# Ansible AWX upgrade from 17.1.0 to 21.9.0

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-awx-upgrade-from-17-1-0-to-21-9-0/37420>\
**Category:** AWX Project\
**Tags:** kubernetes, awx\
**Created:** [December 5, 2022, 11:26am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-awx-upgrade-from-17-1-0-to-21-9-0/37420 "2022-12-05T11:26:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Michal\_Chrusciel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/53a042/32.png) [@Michal\_Chrusciel](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michal_Chrusciel)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2022, 11:26am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-awx-upgrade-from-17-1-0-to-21-9-0/37420/1 "2022-12-05T11:26:00Z")

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Hi everyone,

I’m currently on AWX version 17.1.0. Now looking to install 21.9.0. I know that from version 18.0.0 awx\_operator has been introduced and Kubernetes for core infrastruture. May you please correct if I’m wrong but is it the best to prepare a fresh Ansible installation with 21.9.0 and then back-up/restore Postgres SQL db to keep all data from the old version?

Kind regards,  
Michał

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**Author:** ![Ricardo\_Manuel\_Gonza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9dc877/32.png) [@Ricardo\_Manuel\_Gonza](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ricardo_Manuel_Gonza)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2022, 3:24pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-awx-upgrade-from-17-1-0-to-21-9-0/37420/2 "2022-12-05T15:24:57Z")

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Hello Everyone

I am trying to upgrade from AWX version 17.1.0 to version 21.6.0 and I need to know if there is a step-by-step procedure on how to upgrade

Kind regards,

Ricardo

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**Author:** ![AWX\_Project](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@AWX\_Project](https://forum.ansible.com/u/AWX_Project)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 7:53pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-awx-upgrade-from-17-1-0-to-21-9-0/37420/3 "2022-12-07T19:53:07Z")

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You can take a look at the instructions here for upgrading from older AWX to newer ones. [https://github.com/ansible/awx-operator/blob/devel/docs/migration.md](https://github.com/ansible/awx-operator/blob/devel/docs/migration.md)

You may also look into import/export feature of awxkit or awx collection

AWX Team