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= Migrating from the community External Secrets Operator to the External Secrets Operator for Red Hat OpenShift
include::_attributes/common-attributes.adoc[]
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[role="_abstract"]
You can migrate from the community version of the {external-secrets-operator-short}. Migrating to {external-secrets-operator} provides you with an officially supported product giving you access to enterprise-grade support. It also provides you with seamless integration from installation to upgrades.

The following migration versions have been fully tested.

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|===
| Upstream version
| Installation method
| Downstream version

| 0.11.0
| OLM
| v1.0.0 GA

| 0.19.0
| Helm
| v1.0.0 GA
|===

[NOTE]
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The migration does not support rollbacks.
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[NOTE]
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{external-secrets-operator} is based on the upstream version 0.19.0. Do not try to migrate from a higher version of the {external-secrets-operator-short}.
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// Deleting the operatorconfig
include::modules/external-secrets-operator-delete-upstream-operatorconfig.adoc[leveloffset=+1]

// Uninstalling the upstream {external-secrets-operator}
include::modules/external-secrets-operator-uninstall-upstream-eso.adoc[leveloffset=+1]

// Uninstalling the upstream {external-secrets-operator} installed by helm
include::modules/external-secrets-operator-uninstall-helm.adoc[leveloffset=+2]

// Uninstalling the upstream {external-secrets-operator} installed by OLM
include::modules/external-secrets-operator-uninstall-olm.adoc[leveloffset=+2]

// Uninstalling the upstream {external-secrets-operator} installed by raw manifests
include::modules/external-secrets-operator-uninstall-raw-manifests.adoc[leveloffset=+2]

// Removing {external-secrets-operator-short} using CLI
include::modules/external-secrets-operator-eso-install.adoc[leveloffset=+1]

// Create externalsecretsconfig and verify everything is running
include::modules/external-secrets-operator-create-externalsecretsconfig.adoc[leveloffset=+1]
