`gitlab:uploads:migrate` migrates uploads between different storage types.
After [configuring the object storage](../../uploads.md#using-object-storage-core-only) for GitLab's uploads, you may use this task to migrate existing uploads from the local storage to the remote storage.
## Migrate to object storage
>**Note:**
All of the processing will be done in a background worker and requires **no downtime**.
After [configuring the object storage](../../uploads.md#using-object-storage-core-only) for GitLab's
uploads, use this task to migrate existing uploads from the local storage to the remote storage.
Read more about using [object storage with GitLab](../../object_storage.md).
[Read more about using object storage with GitLab](../../object_storage.md).
NOTE: **Note:**
All of the processing will be done in a background worker and requires **no downtime**.
### All-in-one Rake task
GitLab provides a wrapper Rake task that migrates all uploaded files - avatars,
logos, attachments, favicon, etc. - to object storage in one go. Under the hood,
it invokes individual Rake tasks to migrate files falling under each of this
category one by one. The specifications of these individual Rake tasks are
described in the next section.
GitLab provides a wrapper Rake task that migrates all uploaded files (for example avatars, logos,
attachments, and favicon) to object storage in one step. The wrapper task invokes individual Rake
tasks to migrate files falling under each of these categories one by one.
These [individual Rake tasks](#individual-rake-tasks) are described in the next section.
To migrate all uploads from local storage to object storage, run: