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Jack Baldry 9ebcfeaf9e Update all use of docs/shared in Grafana to use keyword arguments (#74167)
* Update all use of docs/shared in Grafana to use keyword arguments

Signed-off-by: Jack Baldry <jack.baldry@grafana.com>

* Add version inference to remaining Grafana docs/shared usage

Signed-off-by: Jack Baldry <jack.baldry@grafana.com>

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Signed-off-by: Jack Baldry <jack.baldry@grafana.com>
2023-08-31 11:00:04 +01:00

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---
description: Guide for upgrading to Grafana v8.1
keywords:
- grafana
- configuration
- documentation
- upgrade
labels:
products:
- enterprise
- oss
menutitle: Upgrade to v8.1
title: Upgrade to Grafana v8.1
weight: 2800
---
# Upgrade to Grafana v8.1
{{< docs/shared lookup="upgrade/upgrade-common-tasks.md" source="grafana" version="<GRAFANA VERSION>" >}}
## Technical notes
This section describes technical changes associated with this release of Grafana.
### Use of unencrypted passwords for data sources no longer supported
As of Grafana v8.1, we no longer support unencrypted storage of passwords and basic auth passwords.
{{% admonition type="note" %}}
Since Grafana v6.2, new or updated data sources store passwords and basic auth passwords encrypted. However, unencrypted passwords and basic auth passwords were also allowed.
{{% /admonition %}}
To migrate to encrypted storage, 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.