There is also some upgrade/migration guidance on the NiFi Wiki [1].

It hasn’t been reviewed/updated recently, so if you have any feedback that 
would be much appreciated.

Thanks,
Drew

[1] https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NIFI/1.x.0+to+1.x.0+Upgrade 
<https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NIFI/1.x.0+to+1.x.0+Upgrade>


> On Nov 8, 2022, at 11:05 AM, Vijay Chhipa <vchh...@apple.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi HORNEMAN,
> 
> What I have done is the first option you mentioned, "move the users.xml and 
> authorizations.xml files to the new instances and then add the instances 
> manually” 
> The reason of this is that the authorizations for instances are just a few 
> while authorization for users could be a lot based on how granular your 
> groups, and permissions are. 
> 
> Vijay
> 
> 
>> On Nov 8, 2022, at 9:51 AM, Quentin HORNEMAN GUTTON 
>> <qhornemangut...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hello
>> 
>> I am currently trying to migrate users and their rights from a NiFi 1.13.2 
>> cluster to a NiFi 1.16.3 cluster on new servers. What are the steps to 
>> follow to keep the old users with the new configuration ? 
>> 
>> Should I move the users.xml and authorizations.xml files to the new 
>> instances and then add the instances manually ?
>> 
>> Or should I launch the new instances and manually add the old users?
>> 
>> Or is there a better solution?
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> 
>> HORNEMAN GUTTON Quentin
> 

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