This cookbook basically translates the install instructions from http://docs.codehaus.org/display/SONAR/Install+Sonar#InstallSonar-Server into chef DSL.

• java + jdk
• A database cookbook like mysql if you like to run sonar in production. The built in derby database is not recommended for production.

See attributes/default.rb for details.

The cookbook installs sonar with derby database (default). Inlcude a proxy_* recipe to your run_list to access sonar over a proxy server.

• Implement dir attribute to make installation path more flexible
• Implement different Database backends like MySql
• Implement plugin recipes eg. http://docs.codehaus.org/display/SONAR/PHP+Plugin Download jars to plugin folder, restart Sonar
• Create database with mysql LWRP

 mysql_database "sonar" do host "localhost" username "root" password node[:mysql][:server_root_password] database "sonar" action :create_db end 

• Set allow / deny patterns with attributes for web access

 default['sonar']['web_deny'] = [] default['sonar']['web_allow'] = []