I am facing the issue while scanning the ASP DOTNET Core 8 project using the dotnet cli global tool. The sonarscanner is working fine on Windows 10 desktop, but it failed at CI server on container of image mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:8.0. However the same version of SonarScanner with working with another solution where that does not have the ASP.NET Core project.
SonarQube Server: Enterprise EditionVersion 10.0
Sonar Scanner: dotnet-sonarscanner 6.2.0
Error:
SonarScanner for MSBuild 6.2
11:53:11 Using the .NET Core version of the Scanner for MSBuild
11:53:11 Default properties file was found at /root/.nuget/packages/dotnet-sonarscanner/6.2.0/tools/netcoreapp3.1/any/SonarQube.Analysis.xml
11:53:11 Loading analysis properties from /root/.nuget/packages/dotnet-sonarscanner/6.2.0/tools/netcoreapp3.1/any/SonarQube.Analysis.xml
11:53:11 sonar.verbose=true was specified - setting the log verbosity to 'Debug'
11:53:11 Pre-processing started.
11:53:11 Preparing working directories...
11:53:11 Using environment variables to determine the download directory...
11:53:12 06:23:12.019 06:23:11.999 Loading analysis properties from /root/.nuget/packages/dotnet-sonarscanner/6.2.0/tools/netcoreapp3.1/any/SonarQube.Analysis.xml
11:53:12 06:23:12.019 06:23:12.019 sonar.verbose=true was specified - setting the log verbosity to 'Debug'
11:53:12 06:23:12.023 Updating build integration targets...
11:53:12 06:23:12.028 Installed SonarQube.Integration.ImportBefore.targets to /root/.local/share/Microsoft/MSBuild/4.0/Microsoft.Common.targets/ImportBefore
11:53:12 06:23:12.029 Installed SonarQube.Integration.ImportBefore.targets to /root/.local/share/Microsoft/MSBuild/10.0/Microsoft.Common.targets/ImportBefore
11:53:12 06:23:12.03 Installed SonarQube.Integration.ImportBefore.targets to /root/.local/share/Microsoft/MSBuild/11.0/Microsoft.Common.targets/ImportBefore
11:53:12 06:23:12.03 Installed SonarQube.Integration.ImportBefore.targets to /root/.local/share/Microsoft/MSBuild/12.0/Microsoft.Common.targets/ImportBefore
11:53:12 06:23:12.031 Installed SonarQube.Integration.ImportBefore.targets to /root/.local/share/Microsoft/MSBuild/14.0/Microsoft.Common.targets/ImportBefore
11:53:12 06:23:12.032 Installed SonarQube.Integration.ImportBefore.targets to /root/.local/share/Microsoft/MSBuild/15.0/Microsoft.Common.targets/ImportBefore
11:53:12 06:23:12.032 Installed SonarQube.Integration.ImportBefore.targets to /root/.local/share/Microsoft/MSBuild/Current/Microsoft.Common.targets/ImportBefore
11:53:12 06:23:12.033 Installed SonarQube.Integration.ImportBefore.targets to /root/Microsoft/MSBuild/15.0/Microsoft.Common.targets/ImportBefore
11:53:12 06:23:12.034 Installed SonarQube.Integration.ImportBefore.targets to /root/Microsoft/MSBuild/Current/Microsoft.Common.targets/ImportBefore
11:53:12 06:23:12.036 Installed SonarQube.Integration.targets to /app/buildagent/work/3cea31a8a2e2aa95/src/.sonarqube/bin/targets
11:53:12 06:23:12.036 Creating config and output folders...
11:53:12 06:23:12.037 Creating directory: /app/buildagent/work/3cea31a8a2e2aa95/src/.sonarqube/conf
11:53:12 06:23:12.037 Creating directory: /app/buildagent/work/3cea31a8a2e2aa95/src/.sonarqube/out
11:53:12 06:23:12.054 Fetching server version...
11:53:12 06:23:12.056 Downloading from https://sonarqube.devtools.zsservices.com/api/server/version...
11:53:12 06:23:12.557 Response received from https://sonarqube.devtools.zsservices.com/api/server/version...
11:53:12 06:23:12.56 Checking if the server version is supported...
11:53:12 06:23:12.565 Checking validity of server license...
11:53:12 06:23:12.565 Downloading from https://sonarqube.devtools.zsservices.com/api/editions/is_valid_license...
11:53:12 06:23:12.585 Response received from https://sonarqube.devtools.zsservices.com/api/editions/is_valid_license...
11:53:12 06:23:12.658 Fetching analysis configuration settings...
11:53:12 06:23:12.666 Fetching properties for project '#########'...
11:53:12 06:23:12.667 Downloading from https://#####/api/settings/values?component=######...
11:53:12 06:23:12.699 Response received from https://######/api/settings/values?component=######...
11:53:12 06:23:12.713 Downloading from https://######/api/languages/list...
11:53:12 06:23:12.725 Response received from https://######/api/languages/list...
11:53:12 06:23:12.733 Fetching quality profile for project '######'...
11:53:12 06:23:12.733 Downloading from https://######/api/qualityprofiles/search?project=######...
