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description: Guide for upgrading to Grafana v8.1
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keywords:
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- grafana
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- configuration
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- documentation
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- upgrade
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title: Upgrade to Grafana v8.1
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menutitle: Upgrade to v8.1
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weight: 2800
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---
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# Upgrade to Grafana v8.1
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{{< docs/shared "upgrade/upgrade-common-tasks.md" >}}
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## Technical notes
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This section describes technical changes associated with this release of Grafana.
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### Use of unencrypted passwords for data sources no longer supported
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As of Grafana v8.1, we no longer support unencrypted storage of passwords and basic auth passwords.
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> **Note:** Since Grafana v6.2, new or updated data sources store passwords and basic auth passwords encrypted. See [upgrade note]({{< relref "#ensure-encryption-of-data-source-secrets" >}}) for more information. However, unencrypted passwords and basic auth passwords were also allowed.
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To migrate to encrypted storage, follow the instructions from the [v6.2 upgrade notes]({{< relref "#ensure-encryption-of-data-source-secrets" >}}). You can also use a `grafana-cli` command to migrate all of your data sources to use encrypted storage of secrets. See [migrate data and encrypt passwords]({{< relref "../../cli/#migrate-data-and-encrypt-passwords" >}}) for further instructions.
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