diff --git a/plugins/commands/serve/client/machine_index.rb b/plugins/commands/serve/client/machine_index.rb
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+module VagrantPlugins
+  module CommandServe
+    module Client
+      class MachineIndex
+
+        attr_reader :client
+
+        def initialize(conn)
+          @logger = Log4r::Logger.new("vagrant::command::serve::client::machine")
+          @logger.debug("connecting to target index service on #{conn}")
+          if !conn.nil?
+            @client = SDK::TargetIndexService::Stub.new(conn, :this_channel_is_insecure)
+          end
+        end
+
+        def delete(machine)
+        end
+
+        def get(uuid)
+        end
+
+        def include?(uuid)
+        end
+
+        def set(entry)
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end