diff --git a/Jenkins/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkins/Jenkinsfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d701b31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Jenkins/Jenkinsfile
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+node {
+   def commit_id
+   stage('Preparation') {
+     checkout scm
+     sh "git rev-parse --short HEAD > .git/commit-id"
+     commit_id = readFile('.git/commit-id').trim()
+   }
+   stage('test') {
+     def myTestContainer = docker.image('node:16')
+     myTestContainer.pull()
+     myTestContainer.inside {
+       sh 'npm install'
+     }
+   }
+   stage('Final'){
+      echo 'Pipeline complete'
+   }
+                               
+}                                          
diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..64a8314
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+pipeline{
+    agent any
+
+   environment {
+     BRANCH_NAME = "${GIT_BRANCH}"
+   }
+
+    stages {
+        stage('Install') {
+            tools {
+                nodejs 'node16'
+            }
+            steps {
+                sh 'npm install'
+            }
+        }
+        stage('Sonar'){
+          when {
+            expression {
+              BRANCH_NAME == 'main'
+              }
+          }
+          tools {
+                nodejs 'node16'
+            }
+          steps{
+           script{
+              echo 'running Sonar stage ...'
+            }
+            script {
+                sonarqubeScannerHome = tool 'sonar'
+            }
+            withSonarQubeEnv('sonar') {
+                sh "${sonarqubeScannerHome}/bin/sonar-scanner -Dsonar.host.url=http://sonarqube:9000 -Dsonar.qualitygate.wait=true"
+            }           
+          }
+        }
+        stage('Deploy') {
+            steps {
+                echo 'Deploying....'
+            }
+        }
+        
+    }
+}
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 880e2a0..c521005 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+//entry point for the app
 const express = require("express");
 require("dotenv").config();
 const app = express();
diff --git a/jenkins/sonar.sh b/jenkins/sonar.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..50d577d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jenkins/sonar.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+export SONAR_TOKEN=sqp_7c6df26ff26031fa62f4c57849b23896bb7291cc
+export SONAR_SCANNER_VERSION=4.7.0.2747
+export SONAR_SCANNER_HOME=$HOME/.sonar/sonar-scanner-$SONAR_SCANNER_VERSION-linux
+curl --create-dirs -sSLo $HOME/.sonar/sonar-scanner.zip https://binaries.sonarsource.com/Distribution/sonar-scanner-cli/sonar-scanner-cli-$SONAR_SCANNER_VERSION-linux.zip
+unzip -o $HOME/.sonar/sonar-scanner.zip -d $HOME/.sonar/
+export PATH=$SONAR_SCANNER_HOME/bin:$PATH
+export SONAR_SCANNER_OPTS="-server"
+echo "sonar variables been set"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ccd8219..193789f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {
     "start": "node index.js",
+    "sonar": "node sonar-project.js",
     "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
   },
   "author": "",
@@ -13,5 +14,8 @@
     "dotenv": "^14.1.0",
     "ejs": "^3.1.6",
     "express": "^4.17.2"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+   "sonarqube-scanner": "^3.0.1"
   }
 }
diff --git a/sonar-project.properties b/sonar-project.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..663039d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sonar-project.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+sonar.projectKey=nodejs
+sonar.projectName=nodejsSample
+
+# we keep tests in magic directories within the main source tree
+sonar.exclusions=*.properties
+# restrict allowed global variables to only those we use
+sonar.javascript.environments=node