How to Run SonarQube Container in Ubuntu

Run SonarQube in Docker on Ubuntu for continuous code quality and security analysis.

Prerequisites

Docker and Docker Compose installed on Ubuntu
At least 2GB RAM for SonarQube

Quick start with Docker Compose

Create docker-compose.yml:

services:
  sonarqube-db:
    image: postgres:16-alpine
    environment:
      POSTGRES_USER: sonar
      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: sonar
      POSTGRES_DB: sonar
    volumes:
      - sonarqube_db_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "pg_isready -U sonar"]
      interval: 5s
      timeout: 5s
      retries: 5

  sonarqube:
    image: sonarqube:lts-community
    depends_on:
      sonarqube-db:
        condition: service_healthy
    environment:
      SONAR_JDBC_URL: jdbc:postgresql://sonarqube-db:5432/sonar
      SONAR_JDBC_USERNAME: sonar
      SONAR_JDBC_PASSWORD: sonar
    ports:
      - "9000:9000"
    volumes:
      - sonarqube_data:/opt/sonarqube/data
      - sonarqube_extensions:/opt/sonarqube/extensions
      - sonarqube_logs:/opt/sonarqube/logs

volumes:
  sonarqube_db_data:
  sonarqube_data:
  sonarqube_extensions:
  sonarqube_logs:

Run SonarQube

docker compose up -d

Open http://localhost:9000. Default login: admin / admin (change on first login).

Run a scan

docker run --rm -v $(pwd):/usr/src sonarsource/sonar-scanner-cli

Configure sonar-project.properties in your project or pass -Dsonar.host.url=http://host.docker.internal:9000 when scanning from another container.