encrypted. The encryption key has to be passed as environment variable.
- Run MinIO with KES (minio/kes) in combination with any supported KMS as
  secure key store. For example, you can run MinIO + KES + Hashicorp Vault.

> What about an exiting MinIO deployment? Can I just upgrade my cluster?

Yes, MinIO will try to transparently migrate any existing IAM data and either stores
it in plaintext (no KMS) or re-encrypts using the KMS.