Here are the steps that I have done to debug and finally to fix my issue.
First we need more logs
Edit file SonarQube.Analysis.xml and set
<Property Name="sonar.verbose">true</Property>
Now in the log we have a more detailed message :
SonarQube Scanner for MSBuild 2.3.1
Default properties file was found at D:\SonarQubeScanner\SonarQube.Analysis.xml
Loading analysis properties from D:\SonarQubeScanner\SonarQube.Analysis.xml
sonar.verbose=true was specified - setting the log verbosity to 'Debug'
Pre-processing started.
Preparing working directories...
Using environment variables to determine the download directory...
Removing the existing directory: F:\B\85\XXXX\MY_BUILD_WITH_SONAR\BuildType\.sonarqube
Failed to create an empty directory 'F:\B\85\XXXX\MY_BUILD_WITH_SONAR\BuildType\.sonarqube'. Please check that there are no open or read-only files in the directory and that you have the necessary read/write permissions.
EXEC : Detailed error message: Access to the path 'SonarQube.Common.dll' is denied. [F:\B\85\XXXX\MY_BUILD_WITH_SONAR\BuildType\TFSBuild.proj]
Pre-processing failed. Exit code: 1
We have an Access to the path 'SonarQube.Common.dll' is denied !!!
Check file attribute and owner
Check ACL
PS C:\> Get-Acl C:\MyBranch\MyBuild\BuildType\.sonarqube\bin\SonarQube.Common.dll
Directory: C:\MyBranch\MyBuild\BuildType\.sonarqube\bin
Path Owner Access
---- ----- ------
SonarQube.Common.dll BUILTIN\Administrators BUILTIN\Administrators Allow FullControl...
Everything is fine here !
Check Mode
PS C:\> Get-ItemProperty C:\MyBranch\MyBuild\BuildType\.sonarqube\bin\SonarQube.Common.dll
Directory: C:\MyBranch\MyBuild\BuildType\.sonarqube\bin
Mode LastWriteTime Length Name
---- ------------- ------ ----
-a--- 13/04/2017 12:20 59904 SonarQube.Common.dll
Everything is fine here too !
Check to source of SonarQube.Scanner.MSBuild.exe
Source are on GitHub : https://github.com/SonarSource/sonar-scanner-msbuild
BootstrapperClass.cs
private int PreProcess()
{
Logger.LogInfo(Resources.MSG_PreparingDirectories);
if (!Utilities.TryEnsureEmptyDirectories(Logger, BootstrapSettings.TempDirectory))
{
return ErrorCode;
}
...
Utilities.cs
/// <summary>
/// Ensures that the specified directory exists and is empty
/// </summary>
public static void EnsureEmptyDirectory(string directory, ILogger logger)
{
if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(directory))
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("directory");
}
if (logger == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("logger");
}
if (Directory.Exists(directory))
{
logger.LogDebug(Resources.MSG_DeletingDirectory, directory);
Directory.Delete(directory, true);
}
logger.LogDebug(Resources.MSG_CreatingDirectory, directory);
Directory.CreateDirectory(directory);
}
Test with the powershell
[System.IO.Directory]::Delete(“C:\MyBranch\MyBuild\BuildType.sonarqube”, $true)
Delete is ok so someone is using the dll during the build.
Looking at the SonarQube.Integration.targets
<!-- **************************************************************************** -->
<!-- Using tasks -->
<!-- **************************************************************************** -->
<PropertyGroup Condition=" $(SonarQubeTempPath) != '' AND $(SonarQubeBuildTasksAssemblyFile) == '' ">
<!-- Assume that the tasks assembly is in the same location as this targets file
or in a parent directory unless another location has already been specified. -->
<SonarQubeBuildTasksAssemblyFile>$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), SonarQube.Integration.Tasks.dll))\SonarQube.Integration.Tasks.dll</SonarQubeBuildTasksAssemblyFile>
</PropertyGroup>
<!-- Unescape the paths to work around the issue "MSBuild 4.0 UsingTask cannot have a path with parentheses".
See https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/713690/msbuild-4-0-usingtask-cannot-have-a-path-with-parentheses -->
<UsingTask TaskName="WriteProjectInfoFile" AssemblyFile="$([MSBUILD]::Unescape($(SonarQubeBuildTasksAssemblyFile)))" />
<UsingTask TaskName="IsTestFileByName" AssemblyFile="$([MSBUILD]::Unescape($(SonarQubeBuildTasksAssemblyFile)))" />
<UsingTask TaskName="GetAnalyzerSettings" AssemblyFile="$([MSBUILD]::Unescape($(SonarQubeBuildTasksAssemblyFile)))" />
Setting the SonarQubeBuildTasksAssemblyFile value to the install bin folder.
<SonarQubeBuildTasksAssemblyFile>C:\SonarQubeScanner\SonarQube.Integration.Tasks.dll</SonarQubeBuildTasksAssemblyFile>
Now it’s working :)