# How to upgrade to a global namespace **URL:** \ **Category:** Community Support\ **Tags:** configuration, deployment\ **Created:** [September 23, 2021, 9:37am UTC](https://community.temporal.io/t/how-to-upgrade-to-a-global-namespace/3009 "2021-09-23T09:37:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![madhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a8b319/32.png) [@madhu](https://community.temporal.io/u/madhu)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2021, 9:37am UTC](https://community.temporal.io/t/how-to-upgrade-to-a-global-namespace/3009/1 "2021-09-23T09:37:22Z")
Hi i am looking for setting up temporal XDC for dr purpose. I already have temporal running in production. When we set it up intially , i created my namespace as a local namespace and clusterMetadata.enableGlobalNamespace was set to false in the config templates. Now i want to upgrade this to a global namespace and setup XDC. Is there a way to upgrade my existing namespace to global namespace? Or will i have to terminate all my running workflows and cre create them in a new global namespace? Would be awsome if there is a migration./upgrade path available. ---
**Author:** ![Wenquan\_Xing](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.temporal.io/wenquan_xing/32/362_2.png) [@Wenquan\_Xing](https://community.temporal.io/u/Wenquan_Xing)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2021, 8:29pm UTC](https://community.temporal.io/t/how-to-upgrade-to-a-global-namespace/3009/2 "2021-09-23T20:29:51Z")
> [@madhu](#): > > Is there a way to upgrade my existing namespace to global namespace? currently there is no built-in way to simply promote / demote a namespace most functionalities supporting promote / demote are there, but the team may still need to time to wire things together & test @Yimin_Chen can probably provide more insights ---
**Author:** ![Yimin\_Chen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.temporal.io/yimin_chen/32/963_2.png) [@Yimin\_Chen](https://community.temporal.io/u/Yimin_Chen)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2021, 9:26pm UTC](https://community.temporal.io/t/how-to-upgrade-to-a-global-namespace/3009/3 "2021-09-23T21:26:41Z")
We are aware of this requirement and we understand the pain of lack of this functionality. It is on the top of our internal priority list. I personally will start working on this area starting next sprint. But I cannot give you timeline on when this will be available. ---
**Author:** ![madhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a8b319/32.png) [@madhu](https://community.temporal.io/u/madhu)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2021, 8:24am UTC](https://community.temporal.io/t/how-to-upgrade-to-a-global-namespace/3009/4 "2021-10-20T08:24:42Z")
> [@Yimin\_Chen](#): > > ement and we understand the pain of lack of this functionality. It is on the top of our internal priority list. I personally will start working on this area starting next sprint. But I cannot give you timeline on when this will be available is this being actively worked at presently? ---
**Author:** ![Yimin\_Chen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.temporal.io/yimin_chen/32/963_2.png) [@Yimin\_Chen](https://community.temporal.io/u/Yimin_Chen)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2021, 9:55pm UTC](https://community.temporal.io/t/how-to-upgrade-to-a-global-namespace/3009/5 "2021-11-08T21:55:52Z")
We have added the ability to promote local namespace to global namespace. It is merged in master: [Promote local namespace to global namespace by yiminc · Pull Request #2105 · temporalio/temporal · GitHub](https://github.com/temporalio/temporal/pull/2105) ---
**Author:** ![madhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a8b319/32.png) [@madhu](https://community.temporal.io/u/madhu)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2021, 4:53am UTC](https://community.temporal.io/t/how-to-upgrade-to-a-global-namespace/3009/6 "2021-11-12T04:53:54Z")
> [@Yimin\_Chen](#): > > promote local namespace to global namespace. It is merged in master Awsome, thanks a lot @Yimin_Chen