diff --git a/build.py b/build.py
index b9c78c4..43c1531 100644
--- a/build.py
+++ b/build.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ use_plugin("python.distutils")
 default_task = "publish"
 
 name = "ddadevops"
-version = "2.0.8-dev0"
+version = "3.0.0-dev0"
 summary = "tools to support builds combining gopass, terraform, dda-pallet, aws & hetzner-cloud"
 description = __doc__
 authors = [Author("meissa GmbH", "buero@meissa-gmbh.de")]
diff --git a/src/main/python/ddadevops/__init__.py b/src/main/python/ddadevops/__init__.py
index a225bc1..2666312 100644
--- a/src/main/python/ddadevops/__init__.py
+++ b/src/main/python/ddadevops/__init__.py
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@ from .devops_build import DevopsBuild, create_devops_build_config, get_devops_bu
 from .devops_terraform_build import DevopsTerraformBuild, create_devops_terraform_build_config
 from .devops_docker_build import DevopsDockerBuild, create_devops_docker_build_config
 from .hetzner_mixin import HetznerMixin, add_hetzner_mixin_config
-from .digitalocean_mixin import DigitaloceanMixin, add_digitalocean_mixin_config
+from .digitalocean_terraform_build import DigitaloceanTerraformBuild, create_digitalocean_terraform_build_config
+from .digitalocean_backend_properties_mixin import DigitaloceanBackendPropertiesMixin, add_digitalocean_backend_properties_mixin_config
 from .exoscale_mixin import ExoscaleMixin, add_exoscale_mixin_config
 from .aws_backend_properties_mixin import AwsBackendPropertiesMixin, add_aws_backend_properties_mixin_config
 from .aws_mfa_mixin import AwsMfaMixin, add_aws_mfa_mixin_config
 from .aws_rds_pg_mixin import AwsRdsPgMixin, add_aws_rds_pg_mixin_config
-from .dda_simple_mixin import DdaSimpleMixin, add_dda_simple_mixin_config
 from .provs_k3s_mixin import ProvsK3sMixin, add_provs_k3s_mixin_config
 from .python_util import execute
 
diff --git a/src/main/python/ddadevops/digitalocean_backend_properties_mixin.py b/src/main/python/ddadevops/digitalocean_backend_properties_mixin.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cd96512
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/python/ddadevops/digitalocean_backend_properties_mixin.py
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+from dda_python_terraform import *
+from .devops_terraform_build import DevopsTerraformBuild
+
+
+def add_digitalocean_backend_properties_mixin_config(config, account_name):
+    config.update({'DigitaloceanBackendPropertiesMixin':
+                   {'account_name': account_name}})
+    return config
+
+
+class DigitaloceanBackendPropertiesMixin(DigitaloceanTerraformBuild):
+
+    def __init__(self, project, config):
+        super().__init__(project, config)
+        aws_mixin_config = config['DigitaloceanBackendPropertiesMixin']
+        self.account_name = aws_mixin_config['account_name']
+        self.backend_config = "backend." + self.account_name + "." + self.stage + ".properties"
+        self.additional_tfvar_files.append(self.backend_config)
+
+    def project_vars(self):
+        ret = super().project_vars()
+        ret.update({'account_name': self.account_name})
+        return ret
+
+    def copy_build_resources_from_package(self):
+        super().copy_build_resources_from_package()
+        self.copy_build_resource_file_from_package(
+            'do_backend_properties_vars.tf')
+        self.copy_build_resource_file_from_package(
+            'do_backend_with_properties.tf')
+
+    def copy_local_state(self):
+        pass
+
+    def rescue_local_state(self):
+        pass
+
+    def init_client(self):
+        tf = Terraform(working_dir=self.build_path(), terraform_semantic_version=self.terraform_semantic_version)
+        tf.init(backend_config=self.backend_config)
+        self.print_terraform_command(tf)
+        if self.use_workspace:
+            try:
+                tf.workspace('select', self.stage)
+                self.print_terraform_command(tf)
+            except:
+                tf.workspace('new', self.stage)
+                self.print_terraform_command(tf)
+        return tf
diff --git a/src/main/resources/terraform/do_backend_properties_vars.tf b/src/main/resources/terraform/do_backend_properties_vars.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d261cf7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/resources/terraform/do_backend_properties_vars.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+variable "bucket" {}
+variable "key" {}
+variable "kms_key_id" {}
+variable "region" {}
+variable "account_name" {}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/resources/terraform/do_backend_with_properties.tf b/src/main/resources/terraform/do_backend_with_properties.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..560e5c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/resources/terraform/do_backend_with_properties.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+terraform {
+  backend "s3" {
+    skip_requesting_account_id  = true
+    skip_credentials_validation = true
+    skip_get_ec2_platforms      = true
+    skip_metadata_api_check     = true
+  }
+}