Java EE maven project on SonarQube Server - Code Quality - Code Coverage

1)  Download the SonarQube Server - https://www.sonarqube.org/downloads/
2)  Change your maven configuration in settings.xml
     
      a) Add a profile  within <profiles>
         
        <profile>
            <id>sonar</id>
            <activation>
                <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
            </activation>
            <properties>
                <!-- Optional URL to server. Default value is http://localhost:9000 -->
                <sonar.host.url>
                  http://localhost:9000
                </sonar.host.url>
            </properties>
        </profile>


     b)  Add a plugingroup within <plugingroups>
         
           <pluginGroup>org.sonarsource.scanner.maven</pluginGroup>

3)  Start your local sonar Server - StartSonar.bat

4) Run the Maven command  -(make sure you point to the right settings.xml in your IDE)
     mvn clean verify sonar:sonar 

5) Check the reports on :- http://localhost:9000/projects