Trying to Use MSBuild SonarQube and unable to make it work

Question

I have been using SonarQube for code analyzing at a basic level however now I would like to measure the code against FX-COP rules. Hence I am attempting to use MSBuild SonarQube scanner. I read the documentation thoroughly and have setup my project likewise however when I execute it gives me error.

Below is the extract from the log:

MSBuild SonarQube Runner Bootstrapper 1.0.2.0
Default properties file was found at C:\....\1c36691bf5270463\SonarQube.Analysis.xml
Loading analysis properties from C:\....\1c36691bf5270463\SonarQube.Analysis.xml
Pre-processing started.
Preparing working directories...
Checking for updates...
MSBuild SonarQube Runner Pre-processor 1.0.2.0
Loading analysis properties from C:\...\1c36691bf5270463\SonarQube.Analysis.xml
Updating build integration targets...
Fetching analysis configuration settings...
Generating rulesets...
Pre-processing succeeded.

Microsoft (R) Build Engine version 12.0.21005.1
[Microsoft .NET Framework, version 4.0.30319.34209]
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Building the projects in this solution one at a time. To enable parallel build,
 please add the "/m" switch.
Build started 11/20/2015 1:46:41 PM.
Project "C:\Project1.sln" on node 1 (rebuild target(s)).
ValidateSolutionConfiguration:
 Building solution configuration "Debug|Any CPU".
 Build succeeded.
    9 Warning(s)
    0 Error(s)

Time Elapsed 00:01:07.86
MSBuild SonarQube Runner Bootstrapper 1.0.2.0
Default properties file was found at C:\...\1c36691bf5270463\SonarQube.Analysis.xml
Loading analysis properties from C:\...\1c36691bf5270463\SonarQube.Analysis.xml
Post-processing started.

MSBuild SonarQube Runner Post-processor 1.0.2.0 gives several warnings similar to one below:

WARNING: File is not under the project directory and cannot currently be analysed
by SonarQube.
 File: C:\Users\...\AppData\Local\Temp\2\.NETFramework,Version=v4.0.AssemblyAttributes.cs,
 project: C:\...\1c36691bf5270463\SOURCE\x\y.csproj**

Calling the sonar-runner:

SONAR_RUNNER_OPTS is not configured. Setting it to the default value of -Xmx1024m
C:\...\1c36691bf5270463\.sonarqube\bin\sonar-runner\bin\..
SonarQube Runner 2.4
Java 1.8.0_51 Oracle Corporation (64-bit)
Windows Server 2008 R2 6.1 amd64
SONAR_RUNNER_OPTS=-Xmx1024m
INFO: Error stacktraces are turned on.
INFO: Runner configuration file: C:\...\1c36691bf5270463\.sonarqube\bin\sonar-runner\bin\..\conf\sonar-runner.properties
INFO: Project configuration file: C:\TeamCity\buildAgent\work\1c36691bf5270463\.sonarqube\out\sonar-project.properties
INFO: Default locale: "en_US", source code encoding: "UTF-8"
INFO: Work directory: C:\...\1c36691bf5270463\.sonarqube\out\.sonar
INFO: SonarQube Server 5.1.1
13:47:51.150 INFO  - Load global repositories
13:47:51.743 INFO  - Load global repositories (done) | time=593ms
13:47:51.758 INFO  - Server id: 20151120125423
13:47:51.758 INFO  - User cache: C:\...\cache
13:47:51.758 INFO  - Install plugins
13:47:51.836 INFO  - Install JDBC driver
.
.
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13:47:55.518 INFO  - -------------  Scan file1
13:47:55.534 INFO  - Load module settings
13:47:55.658 INFO  - Load rules
13:47:56.017 INFO  - Base dir: C:\...\1c36691bf5270463\SOURCE\xxx
13:47:56.017 INFO  - Working dir: C:\...\1c36691bf5270463\.sonarqube\out\.sonar\AC1_AC1_497EBFF2-C710-4843-8263-F534AF803D3E
13:47:56.017 INFO  - Source encoding: UTF-8, default locale: en_US
13:47:56.532 INFO  - Quality profile for cs: Sonar way
13:48:00.635 INFO  - Sensor org.sonar.plugins.csharp.CSharpFxCopProvider$CSharpFxCopSensor@73c82ec1
INFO: -----------------------------------------------------------------
INFO: EXECUTION FAILURE
INFO: -----------------------------------------------------------------
Total time: 10.156s
Final Memory: 16M/306M
INFO: -----------------------------------------------------------------
13:48:00.791  Creating a summary markdown file...
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Answer 1

You need to run this from command line and use the "-X" flag on your command, this will give you verbose debugging, I would highly reccomend doing the following for troubleshooting.

sonar-runner.exe <arg> <arg> -X > sonar-runnerLog.txt

Then read or dump that log back here. either way you'll know a lot more about what the actual problem is.

Answer 2

You can get Visual Studio Express 2013 (or 15) for free and both of those come with their respective developer command prompts.

Answer 3

You need to run all your commands in a Developer Command Prompt for Visual Studio 2013 or higher and:

• use at least MSBuild 12.0
• have .NET 4.5.2+ installed

You have this error because the FxCop Results are not generated. Do you see in the MSBuild's logs, execution of FxCop? This is visible inside the RunCodeAnalysis section of MSBuild's logs.