2 files changed, 18 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/sonar-plugin-api/src/main/java/org/sonar/api/config/AesCipher.java b/sonar-plugin-api/src/main/java/org/sonar/api/config/AesCipher.java
index 5392f3651f4..1b5ee8511ef 100644
--- a/sonar-plugin-api/src/main/java/org/sonar/api/config/AesCipher.java
+++ b/sonar-plugin-api/src/main/java/org/sonar/api/config/AesCipher.java
@@ -119,7 +119,12 @@ final class AesCipher extends Cipher {
     }
   }
 
-  private String getPathToSecretKey() {
-    return settings.getClearString(CoreProperties.ENCRYPTION_SECRET_KEY_FILE);
+  @VisibleForTesting
+  String getPathToSecretKey() {
+    String path = settings.getClearString(CoreProperties.ENCRYPTION_SECRET_KEY_FILE);
+    if (StringUtils.isBlank(path)) {
+      path = new File(FileUtils.getUserDirectoryPath(), ".sonar/sonar-secret.txt").getPath();
+    }
+    return path;
   }
 }
diff --git a/sonar-plugin-api/src/test/java/org/sonar/api/config/AesCipherTest.java b/sonar-plugin-api/src/test/java/org/sonar/api/config/AesCipherTest.java
index 2adf627e289..b9f429bc7dd 100644
--- a/sonar-plugin-api/src/test/java/org/sonar/api/config/AesCipherTest.java
+++ b/sonar-plugin-api/src/test/java/org/sonar/api/config/AesCipherTest.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 package org.sonar.api.config;
 
 import org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64;
+import org.apache.commons.io.FilenameUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.sonar.api.CoreProperties;
@@ -114,6 +115,16 @@ public class AesCipherTest {
   }
 
   @Test
+  public void testDefaultPathToSecretKey() {
+    AesCipher cipher = new AesCipher(new Settings());
+
+    String path = cipher.getPathToSecretKey();
+
+    assertThat(StringUtils.isNotBlank(path), is(true));
+    assertThat(new File(path).getName(), is("sonar-secret.txt"));
+  }
+
+  @Test
   public void loadSecretKeyFromFile() throws Exception {
     AesCipher cipher = new AesCipher(new Settings());
     Key secretKey = cipher.loadSecretFileFromFile(pathToSecretKey());