Running Sonarqube with docker-compose using bind mount volumes - sonarqube

Question

I’m trying to run Sonarqube in a Docker container on a Centos 7 server using docker-compose. Everything works as expected using named volumes as configured in this docker-compose.yml file:
version: "3"
services:
sonarqube:
image: sonarqube
ports:
- "9000:9000"
networks:
- sonarnet
environment:
- sonar.jdbc.url=jdbc:postgresql://db:5432/sonar
volumes:
- sonarqube_conf:/opt/sonarqube/conf
- sonarqube_data:/opt/sonarqube/data
- sonarqube_extensions:/opt/sonarqube/extensions
- sonarqube_bundled_plugins:/opt/sonarqube/lib/bundled-plugins
db:
image: postgres
networks:
- sonarnet
environment:
- POSTGRES_USER=sonar
- POSTGRES_PASSWORD=sonar
volumes:
- postgresql:/var/lib/postgresql
- postgresql_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
networks:
sonarnet:
driver: bridge
volumes:
sonarqube_conf:
sonarqube_data:
sonarqube_extensions:
sonarqube_bundled_plugins:
postgresql:
postgresql_data:
However, my /var/lib/docker/volumes directory is not large enough to house the named volumes. So, I changed the docker-compose.yml file to use bind mount volumes as shown below.
version: "3"
services:
sonarqube:
image: sonarqube
ports:
- "9000:9000"
networks:
- sonarnet
environment:
- sonar.jdbc.url=jdbc:postgresql://db:5432/sonar
volumes:
- /data/sonarqube/conf:/opt/sonarqube/conf
- /data/sonarqube/data:/opt/sonarqube/data
- /data/sonarqube/extensions:/opt/sonarqube/extensions
- /data/sonarqube/bundled_plugins:/opt/sonarqube/lib/bundled-plugins
db:
image: postgres
networks:
- sonarnet
environment:
- POSTGRES_USER=sonar
- POSTGRES_PASSWORD=sonar
volumes:
- /data/postgresql:/var/lib/postgresql
- /data/postgresql_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
networks:
sonarnet:
driver: bridge
However, after running docker-compose up -d, the app starts up but none of the bind mount volumes are written to. As a result, the Sonarqube plugins are not loaded and the sonar postgreSQL database is not initialized. I thought it may be a selinux issue, but I temporarily disabled it with no success. I’m unsure what to look at next.

Answer 1

I think my answer from "How to persist configuration & analytics across container invocations in Sonarqube docker image" would help you as well.
For good measure I have also pasted it in here:
.....
Notice this line SONARQUBE_HOME in the Dockerfile for the docker-sonarqube image. We can control this environment variable.
When using docker run. Simply do:
txt
docker run -d \
...
...
-e SONARQUBE_HOME=/sonarqube-data
-v /PERSISTENT_DISK/sonarqubeVolume:/sonarqube-data
This will make Sonarqube create the conf, data and so forth folders and store data therein. As needed.
Or with Kubernetes. In your deployment YAML file. Do:
txt
...
...
env:
- name: SONARQUBE_HOME
value: /sonarqube-data
...
...
volumeMounts:
- name: app-volume
mountPath: /sonarqube-data
And the name in the volumeMounts property points to a volume in the volumes section of the Kubernetes deployment YAML file.
This again will make Sonarqube use the /sonarqube-data mountPath for creating extenions, conf and so forth folders, then save data therein.
And voila your Sonarqube data is thereby persisted.
I hope this will help others.
N.B. Notice that the YAML and Docker run examples are not exhaustive. They focus on the issue of persisting Sonarqube data.
Try it out BobC and let me know.
Have a great day.

Answer 2

The below code will help you in a single command I hope so.
Create a new docker-compose file named as docker-compose.yaml,
version: "3"
services:
sonarqube:
image: sonarqube:8.2-community
depends_on:
- db
ports:
- "9000:9000"
networks:
- sonarqubenet
environment:
SONAR_JDBC_URL: jdbc:postgresql://db:5432/sonarqube
SONAR_JDBC_USERNAME: sonar
SONAR_JDBC_PASSWORD: sonar
volumes:
- sonarqube_data:/opt/sonarqube/data
- sonarqube_extensions:/opt/sonarqube/extensions
- sonarqube_logs:/opt/sonarqube/logs
- sonarqube_temp:/opt/sonarqube/temp
restart: on-failure
container_name: sonarqube
db:
image: postgres
networks:
- sonarqubenet
environment:
POSTGRES_USER: sonar
POSTGRES_PASSWORD: sonar
volumes:
- postgresql:/var/lib/postgresql
- postgresql_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
restart: on-failure
container_name: postgresql
networks:
sonarqubenet:
driver: bridge
volumes:
sonarqube_data:
sonarqube_extensions:
sonarqube_logs:
sonarqube_temp:
postgresql:
postgresql_data:
Then, execute the command,
$ docker-compose up -d
$ docker container ps

Answer 3

Sounds like the container is running and, as you mentioned, Sonarqube starts-up. When it starts, is it showing that it's using the H2 in memory db? After running docker-compose up -d, use docker logs -f <container_name> to see what's happening on Sonarqube startup.
To simplify viewing your logs with a known name, I suggest you also add a container name to your Sonarqube service. For example, container_name: sonarqube.
Also, while I know the plan is to deprecate the use of environment variables for the username, password and jdbc connection, I've had better luck in docker-compose using environment variables rather than the corresponding property value. For the connection string, try: SONARQUBE_JDBC_URL: jdbc:postgresql://db/sonar without specifying the default port for postgres.