diff --git a/attributes/scanner.rb b/attributes/scanner.rb
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+default['sonarqube']['scanner']['mirror'] = 'https://sonarsource.bintray.com/Distribution/sonar-scanner-cli'
+default['sonarqube']['scanner']['version'] = '2.5'
+default['sonarqube']['scanner']['checksum'] = 'e2ec5f4b73aa7911f10518e304db3af0146a4347b8d06fc1d4a36b8baec0d8cc'
+
+default['sonarqube']['scanner']['host']['username'] = nil
+default['sonarqube']['scanner']['host']['password'] = nil
+default['sonarqube']['scanner']['host']['url'] = 'http://localhost:9000'
diff --git a/recipes/scanner.rb b/recipes/scanner.rb
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+sonarqube_scanner_mirror = node['sonarqube']['scanner']['mirror']
+sonarqube_scanner_version = node['sonarqube']['scanner']['version']
+sonarqube_scanner_checksum = node['sonarqube']['scanner']['checksum']
+
+sonarqube_user = node['sonarqube']['user']
+sonarqube_group = node['sonarqube']['group']
+
+sonarqube_scanner_zipfile_destination = ::File.join(Chef::Config[:file_cache_path], "sonar-scanner-#{sonarqube_scanner_version}.zip")
+sonarqube_scanner_zipfile_source = "#{sonarqube_scanner_mirror}/sonar-scanner-#{sonarqube_scanner_version}.zip"
+
+sonarqube_scanner_root_dir = "/opt/sonar-scanner-#{sonarqube_scanner_version}"
+sonarqube_scanner_bin_dir = "#{sonarqube_scanner_root_dir}/bin"
+sonarqube_scanner_properties_file = "#{sonarqube_scanner_root_dir}/conf/sonar-runner.properties"
+sonarqube_scanner_profile_d_file = '/etc/profile.d/sonarqube-scanner.sh'
+
+group sonarqube_group do
+  system true
+end
+
+user sonarqube_user do
+  gid sonarqube_group
+  system true
+end
+
+remote_file sonarqube_scanner_zipfile_destination do
+  source sonarqube_scanner_zipfile_source
+  mode 0644
+  checksum sonarqube_scanner_checksum
+end
+
+package 'unzip'
+
+bash 'unzip SonarQube Scanner' do
+  code <<-EOF
+    unzip #{sonarqube_scanner_zipfile_destination} -d /opt/
+  EOF
+  not_if { ::File.exist?(sonarqube_scanner_root_dir) }
+end
+
+directory sonarqube_scanner_root_dir do
+  recursive true
+  mode 0755
+  owner sonarqube_user
+  group sonarqube_group
+end
+
+template sonarqube_scanner_properties_file do
+  source 'sonar-runner.properties.erb'
+  mode 0700
+  owner sonarqube_user
+  group sonarqube_group
+end
+
+template sonarqube_scanner_profile_d_file do
+  source 'sonar-scanner.profile.d.erb'
+  mode 0755
+  owner 'root'
+  group 'root'
+  variables(
+    sonarqube_scanner_bin_dir: sonarqube_scanner_bin_dir,
+    sonarqube_scanner_root_dir: sonarqube_scanner_root_dir
+  )
+end
diff --git a/templates/default/sonar-runner.properties.erb b/templates/default/sonar-runner.properties.erb
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+++ b/templates/default/sonar-runner.properties.erb
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+# Generated by Chef for <%= node['fqdn'] %>
+# Local modifications will be overwritten.
+
+#Configure here general information about the environment, such as SonarQube DB details for example
+#No information about specific project should appear here
+
+sonar.host.url=<%= node['sonarqube']['scanner']['host']['url'] %>
+
+<% if node['sonarqube']['scanner']['host']['username'] && node['sonarqube']['scanner']['host']['password'] -%>
+  sonar.login=<%= node['sonarqube']['scanner']['host']['username'] %>
+  sonar.password=<%= node['sonarqube']['scanner']['host']['password'] %>
+<% end -%>
diff --git a/templates/default/sonar-scanner.profile.d.erb b/templates/default/sonar-scanner.profile.d.erb
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+++ b/templates/default/sonar-scanner.profile.d.erb
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+export PATH=$PATH:<%= @sonarqube_scanner_bin_dir %>
+export SONAR_RUNNER_HOME=<%= @sonarqube_scanner_root_dir %>
diff --git a/test/integration/sonarqube_scanner/serverspec/assert_scanner_installation_spec.rb b/test/integration/sonarqube_scanner/serverspec/assert_scanner_installation_spec.rb
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+++ b/test/integration/sonarqube_scanner/serverspec/assert_scanner_installation_spec.rb
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+require 'serverspec'
+
+set :backend, :exec
+
+describe file('/opt/sonar-scanner-2.5') do
+  it { should be_directory }
+  it { should be_readable.by_user('sonarqube') }
+  it { should be_executable.by_user('sonarqube') }
+end
+
+describe file('/opt/sonar-scanner-2.5/conf/sonar-runner.properties') do
+  it { should be_file }
+  it { should be_mode 700 }
+  it { should be_owned_by 'sonarqube' }
+end
+
+describe file('/etc/profile.d/sonarqube-scanner.sh') do
+  it { should be_file }
+  it { should be_readable.by_user('root') }
+end