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+# Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+
+import os
+import sys
+from synchronizers.new_base.SyncInstanceUsingAnsible import SyncStep
+from synchronizers.new_base.modelaccessor import VSGHWServiceInstance
+
+from xosconfig import Config
+from multistructlog import create_logger
+from time import sleep
+import requests
+
+log = create_logger(Config().get('logging'))
+
+# parentdir = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "..")
+# sys.path.insert(0, parentdir)
+# sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(__file__))
+
+class SyncVSGHWServiceInstance(SyncStep):
+    provides = [VSGHWServiceInstance]
+
+    observes = VSGHWServiceInstance
+
+    def sync_record(self, o):
+        log.info("Sync'ing VSG-HW Service Instance", service_instance=o)
+
+    def delete_record(self, o):
+        log.info("Deleting VSG-HW Service Instance", service_instance=o)
+        pass
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