Wednesday, April 5, 2023

SonarQube Server Cannot be reached Error Resolution | SonarQube Troubleshooting | Fix for max virtual memory areas vm.max_map_count [65530] is too low

 How to Resolve SonarQube Server cannot be reached Error?

Pre-requisites:

refer this page for pre-requisites to install SonarQube


Resolution:

Make sure EC2 instance or server where you are installing SonarQube has enough virtual memory and open file limits for  Linux OS.

How to change default value for vm.max_map_count temporarily
sudo sysctl vm.max_map_count=262144
sudo sysctl fs.file-max=65536
The above command will load the max_map_count values and open file limits till the next system restart.

How to update vm.max_map_count directly in sysctl.conf permanently
Login to instance where you will be installing SonarQube, perform the below command to configure virtual memory permanently for SonarQube to function:
sudo vi /etc/sysctl.conf

Add the following lines to the bottom of that file:

vm.max_map_count=262144
fs.file-max=65536

To make sure changes are getting into effect:
sudo sysctl -p

Make sure SonarQube is up and running by checking the logs
sudo docker-compose logs --follow


Once you see the message, that's it. SonarQube have been configured successfully. press control C and enter.

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