This section helps you configure Sonar if you want to run Sonar behind a proxy. This can be done for security concerns or to consolidate multiple disparate applications.

Running Sonar behind an Apache Proxy

We assume that you've already installed Apache 2 with module mod_proxy, that Sonar is running and available on http://privates_sonar_host:sonar_port/ and that you want to configure a Virtual Host for www.public_sonar.com.

At this point, edit the HTTPd configuration file for the www.public_sonar.com virtual host. Include the following to expose Sonar via mod_proxy at http://www.public_sonar.com/:

ProxyRequests Off
ProxyPreserveHost On
<VirtualHost *:80>
  ServerName www.public_sonar.com
  ServerAdmin admin@somecompany.com
  ProxyPass / http://private_sonar_host:sonar_port/
  ProxyPassReverse / http://www.public_sonar.com/
  ErrorLog logs/somecompany/sonar/error.log
  CustomLog logs/somecompany/sonar/access.log common
</VirtualHost>

If the url of the Sonar server must have a context like http://www.public_sonar.com/sonar_context, in that case the following line must be uncommented in the sonar.properties configuration file to prevent using the Apache mod_rewrite :

sonar.web.context: /sonar_context

And of course, the definition of the Apache virtual server must also be slightly updated :

ProxyPass /sonar_context http://private_sonar_host:sonar_port/sonar_context
ProxyPassReverse /sonar_context http://www.public_sonar.com/sonar_context

Apache configuration is going to vary based on your own application's requirements and the way you intend to expose Sonar to the outside world. If you need more details about Apache HTTPd and mod_proxy, please see http://httpd.apache.org.

Running Sonar behind Nginx

We assume that you've already installed Nginx, that you are using a Virtual Host for www.somecompany.com and that Sonar is running and available on http://sonahost:sonarport/.

At this point, edit the Nginx configuration file. Include the following to expose Sonar at http://www.somecompany.com/ :

# the server directive is nginx's virtual host directive
server {
  # port to listen on. Can also be set to an IP:PORT
  listen 80;

  # sets the domain[s] that this vhost server requests for
  server_name www.somecompany.com;

  location / {
    proxy_pass http://sonarhost:sonarport;
  }
}

Nginx configuration is going to vary based on your own application's requirements and the way you intend to expose Sonar to the outside world. If you need more details about Nginx, please see http://nginx.org.