Getting started with Doppler

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A practical roadmap for onboarding to Doppler, guiding teams from initial workspace setup and security design to deploying secrets across environments, automating configuration, and rolling out secure development workflows across the organization.

Phase 1

Introduction & planning

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Weeks 1-2
Align on goals and success criteria

Phase 2

Design workspace architecture & map services to Doppler projects

Define security and access model

Outcome
Clear goals, KPIs, and rollout scope defined

Core platform setup

Projects, environments, and naming conventions finalized

Weeks 3-4
Configure RBAC & user provisioning with IdP
Provision service accounts and identities
Connect core integrations and syncs
Import secrets into Doppler

Weeks 7-8

Phase 3

Services authenticated securely
Secrets syncing automatically from existing systems
Deploy Doppler to core SD LC environments
Secrets centralized in Doppler

Set up Kubernetes with OIDC
Invite development teams to Doppler
Automate configuration with IaC
Enable approval workflows and protected environments with change requests & policies
Set up log forwarding for observability and auditability
Enable personal configs for local development
Enable automated rotation & dynamic secrets
Doppler live in production workflows

Advanced security & optimization review

Secrets and permissions managed via code
Secure cluster access enabled
Full auditability and governance in place
Developers fully enabled locally
Secrets automatically rotated and short-lived credentials enforced
Audit logs centralized and flowing to security and monitoring tools
Secure, standardized local development
Rotation, webhooks, EKM configured as needed