Creating project analysis tokens in SonarQube Server

Overview

This course explains how to create SonarQube Server project analysis tokens to securely manage automated code analysis on a single project.

Learning objectives

After completing this course, you’ll be able to:

• Define a project analysis token and its purpose.
• Create a project analysis token within a SonarQube Server instance.

Key topics

• Purpose and function of project analysis tokens
• Permissions required to create a project analysis token
• Steps for creating a token in SonarQube Server 
• Best practices for token security

Target audience

• Administrator
• DevOps engineer
• Developer
• Engineering leader
• Analyst

Prerequisites

• Access to a SonarQube Server instance
• A user account with Global Execute Analysis permission or Execute Analysis permission on the associated project