INFO es[][o.e.p.PluginsService] loaded module [ingest-common]
2017.11.14 18:21:26 INFO es[][o.e.p.PluginsService] loaded module [parent-join]
2017.11.14 18:21:26 INFO es[][o.e.p.PluginsService] loaded module [percolator]
2017.11.14 18:21:26 INFO es[][o.e.p.PluginsService] loaded module [reindex]
2017.11.14 18:21:26 INFO es[][o.e.p.PluginsService] loaded module [transport-netty4]
2017.11.14 18:21:26 INFO es[][o.e.p.PluginsService] no plugins loaded
2017.11.14 18:21:27 ERROR es[][o.e.b.ElasticsearchUncaughtExceptionHandler] fatal error in thread [main], exiting
java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError: null
at org.apache.lucene.analysis.miscellaneous.StemmerOverrideFilter$Builder.build(StemmerOverrideFilter.java:205) ~[lucene-analyzers-common-6.6.1.jar:6.6.1 9aa465a89b64ff2dabe7b4d50c472de32c298683 - varunthacker - 2017-08-29 21:55$
at org.apache.lucene.analysis.nl.DutchAnalyzer.<init>(DutchAnalyzer.java:133) ~[lucene-analyzers-common-6.6.1.jar:6.6.1 9aa465a89b64ff2dabe7b4d50c472de32c298683 - varunthacker - 2017-08-29 21:55:17]
at org.apache.lucene.analysis.nl.DutchAnalyzer.<init>(DutchAnalyzer.java:106) ~[lucene-analyzers-common-6.6.1.jar:6.6.1 9aa465a89b64ff2dabe7b4d50c472de32c298683 - varunthacker - 2017-08-29 21:55:17]
at org.elasticsearch.indices.analysis.PreBuiltAnalyzers$20.create(PreBuiltAnalyzers.java:246) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3]
at org.elasticsearch.indices.analysis.PreBuiltAnalyzers.getAnalyzer(PreBuiltAnalyzers.java:487) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3]
at org.elasticsearch.index.analysis.AnalysisRegistry$PrebuiltAnalysis.<init>(AnalysisRegistry.java:407) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3]
at org.elasticsearch.index.analysis.AnalysisRegistry$PrebuiltAnalysis.<init>(AnalysisRegistry.java:392) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3]
at org.elasticsearch.index.analysis.AnalysisRegistry.<init>(AnalysisRegistry.java:62) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3]
at org.elasticsearch.indices.analysis.AnalysisModule.<init>(AnalysisModule.java:177) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3]
at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.<init>(Node.java:340) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3]
at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.<init>(Node.java:245) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap$5.<init>(Bootstrap.java:233) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:233) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:342) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:132) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:123) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3]
at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:70) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3]
at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:134) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3]
at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:90) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:91) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:84) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3]
Caused by: java.security.AccessControlException: access denied ("java.lang.RuntimePermission" "accessDeclaredMembers")
at java.security.AccessControlContext.checkPermission(AccessControlContext.java:468) ~[?:?]
at java.security.AccessController.checkPermission(AccessController.java:894) ~[?:?]
at java.lang.SecurityManager.checkPermission(SecurityManager.java:541) ~[?:?]
at java.lang.Class.checkMemberAccess(Class.java:2584) ~[?:?]
at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredFields(Class.java:2092) ~[?:?]
at org.apache.lucene.util.RamUsageEstimator$1.run(RamUsageEstimator.java:339) ~[lucene-core-6.6.1.jar:6.6.1 9aa465a89b64ff2dabe7b4d50c472de32c298683 - varunthacker - 2017-08-29 21:54:39]
at org.apache.lucene.util.RamUsageEstimator$1.run(RamUsageEstimator.java:336) ~[lucene-core-6.6.1.jar:6.6.1 9aa465a89b64ff2dabe7b4d50c472de32c298683 - varunthacker - 2017-08-29 21:54:39]
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) ~[?:?]
at org.apache.lucene.util.RamUsageEstimator.shallowSizeOfInstance(RamUsageEstimator.java:336) ~[lucene-core-6.6.1.jar:6.6.1 9aa465a89b64ff2dabe7b4d50c472de32c298683 - varunthacker - 2017-08-29 21:54:39]
at org.apache.lucene.util.RamUsageEstimator.shallowSizeOf(RamUsageEstimator.java:313) ~[lucene-core-6.6.1.jar:6.6.1 9aa465a89b64ff2dabe7b4d50c472de32c298683 - varunthacker - 2017-08-29 21:54:39]
at org.apache.lucene.util.fst.ByteSequenceOutputs.<clinit>(ByteSequenceOutputs.java:154) ~[lucene-core-6.6.1.jar:6.6.1 9aa465a89b64ff2dabe7b4d50c472de32c298683 - varunthacker - 2017-08-29 21:54:39]
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java -version :

OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_151-8u151-b12-0ubuntu0.16.04.2-b12)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.151-b12, mixed mode)



sonarqube version : 6.7

I launch sonarqube as root so there should not have problem coming from access right.

All the post that i find about this error where related with openjdk9 but this is not my case.

Do you have an idea of what is happening ?

SonarQube 6.7 includes an upgraded version of Elasticsearch which _cannot_ be run as root. Thus, SonarQube can no longer be run as root.

The blog post you followed seems to recommend / assume that you're running as root. To not start SonarQube as root, simply end your `su` session, or log back in as yourself to start the process. Note that you'll need to make sure the user you _are_ starting SonarQube as has 7 (read, write, execute) on the SonarQube directory, recursively, and 6 (read, write) on the log files if they already exist.

In my case, the Java version was the problem.

I installed Oracle JDK 8 for for sonarcube 6.7.1, which resolved the problem:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer


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). For now, only Java 8 is supported.

I got the following error in cmd:

> INFO app[][o.s.a.SchedulerImpl] Waiting for Elasticsearch to be up
> and running INFO app[][o.e.p.PluginsService] no modules loaded INFO
> app[][o.e.p.PluginsService] loaded plugin
> [org.elasticsearch.transport.Netty4Plugin] WARN
> app[][o.s.a.p.AbstractProcessMonitor] Process exited with exit value
> [es]: 1 INFO app[][o.s.a.SchedulerImpl] Process [es] is stopped INFO
> app[][o.s.a.SchedulerImpl] SonarQube is stopped

It had problems setting up Elasticsearch on its default port number 9001. (You can check it in the logs folder: `.\sonarqube-7.6\logs`)

I just changed the port number from 9001 to 0 in the sonarqube properties file.
Go to- `.\sonarqube-7.6\conf\sonar.properties` and set `sonar.search.port=0`
Port 0 takes any port which is unused.

Good luck with the changes