SonarQube Scanner execution fails in Jenkins with java.lang.IllegalStateException Error - jenkins

Question

Sonarqube Build Environment details as follows:
SonarQube Server Version - 5.6.6 (64-Bit).
Sonar-scanner Version - 3.0.3.778 (running through “Execute SonarQube Scanner” in Jenkins)
sonar-java-plugin-4.14.0.11784.jar
sonar-findbugs-plugin-3.6.0.jar
Build Mode: Jenkins - (Version-2.46.2-LTS)
Build: Maven
Problem Description:
The sonar-project.properties declared in Jenkins itself. While analyzing it fails with below errors.
ERROR: Error during SonarQube Scanner execution
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Unable to load component class org.sonar.api.config.Settings
at org.sonar.core.platform.ComponentContainer$ExtendedDefaultPicoContainer.getComponent(ComponentContainer.java:69)
at org.picocontainer.DefaultPicoContainer.getComponent(DefaultPicoContainer.java:678)
at org.sonar.core.platform.ComponentContainer.getComponentByType(ComponentContainer.java:272)
at org.sonar.batch.scan.ProjectScanContainer.doBeforeStart(ProjectScanContainer.java:112)
at org.sonar.core.platform.ComponentContainer.startComponents(ComponentContainer.java:140)
at org.sonar.core.platform.ComponentContainer.execute(ComponentContainer.java:127)
at org.sonar.batch.task.ScanTask.execute(ScanTask.java:47)
at org.sonar.batch.task.TaskContainer.doAfterStart(TaskContainer.java:86)
at org.sonar.core.platform.ComponentContainer.startComponents(ComponentContainer.java:142)
at org.sonar.core.platform.ComponentContainer.execute(ComponentContainer.java:127)
at org.sonar.batch.bootstrap.GlobalContainer.executeTask(GlobalContainer.java:106)
at org.sonar.batch.bootstrapper.Batch.executeTask(Batch.java:119)
at org.sonarsource.scanner.api.internal.batch.BatchIsolatedLauncher.execute(BatchIsolatedLauncher.java:63)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at org.sonarsource.scanner.api.internal.IsolatedLauncherProxy.invoke(IsolatedLauncherProxy.java:60)
at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy0.execute(Unknown Source)
at org.sonarsource.scanner.api.EmbeddedScanner.doExecute(EmbeddedScanner.java:233)
at org.sonarsource.scanner.api.EmbeddedScanner.runAnalysis(EmbeddedScanner.java:151)
at org.sonarsource.scanner.cli.Main.runAnalysis(Main.java:123)
at org.sonarsource.scanner.cli.Main.execute(Main.java:77)
at org.sonarsource.scanner.cli.Main.main(Main.java:61)
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Unable to load component class org.sonar.batch.repository.ProjectRepositories
at org.sonar.core.platform.ComponentContainer$ExtendedDefaultPicoContainer.getComponent(ComponentContainer.java:69)
at org.picocontainer.DefaultPicoContainer.getComponent(DefaultPicoContainer.java:632)
at org.picocontainer.parameters.BasicComponentParameter$1.resolveInstance(BasicComponentParameter.java:118)
at org.picocontainer.parameters.ComponentParameter$1.resolveInstance(ComponentParameter.java:136)
at org.picocontainer.injectors.SingleMemberInjector.getParameter(SingleMemberInjector.java:78)
at org.picocontainer.injectors.ConstructorInjector$CtorAndAdapters.getParameterArguments(ConstructorInjector.java:309)
at org.picocontainer.injectors.ConstructorInjector$1.run(ConstructorInjector.java:335)
at org.picocontainer.injectors.AbstractInjector$ThreadLocalCyclicDependencyGuard.observe(AbstractInjector.java:270)
at org.picocontainer.injectors.ConstructorInjector.getComponentInstance(ConstructorInjector.java:364)
at org.picocontainer.injectors.AbstractInjectionFactory$LifecycleAdapter.getComponentInstance(AbstractInjectionFactory.java:56)
at org.picocontainer.behaviors.AbstractBehavior.getComponentInstance(AbstractBehavior.java:64)
at org.picocontainer.behaviors.Stored.getComponentInstance(Stored.java:91)
at org.picocontainer.DefaultPicoContainer.getInstance(DefaultPicoContainer.java:699)
at org.picocontainer.DefaultPicoContainer.getComponent(DefaultPicoContainer.java:647)
at org.sonar.core.platform.ComponentContainer$ExtendedDefaultPicoContainer.getComponent(ComponentContainer.java:67)
... 23 more
Caused by: org.sonarqube.ws.client.HttpException: Error 500 on http://100.101.102.103:9000/batch/project.protobuf?key=scm.sesi.sm.ds
at org.sonarqube.ws.client.BaseResponse.failIfNotSuccessful(BaseResponse.java:34)
at org.sonar.batch.bootstrap.BatchWsClient.failIfUnauthorized(BatchWsClient.java:99)
at org.sonar.batch.bootstrap.BatchWsClient.call(BatchWsClient.java:69)
at org.sonar.batch.repository.DefaultProjectRepositoriesLoader.load(DefaultProjectRepositoriesLoader.java:58)
at org.sonar.batch.repository.ProjectRepositoriesProvider.provide(ProjectRepositoriesProvider.java:39)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at org.picocontainer.injectors.MethodInjector.invokeMethod(MethodInjector.java:129)