11:53:12 06:23:12.774 Response received from https://######/api/qualityprofiles/search?project=######...
11:53:12 06:23:12.78 Fetching rules for quality profile '######'...
11:53:12 06:23:12.78 Downloading from https://######/api/rules/search?f=repo,name,severity,lang,internalKey,templateKey,params,actives&ps=500&qprofile=######&p=1...
11:53:12 06:23:12.893 Response received from https://######/api/rules/search?f=repo,name,severity,lang,internalKey,templateKey,params,actives&ps=500&qprofile=######&p=1...
11:53:12 06:23:12.91 Local analyzer cache: /app/buildagent/temp/buildTmp/.sonarqube/resources
11:53:12 06:23:12.914 Writing Roslyn generated ruleset to /app/buildagent/work/3cea31a8a2e2aa95/src/.sonarqube/conf/Sonar-cs.ruleset...
11:53:12 06:23:12.935 Writing Roslyn generated ruleset to /app/buildagent/work/3cea31a8a2e2aa95/src/.sonarqube/conf/Sonar-cs-none.ruleset...
11:53:12 06:23:12.939 Provisioning analyzer assemblies for cs...
11:53:12 06:23:12.94 Installing required Roslyn analyzers...
11:53:12 06:23:12.94 Processing plugin: csharp version 8.55.0.65544
11:53:12 06:23:12.992 Cache miss: plugin files were not found in the local cache
11:53:12 06:23:12.993 Fetching resource for plugin: csharp, version 8.55.0.65544. Resource: SonarAnalyzer-8.55.0.65544.zip
11:53:12 06:23:12.993 Downloading SonarAnalyzer-8.55.0.65544.zip to /app/buildagent/temp/buildTmp/.sonarqube/resources/0
11:53:12 06:23:12.994 Downloading file to /app/buildagent/temp/buildTmp/.sonarqube/resources/0/SonarAnalyzer-8.55.0.65544.zip...
11:53:12 06:23:12.994 Downloading from https://######/static/csharp/SonarAnalyzer-8.55.0.65544.zip...
11:53:13 06:23:13.032 Response received from https://######/static/csharp/SonarAnalyzer-8.55.0.65544.zip...
11:53:13 06:23:13.041 Extracting files to /app/buildagent/temp/buildTmp/.sonarqube/resources/0...
11:53:13 06:23:13.087 Processing plugin: vbnet version 8.55.0.65544
11:53:13 06:23:13.102 Cache miss: plugin files were not found in the local cache
11:53:13 06:23:13.102 Fetching resource for plugin: vbnet, version 8.55.0.65544. Resource: SonarAnalyzer-8.55.0.65544.zip
11:53:13 06:23:13.102 Downloading SonarAnalyzer-8.55.0.65544.zip to /app/buildagent/temp/buildTmp/.sonarqube/resources/1
11:53:13 06:23:13.102 Downloading file to /app/buildagent/temp/buildTmp/.sonarqube/resources/1/SonarAnalyzer-8.55.0.65544.zip...
11:53:13 06:23:13.102 Downloading from https://######/static/vbnet/SonarAnalyzer-8.55.0.65544.zip...
11:53:13 06:23:13.114 Response received from https://######/static/vbnet/SonarAnalyzer-8.55.0.65544.zip...
11:53:13 06:23:13.115 Extracting files to /app/buildagent/temp/buildTmp/.sonarqube/resources/1...
11:53:13 06:23:13.136 Processing plugin: securitycsharpfrontend version 10.0.0.20234
11:53:13 06:23:13.138 Cache miss: plugin files were not found in the local cache
11:53:13 06:23:13.138 Fetching resource for plugin: securitycsharpfrontend, version 10.0.0.20234. Resource: SonarAnalyzer.Security-10.0.0.20234.zip
11:53:13 06:23:13.138 Downloading SonarAnalyzer.Security-10.0.0.20234.zip to /app/buildagent/temp/buildTmp/.sonarqube/resources/2
11:53:13 06:23:13.138 Downloading file to /app/buildagent/temp/buildTmp/.sonarqube/resources/2/SonarAnalyzer.Security-10.0.0.20234.zip...
11:53:13 06:23:13.14 Downloading from https://######/static/securitycsharpfrontend/SonarAnalyzer.Security-10.0.0.20234.zip...
11:53:13 06:23:13.147 Response received from https://######/static/securitycsharpfrontend/SonarAnalyzer.Security-10.0.0.20234.zip...
11:53:13 06:23:13.149 Extracting files to /app/buildagent/temp/buildTmp/.sonarqube/resources/2...
11:53:13 06:23:13.17 Writing Roslyn analyzer additional file to /app/buildagent/work/3cea31a8a2e2aa95/src/.sonarqube/conf/cs/SonarLint.xml...
11:53:13 06:23:13.171 Fetching quality profile for project '######'...
11:53:13 06:23:13.172 Downloading from https://######/api/qualityprofiles/search?project=######...
11:53:13 06:23:13.211 Response received from https://######/api/qualityprofiles/search?project=######...
11:53:13 06:23:13.213 Fetching rules for quality profile 'AYJ-KBq2XOwVvgx9jUmr'...
