Other upgrade paths

Not all upgrades are from one version of GitLab to another. Other paths are available.

Convert to Enterprise Edition

You can convert your GitLab Community Edition (CE) instance to a GitLab Enterprise Edition (EE) instance:

• Convert a Linux package instance to EE
• Convert a Docker instance to EE
• Convert a self-compiled instance to EE
• Convert a GitLab Helm chart instance to EE

If required, you can revert from Enterprise Edition to Community Edition.

Convert a self-compiled instance to a Linux package

If you have a self-compiled GitLab instance, you can convert a self-compiled GitLab instance to Linux package.