SQ Official Doc Link: https://docs.sonarqube.org/display/SCAN/Analyzing+with+SonarQube+Scanner+for+Gradle
By SonarSource – GNU LGPL 3 – Issue Tracker – Sources SonarQube Scanner for Gradle 2.6.1 – Compatible with SonarQube 5.6+ (LTS) |
Table of Contents
Features
The SonarQube Scanner for Gradle provides an easy way to start SonarQube analysis of a Gradle project.
The ability to execute the SonarQube analysis via a regular Gradle task makes it available anywhere Gradle is available (developer build, CI server, etc.), without the need to manually download, setup, and maintain a SonarQube Runner installation. The Gradle build already has much of the information needed for SonarQube to successfully analyze a project. By preconfiguring the analysis based on that information, the need for manual configuration is reduced significantly.
Compatibility
The SonarQube Scanner for Gradle version 2.x is compatible with Gradle versions 1.12+ and SonarQube versions 5.6+.
Bytecode created by javac compilation is required for Java analysis, including Android projects.
Users of SonarQube Scanner for Gradle 1.x?
Module key generation strategy was changed in 2.0 to ensure unicity (see
SONARGRADL-12 - Avoid duplicate module keys CLOSED ). Upgrading from 1.x to 2.x without care will make all previous issues reappear as "new". You can avoid that by following this workflow:
- Recommended: Backup your SQ database in case something goes wrong
- Use module key update feature to change key of all modules (except root module) following this pattern: <root module key>:<module path> Reminder: <root module key> is unchanged and should be equal to [<group>:]<name>
- Update SonarQube plugin in your build.gradle to 2.x
- Run an analysis
- Verify issue history was preserved
Prerequisites
- SonarQube is already installed
- At least the minimal version of Java supported by your SonarQube server is in use
- The language plugins for each of the languages you wish to analyze are installed
- You have read Analyzing Code Source.
Configure the Scanner
Installation is automatic, but certain global properties should still be configured. A good place to configure global properties is ~/.gradle/gradle.properties. Be aware that we are using System properties so all properties should be prefixed by systemProp.
gradle.properties
systemProp.sonar.host.url=http://localhost:9000#----- Security (when 'sonar.forceAuthentication' is set to 'true')systemProp.sonar.login=<token> |
Analysis
1 - Activate the scanner in your build
For Gradle 2.1+:
build.gradle
plugins { id "org.sonarqube" version "2.6"} |
More details on https://plugins.gradle.org/plugin/org.sonarqube
Assuming a local SonarQube server with out-of-the-box settings is up and running, no further mandatory configuration is required.
2 - Run analysis
Execute gradle sonarqube and wait until the build has completed, then open the web page indicated at the bottom of the console output. You should now be able to browse the analysis results.
Configure analysis properties
The SonarQube Scanner for Gradle leverages information contained in Gradle's object model to provide smart defaults for many of the standard SonarQube properties. The defaults are summarized in the tables below.
Gradle defaults for standard SonarQube properties
| Property | Gradle default |
sonar.projectKey | [
|
sonar.projectName | ${project.name} |
sonar.projectDescription | ${project.description} |
sonar.projectVersion | ${project.version} |
sonar.projectBaseDir | ${project.projectDir} |
sonar.working.directory | ${project.buildDir}/sonar |
java-base or java plugin applied:
Additional defaults for Java projects
| Property | Gradle default |
sonar.sourceEncoding | ${project.compileJava.options.encoding} |
sonar.java.source | ${project.sourceCompatibility} |
sonar.java.target | ${project.targetCompatibility} |
sonar.sources | ${sourceSets.main.allSource.srcDirs} (filtered to only include existing directories) |
sonar.tests | ${sourceSets.test.allSource.srcDirs} (filtered to only include existing directories) |
sonar.java.binaries | ${sourceSets.main.output.classesDir} |
sonar.java.libraries | ${sourceSets.main.compileClasspath} (filtering to only include files; rt.jar and jfxrt.jar added if necessary) |
sonar.java.test.binaries | ${sourceSets.test.output.classeDir} |
sonar.java.test.libraries | ${sourceSets.test.compileClasspath} (filtering to only include files; rt.jar and jfxrt.jar added if necessary) |
sonar.junit.reportPaths | ${test.testResultsDir} (if the directory exists) |
Additional defaults for Groovy projects
| Property | Gradle default |
|---|---|
sonar.groovy.binaries | ${sourceSets.main.output.classesDir} |
Additional defaults when JaCoCo plugin is applied
| Property | Gradle default |
|---|---|
sonar.jacoco.reportPaths | ${jacoco.destinationFile} |
sonar.groovy.jacoco.reportPath | ${jacoco.destinationFile} |
Additional defaults for Android projects (com.android.application, com.android.library or com.android.test)
build.gradle
sonarqube { androidVariant 'fullDebug'} |
| Property | Gradle default |
| ${variant.sourcesets.map} (ManifestFile/CDirectories/AidlDirectories/AssetsDirectories/CppDirectories/JavaDirectories/RenderscriptDirectories/ResDirectories/ResourcesDirectories) |
| ${variant.sourcesets.map} (ManifestFile/CDirectories/AidlDirectories/AssetsDirectories/CppDirectories/JavaDirectories/RenderscriptDirectories/ResDirectories/ResourcesDirectories) |
sonar.java[.test].binaries | ${variant.destinationDir} |
sonar.java[.test].libraries | ${variant.javaCompile.classpath} + ${bootclasspath} |
sonar.java.source | ${variant.javaCompile.sourceCompatibility} |
sonar.java.target | ${variant.javaCompile.targetCompatibility} |
Passing manual properties / overriding defaults
The SonarQube Scanner for Gradle adds a SonarQubeExtension extension to project and its subprojects, which allows you to configure/override the analysis properties.