11:53:13 06:23:13.213 Downloading from https://######/api/rules/search?f=repo,name,severity,lang,internalKey,templateKey,params,actives&ps=500&qprofile=AYJ-KBq2XOwVvgx9jUmr&p=1...
11:53:13 06:23:13.265 Response received from https://######/api/rules/search?f=repo,name,severity,lang,internalKey,templateKey,params,actives&ps=500&qprofile=AYJ-KBq2XOwVvgx9jUmr&p=1...
11:53:13 06:23:13.271 Local analyzer cache: /app/buildagent/temp/buildTmp/.sonarqube/resources
11:53:13 06:23:13.272 Writing Roslyn generated ruleset to /app/buildagent/work/3cea31a8a2e2aa95/src/.sonarqube/conf/Sonar-vbnet.ruleset...
11:53:13 06:23:13.273 Writing Roslyn generated ruleset to /app/buildagent/work/3cea31a8a2e2aa95/src/.sonarqube/conf/Sonar-vbnet-none.ruleset...
11:53:13 06:23:13.274 Provisioning analyzer assemblies for vbnet...
11:53:13 06:23:13.274 Installing required Roslyn analyzers...
11:53:13 06:23:13.274 Processing plugin: csharp version 8.55.0.65544
11:53:13 06:23:13.275 Cache hit: using plugin files from /app/buildagent/temp/buildTmp/.sonarqube/resources/0
11:53:13 06:23:13.275 Processing plugin: vbnet version 8.55.0.65544
11:53:13 06:23:13.276 Cache hit: using plugin files from /app/buildagent/temp/buildTmp/.sonarqube/resources/1
11:53:13 06:23:13.277 Writing Roslyn analyzer additional file to /app/buildagent/work/3cea31a8a2e2aa95/src/.sonarqube/conf/vbnet/SonarLint.xml...
11:53:13 06:23:13.281 Processing analysis cache
11:53:13 06:23:13.284 Incremental PR analysis: Base branch parameter was not provided.
11:53:13 06:23:13.284 Cache data is empty. A full analysis will be performed.
Unhandled exception. System.InvalidOperationException: There was an error generating the XML document.
---> System.ArgumentException: ' ', hexadecimal value 0x1B, is an invalid character.
at System.Xml.XmlEncodedRawTextWriter.WriteElementTextBlock(Char* pSrc, Char* pSrcEnd)
at System.Xml.XmlEncodedRawTextWriter.WriteString(String text)
at System.Xml.XmlWellFormedWriter.WriteString(String text)
at System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializationWriter.WriteElementString(String localName, String ns, String value, XmlQualifiedName xsiType)
at Microsoft.Xml.Serialization.GeneratedAssembly.XmlSerializationWriterAnalysisConfig.Write6_AnalysisConfig(String n, String ns, AnalysisConfig o, Boolean isNullable, Boolean needType)
at Microsoft.Xml.Serialization.GeneratedAssembly.XmlSerializationWriterAnalysisConfig.Write7_AnalysisConfig(Object o)
at System.RuntimeMethodHandle.InvokeMethod(Object target, Void** arguments, Signature sig, Boolean isConstructor)
at System.Reflection.MethodBaseInvoker.InvokeDirectByRefWithFewArgs(Object obj, Span`1 copyOfArgs, BindingFlags invokeAttr)
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer.Serialize(XmlWriter xmlWriter, Object o, XmlSerializerNamespaces namespaces, String encodingStyle, String id)
at SonarScanner.MSBuild.Common.Serializer.Write[T](T model, TextWriter writer)
at SonarScanner.MSBuild.Common.Serializer.SaveModel[T](T model, String fileName)
at SonarScanner.MSBuild.Common.AnalysisConfig.Save(String fileName)
at SonarScanner.MSBuild.PreProcessor.AnalysisConfigGenerator.GenerateFile(ProcessedArgs localSettings, BuildSettings buildSettings, Dictionary`2 additionalSettings, IDictionary`2 serverProperties, List`1 analyzersSettings, String sonarQubeVersion)
at SonarScanner.MSBuild.PreProcessor.PreProcessor.DoExecute(ProcessedArgs localSettings)
at SonarScanner.MSBuild.PreProcessor.PreProcessor.Execute(IEnumerable`1 args)
at SonarScanner.MSBuild.BootstrapperClass.PreProcess()
at SonarScanner.MSBuild.BootstrapperClass.Execute()
at SonarScanner.MSBuild.Program.Execute(String[] args, ILogger logger)
at SonarScanner.MSBuild.Program.Execute(String[] args)
at SonarScanner.MSBuild.Program.Main(String[] args)
at SonarScanner.MSBuild.Program.<Main>(String[] args)
This got resolved. The HEX character was coming in the application version that is being send to SonarScanner. This hex character was not visible in logs, and hence created confusion. The version of the application was not explicitly defined, rather it was coming from the pom.xml file using the mvn command. For some unknown reason the mvn command adding this hex character into the output while got appended into the sonar-scanner command in the shell-script.
It got resolve by changing the way application version is extracted.