Building My Own Jenkins and SonarQube Pipeline on a Free VPS

One of my biggest goals was to automate my builds and enforce code quality checks like professional teams do. On my Oracle Cloud VPS, I installed Jenkins and SonarQube, both running as Docker containers.

Jenkins handled my CI/CD pipeline — automatically pulling code from GitHub, running tests, building Docker images, and deploying them to my VPS. SonarQube analyzed every commit, checking for code smells and security vulnerabilities.

Setting up the integration between Jenkins and SonarQube taught me how real-world pipelines work — from webhooks to quality gates. The first time I saw “Build Successful” followed by a clean Sonar report felt incredibly rewarding.

Takeaway:
Setting up your own Jenkins and SonarQube stack isn’t just about automation—it’s about developing discipline in code quality and deployment. Once you see your pipeline run end-to-end, you never want to go back.