sonarqube { properties { property "sonar.exclusions", "**/*Generated.java" }} |
Alternatively, SonarQube properties can be set from the command line. See "Configuring properties from the command line" for more information.
Analyzing Multi-Project Builds
To analyze a project hierarchy, apply the SonarQube plugin to the root project of the hierarchy. Typically (but not necessarily) this will be the root project of the Gradle build. Information pertaining to the analysis as a whole has to be configured in the sonarqube block of this project. Any properties set on the command line also apply to this project.
Global configuration settings
build.gradlesonarqube { properties { property "sonar.sourceEncoding", "UTF-8" }} |
Shared configuration settings
Configuration shared between subprojects can be configured in a subprojects block.
subprojects { sonarqube { properties { property "sonar.sources", "src" } }} |
Individual configuration settings
sonarqube block of the corresponding project.build.gradle
project(":project1") { sonarqube { properties { property "sonar.branch", "Foo" } }} |
Skipping analysis of a project
To skip SonarQube analysis for a particular subproject, set sonarqube.skipProject to true.
build.gradle
project(":project2") { sonarqube { skipProject = true }} |
Analyzing Custom Source Sets
By default, the SonarQube Scanner for Gradle passes on the project's main source set as production sources, and the project's test source set as test sources. This works regardless of the project's source directory layout. Additional source sets can be added as needed.
Analyzing custom source sets
build.gradlesonarqube { properties { properties["sonar.sources"] += sourceSets.custom.allSource.srcDirs properties["sonar.tests"] += sourceSets.integTest.allSource.srcDirs }} |
More on configuring SonarQube properties
Let's take a closer look at the sonarqube.properties {} block. As we have already seen in the examples, the property() method allows you to set new properties or override existing ones. Furthermore, all properties that have been configured up to this point, including all properties preconfigured by Gradle, are available via the properties accessor.
Entries in the properties map can be read and written with the usual Groovy syntax. To facilitate their manipulation, values still have their “idiomatic” type (File, List, etc.). After the sonarProperties block has been evaluated, values are converted to Strings as follows: Collection values are (recursively) converted to comma-separated Strings, and all other values are converted by calling their toString() method.
Because the sonarProperties block is evaluated lazily, properties of Gradle's object model can be safely referenced from within the block, without having to fear that they have not yet been set.
Setting properties from the Command Line
SonarQube properties can also be set from the command line, by setting a system property named exactly like the SonarQube property in question. This can be useful when dealing with sensitive information (e.g. credentials), environment information, or for ad-hoc configuration.
gradle sonarqube -Dsonar.host.url=http://sonar.mycompany.com -Dsonar.verbose=true
While certainly useful at times, we do recommend to keep the bulk of the configuration in a (versioned) build script, readily available to everyone.A SonarQube property value set via a system property overrides any value set in a build script (for the same property). When analyzing a project hierarchy, values set via system properties apply to the root project of the analyzed hierarchy. Each system property starting with ""sonar." will be taken into account.
Task dependencies
Before executing the sonarqube task, all tasks producing output to be included in the SonarQube analysis need to be executed. Typically, these are compile tasks, test tasks, and code coverage tasks. To meet these needs, the plugins adds a task dependency from sonarqube on test if the java plugin is applied. Further task dependencies can be added as needed. For example:
project.tasks["sonarqube"].dependsOn "anotherTask" |
Example
A simple working example is available at this URL so you can check everything is correctly configured in your env: https://github.com/SonarSource/sonar-scanning-examples/tree/master/sonarqube-scanner-gradle
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