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 the Linux package to EE
• Convert self-compiled to EE
• Convert Helm chart to EE

If you need to return to Community Edition from Enterprise Edition:

• Revert from EE to CE

Convert a self-compiled instance to a Linux package

If you have a self-compiled GitLab instance and want to convert it to a Linux package:

• Convert self-compiled to Linux