settings.xml add below <profiles> <profile> <id>sonar</id> <activation> <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault> </activation> <properties> <!– Sonar Host e.g. http://localhost:9000 –> <sonar.host.url> http://localhost:9000 </sonar.host.url> </properties> </profile> </profiles>   Exclusion files in pom.xml <sonar.exclusions> /usr/file1 /usr/file2 </sonar.exclusions> Run Sona using maven mvn clean install sonar:sonar -s /maven/location/settings.xml