Sonar: You must define the following mandatory properties for unknown not resolved

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baconSoda picture baconSoda · Sep 29, 2014 · Viewed 57.4k times · Source

I'm trying to run SonarQube on a project in java. I configured the sonar properties file and placed it in the project directory. On running the sonar.bat there is an error that asks to define the mandatory parameters. At first I assumed my properties file was wrong, but I've tried everything I can think of.

this is the current properties file

# Required metadata
sonar.projectKey=_newtest2
sonar.projectName=NoSqlDataModeling
sonar.projectVersion=2.0

# Path to the parent source code directory.
# Path is relative to the sonar-project.properties file. Replace "\" by "/" on Windows.
# Since SonarQube 4.2, this property is optional if sonar.modules is set. 
# If not set, SonarQube starts looking for source code from the directory containing 
# the sonar-project.properties file.
sonar.sources=D:/eclipse workspace/NoSqlDataModeling


#Comma-separated paths to directories containing the binary files (directories with class files, in the case of Java).
sonar.binaries=D:/eclipse workspace/NoSqlDataModeling/build/classes

#Comma-separated paths to files with third-party libraries (JAR files in the case of Java). Patterns #can be used.
sonar.libraries=D:/eclipse workspace/NoSqlDataModeling/WebContent/WEB-INF/lib/*.jar

#language used
sonar.language=java

# Encoding of the source code
sonar.sourceEncoding=UTF-8

# Additional parameters
sonar.my.property=value

this is the error message

INFO: SonarQube Server 4.3.1
09:58:57.783 INFO  - Load batch settings
09:58:57.901 INFO  - User cache: C:\Users\Rohan.Kumar\.sonar\cache
09:58:57.907 INFO  - Install plugins
09:58:57.913 INFO  - Download sonar-maven-batch-plugin-4.3.1.jar
09:58:58.037 INFO  - Download sonar-findbugs-plugin-2.1.jar
09:58:58.436 INFO  - Download sonar-surefire-plugin-2.1.jar
09:58:58.540 INFO  - Download sonar-cpd-plugin-4.3.1.jar
09:58:58.870 INFO  - Download sonar-core-plugin-4.3.1.jar
09:58:58.956 INFO  - Download sonar-java-plugin-2.1.jar
09:58:59.097 INFO  - Download sonar-dbcleaner-plugin-4.3.1.jar
09:58:59.216 INFO  - Download sonar-jacoco-plugin-2.1.jar
09:58:59.331 INFO  - Download sonar-l10n-en-plugin-4.3.1.jar
09:58:59.350 INFO  - Download sonar-squid-java-plugin-2.1.jar
09:58:59.453 INFO  - Download sonar-email-notifications-plugin-4.3.1.jar
09:58:59.655 INFO  - Download sonar-design-plugin-4.3.1.jar
09:58:59.826 INFO  - Install JDBC driver
09:59:00.061 WARN  - H2 database should be used for evaluation purpose only
09:59:00.061 INFO  - Create JDBC datasource for jdbc:h2:tcp://localhost/sonar
09:59:00.784 INFO  - Initializing Hibernate
INFO: ------------------------------------------------------------------------
INFO: EXECUTION FAILURE
INFO: ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total time: 7.521s
Final Memory: 5M/19M
INFO: ------------------------------------------------------------------------
ERROR: Error during Sonar runner execution
ERROR: Unable to execute Sonar
ERROR: Caused by: You must define the following mandatory properties for 'Unknow
n': sonar.projectKey, sonar.projectName, sonar.projectVersion, sonar.sources
ERROR:
ERROR: To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run SonarQube Runner with t
he -e switch.
ERROR: Re-run SonarQube Runner using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.

Should I provide comma separated paths to all the class files and java files? Till what depth do I provide the paths? the different class files are located in build/classes/.../.../<4 different folders that have class files inside them> I change the project key every time as I read it has to be unique.

Answer

Gene picture Gene · Jul 11, 2016

How to Upload a Project to SonarQube:

1) Startup SonarQube. You should be able to see it if you type localhost:9000 into your browser.

2) In command prompt, cd to the directory of your project enter image description here

3) Make sure the root folder of your project has “sonar-project.properties” file and that it is configured. If your project doesn’t have the “sonar-project.properties” file, it will get this error= Sonar Setup Undefined Mandatory Properties

My “sonar-project.properties” file for my VendingMachineEmulator app looks like this: enter image description here

4) In command prompt, now type “C:\sonar-scanner\sonar-scanner-2.6.1\bin\sonar-scanner.bat”. Alternatively, you could’ve also type “C:\sonar-scanner\sonar-scanner-2.6.1\bin\sonar-runner.bat” too. I’m not sure what the difference is. Make sure the directory you are in is still the main folder of your project.

5) Done! Refresh localhost:9000 and check if the project is there.

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