diff --git a/internal/pkg/apis/config/v2/convert.go b/internal/pkg/apis/config/v2/convert.go
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2021-present Ciena Corporation
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package config
+
+import (
+	"strconv"
+
+	configv1 "github.com/opencord/voltctl/internal/pkg/apis/config/v1"
+)
+
+func FromConfigV1(v1 *configv1.GlobalConfigSpec) *GlobalConfigSpec {
+	v2 := NewDefaultConfig()
+
+	v2.Server = v1.Server
+	v2.Kafka = v1.Kafka
+	v2.KvStore = v1.KvStore
+	v2.Tls.UseTls = v1.Tls.UseTls
+	v2.Tls.CACert = v1.Tls.CACert
+	v2.Tls.Cert = v1.Tls.Cert
+	v2.Tls.Key = v1.Tls.Key
+	if v1.Tls.Verify != "" {
+		if b, err := strconv.ParseBool(v1.Tls.Verify); err == nil {
+			v2.Tls.Verify = b
+		}
+	}
+	v2.Grpc.Timeout = v1.Grpc.Timeout
+	v2.Grpc.MaxCallRecvMsgSize = v1.Grpc.MaxCallRecvMsgSize
+	v2.KvStoreConfig.Timeout = v1.KvStoreConfig.Timeout
+	v2.K8sConfig = v1.K8sConfig
+	return v2
+}