Having a valid SonarQube Developer Edition license key is just the start. To truly benefit:
After applying the key, confirm everything works: sonarqube developer edition license key
If these features remain locked, either the license key is invalid, the server cannot reach SonarSourceโs validation servers, or you have a firewall issue. Having a valid SonarQube Developer Edition license key
If you run a high-availability (HA) cluster of SonarQube Developer Edition, how does the license key work? If these features remain locked, either the license
curl -u admin:admin -X POST \
"http://localhost:9000/api/settings/set?key=sonar.core.license&value=YOUR_KEY_STRING"
Note: Replace admin:admin with generated credentials.
For DevOps engineers managing SonarQube via Docker or Kubernetes, manually pasting the key via UI is inefficient. You can automate the license activation using the API or configuration files.