Upgrade MinIO KMS on Upstream Kubernetes

You can upgrade the MinIO Key Management Service (KMS) version in a given cluster by specifying a new image to the Helm chart.

Review and complete all prerequisites before proceeding.

1. Make a backup of the current state of your KMS cluster.

   minkms backup
   

2. Use your preferred text editor to open the minkms-operator-values.yaml file used when installing the KMS.

   For example, to open the file in nano from the current directory, use the following:

   nano minkms-operator-values.yaml
   

3. Update the values in minkms.image and save the changes.

   The following updates the image to RELEASE.2025-11-12T19-14-51Z.

   After modification, the file should resemble the following:

   minkms:
      image:
         repository: quay.io/minio/aistor/minkms
         tag: RELEASE.2025-11-12T19-14-51Z
         pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
   

4. Apply the updated values to upgrade the deployment.

   helm upgrade minkms-operator minio/minkms-operator --reuse-values -n minkms-operator -f minkms-operator-values.yaml
   

   If successful, the command outputs a summary of installed resources.

   To validate the installation, run kubectl get all -n minkms-operator and check the status of deployed resources.