MariaDB: The Database Powering Sonarqube's Code Analysis (Sonarqube 5.5)

• Sonarqube uses a database to store information like code metrics, code coverage details, and issue tracking.
• It performs automatic code reviews, finding bugs, code smells (sections of code that might indicate bad practices), and security vulnerabilities across various programming languages.
• An open-source platform for continuous code inspection and code quality management.

MariaDB

• In this case, MariaDB acts as the storage for Sonarqube's data.
• RDBMS is a type of database that stores data in tables with rows and columns, allowing for structured queries to retrieve information.
• A community-developed relational database management system (RDBMS) that is a fork of MySQL.

Sonarqube-ops

• It likely includes scripts to specifically set up a MariaDB database for Sonarqube and configure Sonarqube to use that database.
• A collection of scripts and tools to help with installing, configuring, and managing Sonarqube.

Putting it together

1. Sonarqube analyzes code.
2. Sonarqube stores the code analysis results (metrics, coverage, issues) in a database.
3. Sonarqube-ops helps set up and manage Mariadb to act as that database.

Important Note:

• While Sonarqube can use MariaDB, it's officially recommended to use PostgreSQL for newer versions of Sonarqube (not version 5.5) for better performance and scalability.

1. MariaDB Setup:

2. Sonarqube configuration: