Installing the report generator

The report generators are installed separately from Coverity Connect and can be installed on either Windows or Linux machines. You can obtain the Coverity Reports installer from the Downloads page in Coverity Connect. The Coverity Reports installer installs all of the report generators.

Alternatively, obtain the installer for Coverity Reports from the Coverity Connect installation directory (for example, <install_dir>/server/base/webapps/downloads/cov-reports-linux64-2026.9.0.sh or <install_dir>/server/base/webapps/downloads/cov-reports-win64-2026.9.0.exe).

To download the reports installer from Connect:

1. Log in to Coverity Connect.

2. In Help > Downloads, select the Coverity Reports installer that is appropriate for your system.

3. Save the installer application to an appropriate folder in your system.

To install the reports generators:

1. Make sure that the system you want to run the installer on can connect to the Coverity Connect server.

2. You have the option to use the install wizard or to install from the command line. To use the wizard, launch the installer, and follow the instructions in the wizard.

   To use the command line, proceed to the next step.

3. To run the installer from the command line, execute one of the following commands, depending on your operating system and your preference for quiet mode (-q) or console mode (-c). In quiet mode, there is no user interaction: installation is performed automatically using default values.

   Operating System	Command
   Windows	start /wait "" cov-reports-win64-<version_number>.exe -c
   Windows - quiet mode	cov-reports-win64-<version_number>.exe -q -dir C:/target-dir
   Linux	./cov-reports-linux64-<version_number>.sh -c
   Linux - quiet mode	./cov-reports-linux64-<version_number>.sh -q -dir ~/target-dir

   If you do not specify a target-dir for the installation, a default installation directory is used. The directory name is shown at runtime.

   You can use the following parameters in the command line:

   Parameter	Action
   -c	Run in console mode. User interaction is performed in the terminal window where the installer (or uninstaller) is invoked.
   -console	On Windows, use with -q to open a console window to display output in quiet mode.
   -dir [directory]	Set the installation directory in quiet mode.
   -Dname=value	Set system properties.
   -h	Display help.
   -manual	On Windows, in GUI mode only, manually select a Java Runtime Environment.
   -overwrite	Overwrite all files in quiet mode.
   -q	Run in unattended (quiet) mode. There is no user interaction, and installation is performed automatically using default values.
   -splash [title]	Display a progress bar in quiet mode.
   -varfile	Use a response file.

The directory where the Coverity Reports were installed contains the following files that you would be using: