4.1 Installation of SonarScanner in Windows

1. Expand the downloaded file into the directory of your choice. We'll refer to it as _<install_directory> _in the next steps.

2. Update the global settings (server URL) by editing<install_directory>/conf/sonar-scanner.properties:

   #----- Default SonarQube server#sonar.host.url=http://localhost:9000

3. Create a new SONAR_RUNNER_HOME _environment variable set to <install_directory>_.
4. Add the _<install_directory>/bin _directory to your path.

5. You can check the basic installation by opening a new shell and executing the commandsonar-scanner -h(on Windows platform the command issonar-scanner.bat -h) . You should get a message like this:

   usage: sonar-scanner [options]
   
   Options:
    -D,--define <arg>     Define property
    -e,--errors           Produce execution error messages
    -h,--help             Display help information
    -v,--version          Display version information
    -X,--debug            Produce execution debug output

If you need more debug information you can add thesonar.verboseproperty by adding the command line parameter-Dsonar.verbose=true.

Always keep in mind that if you change the port number of SonarQube installation then you must also change in sonar-scanner.properties under configuration folder(conf) of sonar scanner installation directory.

#----- Default SonarQube server
sonar.host.url=http://localhost:<to port number you have changed in SonarQube>

Restart the sonarQube server if you have changed configuration settings of sonarscanner

You are now ready to analyze a project with the SonarQube Scanner.