at org.picocontainer.injectors.MethodInjector.access$000(MethodInjector.java:39)
at org.picocontainer.injectors.MethodInjector$2.run(MethodInjector.java:113)
at org.picocontainer.injectors.AbstractInjector$ThreadLocalCyclicDependencyGuard.observe(AbstractInjector.java:270)
at org.picocontainer.injectors.MethodInjector.decorateComponentInstance(MethodInjector.java:120)
at org.picocontainer.injectors.CompositeInjector.decorateComponentInstance(CompositeInjector.java:58)
at org.picocontainer.injectors.Reinjector.reinject(Reinjector.java:142)
at org.picocontainer.injectors.ProviderAdapter.getComponentInstance(ProviderAdapter.java:96)
at org.picocontainer.DefaultPicoContainer.getInstance(DefaultPicoContainer.java:699)
at org.picocontainer.DefaultPicoContainer.getComponent(DefaultPicoContainer.java:647)
at org.sonar.core.platform.ComponentContainer$ExtendedDefaultPicoContainer.getComponent(ComponentContainer.java:67)
... 37 more
ERROR:
ERROR: Re-run SonarQube Scanner using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.
ERROR: SonarQube scanner exited with non-zero code: 1
sonar.log file error as follows
2017.10.11 05:03:13 ERROR web[o.s.s.w.WebServiceEngine] Fail to process request http://100.101.102.103:9000/batch/project.protobuf?key=scm.sesi.sm.ds
java.lang.NullPointerException: null
at com.google.protobuf.ByteString.copyFromUtf8(ByteString.java:321) ~[protobuf-java-3.0.0-beta-2.jar:na]
at com.google.protobuf.TextFormat.escapeText(TextFormat.java:1892) ~[protobuf-java-3.0.0-beta-2.jar:na]
at com.google.protobuf.TextFormat$Printer.printFieldValue(TextFormat.java:428) ~[protobuf-java-3.0.0-beta-2.jar:na]
at com.google.protobuf.TextFormat$Printer.printSingleField(TextFormat.java:368) ~[protobuf-java-3.0.0-beta-2.jar:na]
at com.google.protobuf.TextFormat$Printer.printField(TextFormat.java:327) ~[protobuf-java-3.0.0-beta-2.jar:na]
at com.google.protobuf.TextFormat$Printer.print(TextFormat.java:314) ~[protobuf-java-3.0.0-beta-2.jar:na]
at com.google.protobuf.TextFormat$Printer.printFieldValue(TextFormat.java:450) ~[protobuf-java-3.0.0-beta-2.jar:na]
at com.google.protobuf.TextFormat$Printer.printSingleField(TextFormat.java:368) ~[protobuf-java-3.0.0-beta-2.jar:na]
at com.google.protobuf.TextFormat$Printer.printField(TextFormat.java:324) ~[protobuf-java-3.0.0-beta-2.jar:na]
at com.google.protobuf.TextFormat$Printer.print(TextFormat.java:314) ~[protobuf-java-3.0.0-beta-2.jar:na]
at com.google.protobuf.TextFormat$Printer.access$400(TextFormat.java:288) ~[protobuf-java-3.0.0-beta-2.jar:na]
at com.google.protobuf.TextFormat.shortDebugString(TextFormat.java:113) ~[protobuf-java-3.0.0-beta-2.jar:na]
at org.sonarqube.ws.MessageFormatter.print(MessageFormatter.java:32) ~[sonar-ws-5.6.6.jar:na]
at org.sonar.server.ws.WsUtils.writeProtobuf(WsUtils.java:63) ~[sonar-server-5.6.6.jar:na]
at org.sonar.server.batch.ProjectAction.handle(ProjectAction.java:83) ~[sonar-server-5.6.6.jar:na]
at org.sonar.server.ws.WebServiceEngine.execute(WebServiceEngine.java:107) ~[sonar-server-5.6.6.jar:na]
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor206.invoke(Unknown Source) ~[na:na]
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) ~[na:1.8.0_111]
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498) ~[na:1.8.0_111]
at org.jruby.javasupport.JavaMethod.invokeDirectWithExceptionHandling(JavaMethod.java:425) [jruby-complete-1.7.9.jar:na]
at org.jruby.javasupport.JavaMethod.invokeDirect(JavaMethod.java:292) [jruby-complete-1.7.9.jar:na]
at org.jruby.java.invokers.InstanceMethodInvoker.call(InstanceMethodInvoker.java:44) [jruby-complete-1.7.9.jar:na]
at org.jruby.runtime.callsite.CachingCallSite.call(CachingCallSite.java:70) [jruby-complete-1.7.9.jar:na]
at rubyjit.Api::JavaWsController$$index_E9F115BCB78D2E226E3015CDA52C1912485D30D0262463297.__file__(/opt/sonarqube-5.6.6/web/WEB-INF/app/controllers/api/java_ws_controller.rb:34) [jruby-complete-1.7.9.jar:na]
I have tried the below to solve this issue,
1) Rebooted the server then re-installed all the plugins.
2) Cleared the $SONARQUBE_HOME/data/es folder
3) Switched the quality profile(First default then changed to custom profile).
However still same problem persists, Now only thing pending is that I need to delete the $SONARQUBE_HOME/temp/. data from sonarqube server then after reboot I need to check the analyze.

Answer 1

Is 100.101.102.103 really the IP address of your SonarQube server? If so, you might have forgotten the sonar context path in the URL somewhere in your configuration.
It should probably be something like:
http://100.101.102.103:9000/sonar
Instead of:
http://100.101.102.103:9000/

Answer 2

This seems to be fixed in version 6.5. See this issue. Alternatively, you can delete your project and it will be recreated without issues.