You can configure project analysis settings in multiple places. Each plugin and language analyzer adds its own properties which you can define in the SonarQube UI. Only parameters you set through the UI are reusable for subsequent analysis and in SonarQube for IDE. You can also define analysis properties in scanner configuration files and as scanner arguments on the command line.
Here is the hierarchy in order of precedence:
pom.xml for SonarScanner for Mavenbuild.gradle for SonarScanner for Gradlepackage.json for SonarScanner for NPMSonarQube.Analysis.xml for SonarScanner for .NetPyproject.toml for SonarScanner for Pythonsonar-project.properties for other CI-based analyses relying on SonarScanner CLI.
For automatic analysis: .sonarcloud.properties
Values set in scanner configuration files will override project properties set in the UI.
If you use environment variables, which are available for some properties, they will be overridden by scanner arguments.
Settings stored in databaseOnly parameters set through the UI are stored in the database. For example, if you override the sonar.exclusions parameter via the command line for a specific project, it will not be stored in the database. Subsequent analyses, or analyses in SonarQube for IDE with Connected Mode, would still be executed with the exclusions defined in the UI and therefore stored in the database.
Most of the property keys shown in the UI at both global and project levels can also be set as analysis parameters, but the parameters listed below can only be set at analysis time.
For language-specific parameters related to test coverage and execution, see the documentation on Test coverage. For language-specific parameters related to external issue reports, see the page about External analyzer reports. To learn more about controlling the scope of your analysis, see the page on Analysis scope.
Mandatory parametersThis section lists analysis parameters (sonar properties) that, during a project analysis, cannot be set in the UI and are mandatory. It means that they must be set on the CI/CD host. The following default values are indicated for a parameter when applicable:
In addition, if the analysis parameter can be set through an environment variable, the variable name is indicated.
Authentication to the server Property key Descriptionsonar.token
Token used by the scanner to authenticate to the SonarQube Cloud. The corresponding SonarQube Cloud user must have the Execute Analysis permission on the project.
Notes: Replaces sonar.login and sonar.password properties which are deprecated.
Environment variable: SONAR_TOKEN (not supported by SonarScaner for .NET)
Recommendation: It is recommended not to write passwords or authentication tokens in files and not to pass them as parameters in the command line.
Server connection Property key Description Defaultsonar.host.url
The URL of the SonarQube Cloud. Must be defined as https://sonarcloud.io.
Environment variable: SONAR_HOST_URL
https://sonarcloud.iohttp://localhost:9000sonar.projectKey
The project's unique key. Can include up to 400 characters. All letters, digits, dash, underscore, periods, and colons are accepted.
Default from build:
sonar.organization The key of the organization to which the project belongs Optional Parameters
This section lists analysis parameters (sonar properties) that, during a project analysis, cannot be set in the UI (or, like the sonar.projectName, cannot be changed in the UI) and are optional. It means that they can only be set on the CI/CD host. The following default values are indicated for a parameter when applicable:
In addition, if the analysis parameter can be set through an environment variable, the variable name is indicated.
Project information Property key Descriptionsonar.projectName
Name of the project that will be displayed on the web interface.
Notes:
Default from build: Maven
sonar.projectVersion
The project version. It should be set for long-lived branch analysis in case you use the new code definition based on the previous version.
Note: Do not use your build number as the project version because this would prevent a correct application of the new code definition based on the previous project version since the build version usually changes much more often than the project release version.
Default from build:
Check that the specific property key is supported by your scanner. Adding unsupported properties to your .sonarcloud.properties can create problems if the scanner tries to reindex them.
sonar.sources
The initial analysis scope for main source code (non-test code) in the project.
*This property is not supported by the SonarScanner for .NET.
Possible values: Comma-separated paths to directories are included. An individual file in the list means that the file is included. A directory in the list means that all analyzable files and directories recursively below it are included. The path can be relative (to the sonar.projectBaseDir property) or absolute. Wildcards (*, ** and ?) are not allowed.
Default from build:
sonar.projectBaseDir property. sonar.tests
The initial analysis scope for test code in the project.
*This property is not supported by the SonarScanner for .NET.
Possible values: See sonar.sources above.
Note: If this property is not defined, no code will be analyzed as test code as there is no default value.
Default from build:
sonar.projectBaseDir
The project’s base directory. Use this property when you need the analysis to take place in a directory other than the one from which it was started. For example, the analysis starts from jenkins/jobs/myjob/workspace but the files to be analyzed are in ftpdrop/cobol/project1.
Possible values: The path may be relative (to the directory from which the analysis was started) or absolute. Specify not the source directory, but some ancestor of the source directory. The value specified here becomes the new "analysis directory", and other paths are then specified as though the analysis were starting from that specified value.
