SonarQube cannot start with MariaDB 10

Question

I installed MariaDB with yum in CentOS 7.

SonarQube throws this exception:

org.sonar.api.utils.MessageException: Unsupported mysql version: 5.5. Minimal supported version is 5.6.

When I reinstall MariaDB with version 10, SonarQube still throws the same exception.

How does SonarQube-5.5 detect the MySQL version?

The API of MariaDB 10 is compatible with MySQL 5.6 and CentOS 7 has replaced MySQL with MariaDB.

Why does it not support MariaDB 10?

I had the same issue with sonar-5.6. When I switched back to sonar-5.3, it connected successfully. So, it might really be a bug in 5.6 as said below. — uvsmtid, Jun 25 '16 at 13:30
Possible duplicate of [Sonarqube 5.5 and mariadb](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/37026631/sonarqube-5-5-and-mariadb) — Andrew Savinykh, Jul 05 '16 at 05:03

score 7 · Answer 1 · answered May 24 '16 at 12:59

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MariaDB is not supported by SonarQube, see requirements.

answered May 24 '16 at 12:59

Nicolas B.

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i noticed the requirements, but API of mariadb10 is compatible with mysql 5.6, i have supposed the detection should be OK. – tgf2 May 26 '16 at 01:48
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Sounds like SonaQube should check MariaDB and update their detection code. – Rick James Jun 01 '16 at 17:23
Can one of you confirm that this is still a problem in 2018? – Aiyion.Prime Feb 07 '18 at 17:02
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Yes. it is still a problem in 2018. Using MariaDB 10.2.12 on RHEL7 : `2018.02.08 18:11:14 INFO web[][o.sonar.db.Database] Create JDBC data source for jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/sonar?useUnicode=true&characterEncoding=utf8&rewriteBatchedStatements=true&useConfigs=maxPerformance 2018.02.08 18:11:14 ERROR web[][o.s.s.p.Platform] Web server startup failed: Unsupported mysql version: 5.5. Minimal supported version is 5.6.` – user1669651 Feb 08 '18 at 18:13

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 03 '18 at 14:31

Like Nicolas said, MariaDB is not supported by SonarQube - still in v7.

The Solution to run SonarQube in combination with XAMPP is to change the database from MariaDB to MySQL. Here you'll find the steps for changing it:

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