# Watermark sonarqube
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/watermark-sonarqube/350406
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [January 4, 2024, 6:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/watermark-sonarqube/350406 "2024-01-04T18:30:29Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@walterh91](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/walterh91)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2024, 6:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/watermark-sonarqube/350406/1 "2024-01-04T18:30:29Z")
Hello how are you?
Currently, I am using two versions of SonarQube:
Development environment: Community Edition Version 9.1 (build 47736)
Production environment: Developer Edition Version 9.9.1 (build 69595)
In both cases, I need to modify the SonarQube watermark. By default, these values are set to around 85-90% of the disk size, but I need to reduce the disk space even more without affecting the performance of the Sonar analysis.
To achieve this, I have performed tests that involve editing the elasticsearch.yml file and the properties.sonar file, as well as disabling the threshold\_enabled option. For example:
In the sonar.properties file:
yaml
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cluster.routing.allocation.disk.threshold\_enabled: false
cluster.routing.allocation.disk.watermark.low: 5%
cluster.routing.allocation.disk.watermark.high: 5%
cluster.routing.allocation.disk.watermark.flood\_stage: 10%
Is there a possibility to modify the elasticsearch.yml file for SonarQube?
I thank you in advance for your attention and I hope I have clearly explained my query.
Kind regards.
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### Author:  [@Rios](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rios)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2024, 7:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/watermark-sonarqube/350406/2 "2024-01-04T19:05:01Z")
Welcome to the community.
I would say SonarQube has own sonar.properties.
However, you can try to set directly in ES SQ instance. Check [this](https://github.com/vanderby/SonarQube-AzureAppService/issues/40#issuecomment-624515662)
You do not need to fully disable, you can try to set temp values as transient.
```auto
PUT _cluster/settings
{
"transient": {
"cluster.routing.allocation.disk.watermark.low": "100gb",
"cluster.routing.allocation.disk.watermark.high": "50gb",
"cluster.routing.allocation.disk.watermark.flood_stage": "10gb",
"cluster.info.update.interval": "1m"
}
}
```
Clean unused docs from indices to get more space, and return to the standard watermark values.
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### Author:  [@walterh91](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/walterh91)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2024, 1:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/watermark-sonarqube/350406/3 "2024-01-05T01:17:25Z")
Good evening,
Thank you very much for your response. I tried what the post suggests. I also posted the same question on the SonarQube forum, but they mentioned that it is not possible to disable the watermark. That's why I would like to be able to edit these parameters and set them to the minimum levels if possible.
Thank you again for your response.
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### Author:  [@Rios](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rios)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2024, 7:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/watermark-sonarqube/350406/4 "2024-01-05T07:17:18Z")
It's not possible directly but try a workaround. This question was for SQ, however we can provide a suggestion.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2024, 7:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/watermark-sonarqube/350406/5 "2024-02-02T07:17:41Z")
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