How do i give parameters to SonarQube.Scanner.MSBuild.exe?

Question

From searching online and looking at sonarqube docs the only thing that I can find is:

SonarQube.Scanner.MSBuild.exe /k:KeyOfProject /n:NameOfProject
msbuild.exe C:\projectpath\soultion.sln
SonarQube.Scanner.MSBuild.exe end

The problem is there's no switches that i've found to set things like:

• analysis mode (preview, publish, increment/issues to set if sqube reports the project to server)
• how to make sonarqube comment on issues and code in Gitlab

The ONLY thing i can think of is by passing properties in the SonarQube.Analysis.xml but the syntax isn't clear for the sonar. properties.

 <Property Name="sonar.host.url">http://urlToYourServer.com</Property> 

is a given, but everything is highly speculative. Does anyone actually know what they're doing? The documentation online just plain sucks.

Sources I've checked out :

• https://github.com/SonarSource/sonar-scanning-examples/tree/master/sonarqube-scanner-msbuild/CSharpProject
• https://docs.sonarqube.org/display/SONAR/Analysis+Parameters
• https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/variables/

Answer 1

You have to use the /d:property=foo syntax. For example, /d:sonar.host.url=http://urlToYourServer.com or /d:"sonar.host.url=http://urlToYourServer.com"

I have updated the documentation of the Scanner for MSBuild so it will be easier for the next person.

Thanks for raising this!