diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0047684
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# ---> Ansible
+*.retry
+
+# ---> Terraform
+# Local .terraform directories
+**/.terraform/*
+
+# .tfstate files
+*.tfstate
+*.tfstate.*
+
+# Crash log files
+crash.log
+crash.*.log
+
+# Exclude all .tfvars files, which are likely to contain sensitive data, such as
+# password, private keys, and other secrets. These should not be part of version 
+# control as they are data points which are potentially sensitive and subject 
+# to change depending on the environment.
+*.tfvars
+*.tfvars.json
+
+# Ignore override files as they are usually used to override resources locally and so
+# are not checked in
+override.tf
+override.tf.json
+*_override.tf
+*_override.tf.json
+
+# Ignore transient lock info files created by terraform apply
+.terraform.tfstate.lock.info
+
+# Include override files you do wish to add to version control using negated pattern
+# !example_override.tf
+
+# Include tfplan files to ignore the plan output of command: terraform plan -out=tfplan
+# example: *tfplan*
+
+# Ignore CLI configuration files
+.terraformrc
+terraform.rc
+
diff --git a/opdracht-2/gitea-runner.yml b/opdracht-2/gitea-runner.yml
index d66fa95..68ce37b 100644
--- a/opdracht-2/gitea-runner.yml
+++ b/opdracht-2/gitea-runner.yml
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@
     - geerlingguy.pip
     - geerlingguy.docker
     - gitea-runner
+    - terraform-state-backend
diff --git a/opdracht-2/roles/terraform-state-backend/defaults/main.yml b/opdracht-2/roles/terraform-state-backend/defaults/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7518d92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/opdracht-2/roles/terraform-state-backend/defaults/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+terraform_state_image: "postgres:14"
+terraform_state_container_name: "terraform_state_backend"
+terraform_state_user: "terraform"
+terraform_state_password: "tfbackend123"
+terraform_state_db: "terraform_state"
diff --git a/opdracht-2/roles/terraform-state-backend/tasks/main.yml b/opdracht-2/roles/terraform-state-backend/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..88f0ec6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/opdracht-2/roles/terraform-state-backend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+- name: Delete existing backend-container
+  community.docker.docker_container:
+    name: "{{ terraform_state_container_name }}"
+    state: absent
+
+- name: Gitea Runner container starten
+  community.docker.docker_container:
+    name: "{{ terraform_state_container_name }}"
+    image: "{{ terraform_state_image }}"
+    restart_policy: always
+    ports:
+      - 5432:5432
+    env:
+      POSTGRES_USER: "{{ terraform_state_user }}"
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: "{{ terraform_state_password }}"
+      POSTGRES_DB: "{{ terraform_state_db }}"
+    volumes:
+      - terraform_state_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data