Add note on cloud database and S3 storage during migration from Community to Commercial

Author: akshat5302

self-hosting/upgrade-from-community-managed-services.md

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+---
+title: Upgrade from Community to Commercial Edition
+sidebarTitle: Upgrade to Commercial Edition
+---
+
+This guide walks you through updating your configuration to migrate existing data from a **Community** setup to a **Commercial** environment.
+
+## Step 1: Navigate to the Plane directory
+
+```bash
+cd /opt/plane
+```
+
+## Step 2: Open the environment configuration file
+
+```bash
+vim plane.env
+```
+
+## Step 3: Update the database connection
+
+1. Search for the `DATABASE_URL` environment variable.
+
+2. Replace the existing value with your **remote (managed) database URL**.
+
+Example:
+
+```env
+DATABASE_URL=postgres://user:password@remote-host:5432/dbname
+```
+
+## Step 4: Update datastore (object storage) settings
+
+1. Search for the `#DATASTORE SETTINGS` section in `plane.env`.
+
+2. Update the following environment variables as required for your managed storage setup:
+
+```env
+USE_MINIO=0
+AWS_REGION=<your-region>
+AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=<access-key>
+AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=<secret-key>
+AWS_S3_ENDPOINT_URL=<s3-endpoint-url>
+AWS_S3_BUCKET_NAME=uploads
+```
+
+> ⚠ Setting `USE_MINIO=0` disables the local MinIO service and enables external object storage (e.g., S3 or S3-compatible services).
+
+## Step 5: Restart Plane services
+
+Apply the changes by restarting the services:
+
+```bash
+prime-cli restart
+```

self-hosting/upgrade-from-community.mdx

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 - Install the [Commercial Edition](/self-hosting/methods/docker-compose#recommended-edition) on a fresh machine, not the one running the Plane Community Edition.
 - Be sure to log in as the root user or as a user with sudo access. The `/opt` folder requires sudo or root privileges.
 
+<Note>
+No backup is required if you are using a cloud database and S3 storage while migrating from Community to Commercial. Simply point your Commercial instance to the same cloud database and S3 storage. Refer to [this guide](https://app.plane.so/plane/wiki/5e4a0b13-fc55-4a3f-896f-9f0a829bfc8b/) for more details.
+</Note>
+
 ## Back up data on Community instance
 1. Download the latest version of `setup.sh`.
     ```bash