Note: The analysis process will need Write permissions in this directory; it is where the sonar.working.directory will be created by default.
Default from build:
sonar.scm.exclusions.disabled
For supported SCMs, defines whether files ignored by the SCM, e.g., files listed in .gitignore, will be excluded from the analysis or not.
Possible values:
true: exclusion disablefalse: exclusion enabledfalse sonar.filesize.limit
Sets the limit in MB for files to be discarded from the analysis scope if the size is greater than specified.
Note: The sonar.javascript.maxFileSize property (default: 1000 KB) discards JavaScript and TypeScript files from the analysis scope if the file size is greater than specified (This parameter can be set in the UI).
sonar.cpd.<language>.minimumTokens
Is used for non-Java projects to define the duplication check rule: a piece of code is considered duplicated if sonar.cpd.<language>.minimumTokens identical tokens are found across at least sonar.cpd.<language>.minimumLines lines of code.
Note: For Java projects, a piece of code is considered duplicated when there is a series of at least 10 statements in a row, regardless of the number of tokens and lines. This threshold cannot be overridden.
100sonar.cpd.<language>.minimumLines Is used for non-Java projects to define the duplication check rule: see above. 10 Analysis logging Property key Description Default sonar.log.level
Controls the quantity/level of logs produced during an analysis.
Possible values: From least to most verbose:
INFODEBUGTRACE: like DEBUG with possible additional information output by plugins or libraries used by the scanner.INFO sonar.verbose
Possible values:
true: adds more details to the analysis logs by activating the DEBUG mode for the scanner.falseNote: There is the potential for this setting to expose sensitive information such as passwords if they are stored as server-side environment variables.
false sonar.scanner.metadataFilePath Sets the location where the scanner writes the report-task.txt file containing among other things the ceTaskId. The value of sonar.working.directory. Quality gate Property key Description Default sonar.qualitygate.wait
Forces the analysis step to poll the server instance and wait for the Quality Gate status. This setting will fail the pipeline if the quality gate fails.
Possible values: true or false
false sonar.qualitygate.timeout The number of seconds that the scanner should wait for a report to be processed. 300 Import of external issues Property key Description sonar.externalIssuesReportPaths Comma-delimited list of paths to generic issue reports. See the full list on the External Analyzer Reports page. sonar.sarifReportPaths Comma-delimited list of paths to SARIF issue reports. Links displayed in the UI Property key Description sonar.links.ci
The URL of the continuous integration system used. The property is effective only for the main branch analysis.
Default from build: Maven
sonar.links.homepage
The URL of the build project home page. The property is effective only for the main branch analysis.
Default from build: Maven
sonar.links.issue
The URL to the issue tracker being used. The property is effective only for the main branch analysis.
Default from build: Maven
sonar.links.scm
The URL of the build project source code repository. The property is effective only for the main branch analysis.
Default from build: Maven
JRE auto-provisioningSee also JRE auto-provisioning.
JRE auto-provisioning is available only for these SonarScanners:
Here are their parameters and environment variables:
Property key Descriptionsonar.scanner.os
The operating system of the machine hosting the SonarScanner.
Default: the autodetected value
Environment variable: SONAR_SCANNER_OS Not supported by the SonarScanner for .NET.
Possible values: windows, linux, macos, alpine.
sonar.scanner.arch
The CPU architecture type.
Environment variable: SONAR_SCANNER_ARCH Not supported by the SonarScanner for .NET.
Default: the autodetected value
Possible values: x64, aarch64.
sonar.scanner.skipJreProvisioning
Defines whether the JRE auto-detection is disabled (true) or not (false).
Environment variable: SONAR_SCANNER_SKIP_JRE_PROVISIONING Not supported by the SonarScanner for .NET.
Default: false
sonar.scanner.javaExePath
If defined, the SonarScanner will be run with this JRE.
Environment variable: SONAR_SCANNER_JAVA_EXE_PATH Not supported by the SonarScanner for .NET.
Default: The provisioned JRE, or use java from your PATH if sonar.scanner.skipJreProvisioning=true.
sonar.scanner.connectTimeout
The time period to establish connections with the server (in seconds).
Default: 5
Supported by: SonarScanner CLI from v6.0, Maven from v5.0, Gradle from v6.0, .NET from v7.0, and NPM from v4.0.
sonar.scanner.socketTimeout
The Maximum time of inactivity between two data packets when exchanging data with the server (in seconds).
Default: 60
Supported by: SonarScanner CLI from v6.0, Maven from v5.0, Gradle from v6.0, .NET from v7.0, and NPM from v4.0.
sonar.scanner.responseTimeout
The maximum time to wait for the response of a web service call (in seconds). Modifying this value from the default is useful only when you're experiencing timeouts during analysis while waiting for the server to respond to web service calls.
