diff --git a/xos/synchronizer/steps/roles/create_index/tasks/main.yml b/xos/synchronizer/steps/roles/create_index/tasks/main.yml
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+++ b/xos/synchronizer/steps/roles/create_index/tasks/main.yml
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+---
+
+- name: Write index.html file to apache document root
+  template:
+    src=index.html.j2
+    dest=/var/www/html/index.html
+
diff --git a/xos/synchronizer/steps/roles/create_index/templates/index.html.j2 b/xos/synchronizer/steps/roles/create_index/templates/index.html.j2
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+++ b/xos/synchronizer/steps/roles/create_index/templates/index.html.j2
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+VMMEService
+ Tenant Message: "{{ tenant_message }}"
+