diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2e091c5..08b3a06 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ tasks:
     - { name: source, workspace: shared-workspace }
 ```
 
-See the [documentation](https://github.com/opendevstack/ods-pipeline-sonar/blob/main/docs/deploy.adoc) for details and available parameters.
+See the [documentation](https://github.com/opendevstack/ods-pipeline-sonar/blob/main/docs/scan.adoc) for prerequisites, details and available parameters.
 
 ## About this repository
 
diff --git a/build/docs/scan.adoc b/build/docs/scan.adoc
index 54fc299..a58d836 100644
--- a/build/docs/scan.adoc
+++ b/build/docs/scan.adoc
@@ -36,14 +36,14 @@ data:
 kind: Secret
 apiVersion: v1
 metadata:
-  name: 'ods-sonar-auth'
+  name: ods-sonar-auth
 type: kubernetes.io/basic-auth
 stringData:
   password: 'pwd'
   username: 'user'
 ```
 
-These may also be created via `kubectl`:
+These may be created via `kubectl` like this:
 ```
 kubectl create configmap ods-sonar --from-literal=url=https://sonarqube.example.com --from-literal=edition=community
 kubectl create secret generic ods-sonar-auth --type=kubernetes.io/basic-auth --from-literal=password=pwd --from-literal=username=user
diff --git a/docs/scan.adoc b/docs/scan.adoc
index 46f1493..84eb11a 100644
--- a/docs/scan.adoc
+++ b/docs/scan.adoc
@@ -40,14 +40,14 @@ data:
 kind: Secret
 apiVersion: v1
 metadata:
-  name: 'ods-sonar-auth'
+  name: ods-sonar-auth
 type: kubernetes.io/basic-auth
 stringData:
   password: 'pwd'
   username: 'user'
 ```
 
-These may also be created via `kubectl`:
+These may be created via `kubectl` like this:
 ```
 kubectl create configmap ods-sonar --from-literal=url=https://sonarqube.example.com --from-literal=edition=community
 kubectl create secret generic ods-sonar-auth --type=kubernetes.io/basic-auth --from-literal=password=pwd --from-literal=username=user
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 9b0f6c2..c3e39d0 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ go 1.19
 require (
 	github.com/opendevstack/ods-pipeline v0.13.3-0.20230908140043-a85ad6d67126
 	github.com/tektoncd/pipeline v0.49.0
+	k8s.io/api v0.25.9
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.26.5
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.25.9
 )
@@ -74,7 +75,6 @@ require (
 	gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
-	k8s.io/api v0.25.9 // indirect
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.90.1 // indirect
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20230308215209-15aac26d736a // indirect
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230209194617-a36077c30491 // indirect
diff --git a/test/e2e/main_test.go b/test/e2e/main_test.go
index 6b092c6..4c432e0 100644
--- a/test/e2e/main_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/main_test.go
@@ -1,13 +1,19 @@
 package e2e
 
 import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	ott "github.com/opendevstack/ods-pipeline/pkg/odstasktest"
 	ttr "github.com/opendevstack/ods-pipeline/pkg/tektontaskrun"
+	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -34,6 +40,7 @@ func testMain(m *testing.M) int {
 		cc,
 		ott.StartSonarQube(),
 		ott.InstallODSPipeline(),
+		installSonarQubeConfigMapAndSecret(),
 		ttr.InstallTaskFromPath(
 			filepath.Join(rootPath, "build/tasks/scan.yaml"),
 			nil,
@@ -53,3 +60,74 @@ func runTask(opts ...ttr.TaskRunOpt) error {
 		ttr.UsingTask(taskName),
 	}, opts...)...)
 }
+
+// installSonarQubeConfigMapAndSecret installs the task prerequisites.
+func installSonarQubeConfigMapAndSecret() ttr.NamespaceOpt {
+	return func(cc *ttr.ClusterConfig, nc *ttr.NamespaceConfig) error {
+		k8sClient, err := newKubeClient()
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("create K8s client: %s", err)
+		}
+		url, err := readSonarURL()
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("read SonarQube URL: %s", err)
+		}
+		_, err = k8sClient.CoreV1().ConfigMaps(nc.Name).Create(context.Background(), &corev1.ConfigMap{
+			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+				Name: "ods-sonar",
+			},
+			Data: map[string]string{
+				"url":     url,
+				"edition": "community",
+			},
+		}, metav1.CreateOptions{})
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("create ConfigMap ods-sonar: %s", err)
+		}
+		username, password, err := readSonarAuth()
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("read SonarQube authentication: %s", err)
+		}
+		_, err = k8sClient.CoreV1().Secrets(nc.Name).Create(context.Background(), &corev1.Secret{
+			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+				Name: "ods-sonar-auth",
+			},
+			StringData: map[string]string{
+				"password": password,
+				"username": username,
+			},
+		}, metav1.CreateOptions{})
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("create Secret ods-sonar-auth: %s", err)
+		}
+		return nil
+	}
+}
+
+// readSonarAuth reads the Sonar credentials from the central location.
+// Eventually, launching the SonarQube service should be moved to this repository instead.
+func readSonarAuth() (username, password string, err error) {
+	sonarAuth, err := getTrimmedFileContent("/tmp/ods-pipeline/kind-values/sonar-auth")
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	username, password, found := strings.Cut(sonarAuth, ":")
+	if !found {
+		err = errors.New("did not find expected sonar auth string")
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+// readSonarURL reads the Sonar URL from the central location.
+// Eventually, launching the SonarQube service should be moved to this repository instead.
+func readSonarURL() (string, error) {
+	return getTrimmedFileContent("/tmp/ods-pipeline/kind-values/sonar-http")
+}
+
+func getTrimmedFileContent(filename string) (string, error) {
+	content, err := os.ReadFile(filename)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	return strings.TrimSpace(string(content)), nil
+}