Default: 60
Supported by: SonarScanner CLI from v6.0, Maven from v5.0, Gradle from v6.0, .NET from v7.0, and NPM from v4.0.
sonar.plugins.download.timeout
Maximum time to wait when downloading a plugin from SonarQube (in seconds).
Default: 300
ProxyIf the CI/CD host is behind a proxy, you’ll have to setup the connection to the proxy server by using the parameters below.
Note: The SonarScanner for .NET does not support any of the property keys listed here.
Property key Description Supported only by SonarScanner CLI (from v6.0), Maven from v5.0, Gradle from v6.0, and NPM (from v4.0)sonar.scanner.proxyHost
The host name of the proxy server (mandatory).
Example: mycompanyproxy.com
Environment variable: SONAR_SCANNER_PROXY_HOST
sonar.scanner.proxyPort
The port of the proxy server.
Environment variable: SONAR_SCANNER_PROXY_PORT
Default value:
sonar.host.url starts with https: 443sonar.scanner.proxyUser
In case of an authenticated proxy: the user name.
Environment variable: SONAR_SCANNER_PROXY_USER
sonar.scanner.proxyPassword
In case of an authenticated proxy: the user password.
Environment variable: SONAR_SCANNER_PROXY_PASSWORD
The following parameters relate to branch analysis and are, in the main cases, only required when using a non-integrated CI. For detailed information on their use, see Branch analysis.
Property key Descriptionsonar.branch.name The name of the branch to be analyzed. sonar.branch.target The name of the target branch of the branch to be analyzed. Pull request analysis
The following parameters relate to Pull request analysis and are only required for manual projects. For detailed information on their use, see Pull request analysis.
Property key Description Defaultsonar.pullrequest.key
This property is the unique identifier of your Pull Request. Must correspond to the key of the Pull Request in your DevOps platform.
Example: sonar.pullrequest.key=5
sonar.pullrequest.branch
This property is the name of the branch that contains the changes to be merged.
Example: sonar.pullrequest.branch=feature/my-new-feature
sonar.pullrequest.base
The branch into which the pull request will be merged (target branch).
Example: sonar.pullrequest.base=main
sonar.scm.revision
Overrides the revision, for instance, the Git sha1, displayed in analysis results.
Note: May be provided by the CI environment or guessed from the checked-out sources.
sonar.buildString The string passed with this property will be stored with the analysis and available in the results of api/project_analyses/search, thus allowing you to later identify a specific analysis and obtain its key for use with api/project_analyses/set_baseline on the SPECIFIC_ANALYSIS type.
sonar.sourceEncoding
Encoding of the source files. For example, UTF-8, MacRoman, Shift_JIS. The list of available encodings depends on your JVM.
Default from build:
sonar.working.directory
Path to the working directory used by the Sonar scanner during a project analysis to store temporary data. This property is not compatible with the SonarScanner for .NET.
The path can be relative (to thesonar.projectBaseDir property) or absolute. It must be unique for each project.
Warning: The specified directory is deleted before each analysis.
Default from build:
.scannerwork sonar.scm.forceReloadAll By default, blame information is only retrieved for changed files. Set this property to true to load blame information for all files, which may significantly increase analysis duration. This can be useful if you feel that some SCM data is outdated but SonarQube Cloud does not get the latest information from the SCM engine and this analysis parameter should not be a permanent part of your analysis configuration. false sonar.analysis.<key>=<value>
This property stub allows you to insert custom key/value pairs into the analysis context, which will also be passed forward to webhooks.
Example: sonar.analysis.buildNumber=12345
Note: Depending on the environment, using this property in the command line may not work.
sonar.userHome
The base directory for various locations, such as the user cache. It must be located inside the user home directory.
Environment variable: SONAR_USER_HOME
~/.sonar sonar.scanner.javaOpts
Since SonarScanner CLI 6.0.0, the scanner engine will be started as a separate Java process. This property is used to pass arguments to the JVM running the forked scanner engine process.
Can be used only with the SonarScanner CLI (from v6.0), SonarScanner for Maven (from v5.0), Gradle (from v6.0) and NPM (from v4.0).
Examples:
SONAR_SCANNER_JAVA_OPTS=”-Xmx4g"
Or
SONAR_SCANNER_JAVA_OPTS=”-Xmx512m”
Environment variable: SONAR_SCANNER_JAVA_OPTS
These parameters are listed for completeness, but are deprecated and should not be used in new analyses. They will be removed in the future. A user warning appears on the project interface if you activate this parameter.
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