diff --git a/scm-ui-components/packages/ui-types/src/IndexResources.js b/scm-ui-components/packages/ui-types/src/IndexResources.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..59cd4005da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scm-ui-components/packages/ui-types/src/IndexResources.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+//@flow
+import type { Links } from "./hal";
+
+export type IndexResources = {
+  version: String,
+  _links: Links
+};
diff --git a/scm-ui-components/packages/ui-types/src/index.js b/scm-ui-components/packages/ui-types/src/index.js
index 109fb9bb6a..89f6a40ea4 100644
--- a/scm-ui-components/packages/ui-types/src/index.js
+++ b/scm-ui-components/packages/ui-types/src/index.js
@@ -10,3 +10,5 @@ export type { Repository, RepositoryCollection, RepositoryGroup } from "./Reposi
 export type { RepositoryType, RepositoryTypeCollection } from "./RepositoryTypes";
 
 export type { Config } from "./Config";
+
+export type {IndexResources} from "./IndexResources";
diff --git a/scm-ui/src/modules/indexResource.js b/scm-ui/src/modules/indexResource.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0e4b4e3cd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scm-ui/src/modules/indexResource.js
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+// @flow
+import * as types from "./types";
+
+import { apiClient } from "@scm-manager/ui-components";
+import type { Action, IndexResources } from "@scm-manager/ui-types";
+
+// Action
+
+export const FETCH_INDEXRESOURCES = "scm/indexResource";
+export const FETCH_INDEXRESOURCES_PENDING = `${FETCH_INDEXRESOURCES}_${
+  types.PENDING_SUFFIX
+}`;
+export const FETCH_INDEXRESOURCES_SUCCESS = `${FETCH_INDEXRESOURCES}_${
+  types.SUCCESS_SUFFIX
+}`;
+export const FETCH_INDEXRESOURCES_FAILURE = `${FETCH_INDEXRESOURCES}_${
+  types.FAILURE_SUFFIX
+}`;
+
+const INDEX_RESOURCES_LINK = "/";
+
+export function fetchIndexResources() {
+  return function(dispatch: any) {
+    dispatch(fetchIndexResourcesPending());
+    return apiClient
+      .get(INDEX_RESOURCES_LINK)
+      .then(response => response.json())
+      .then(resources => {
+        dispatch(fetchIndexResourcesSuccess(resources));
+      })
+      .catch(err => {
+        dispatch(fetchIndexResourcesFailure(err));
+      });
+  };
+}
+
+export function fetchIndexResourcesPending(): Action {
+  return {
+    type: FETCH_INDEXRESOURCES_PENDING
+  };
+}
+
+export function fetchIndexResourcesSuccess(resources: IndexResources): Action {
+  return {
+    type: FETCH_INDEXRESOURCES_SUCCESS,
+    payload: resources
+  };
+}
+
+export function fetchIndexResourcesFailure(err: Error): Action {
+  return {
+    type: FETCH_INDEXRESOURCES_FAILURE,
+    payload: err
+  };
+}
diff --git a/scm-ui/src/modules/indexResource.test.js b/scm-ui/src/modules/indexResource.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8cc0137481
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scm-ui/src/modules/indexResource.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+import configureMockStore from "redux-mock-store";
+import thunk from "redux-thunk";
+import fetchMock from "fetch-mock";
+import {
+  FETCH_INDEXRESOURCES_PENDING,
+  FETCH_INDEXRESOURCES_SUCCESS,
+  FETCH_INDEXRESOURCES_FAILURE,
+  fetchIndexResources
+} from "./indexResource";
+
+const indexResourcesUnauthenticated = {
+  version: "2.0.0-SNAPSHOT",
+  _links: {
+    self: {
+      href: "http://localhost:8081/scm/api/v2/"
+    },
+    uiPlugins: {
+      href: "http://localhost:8081/scm/api/v2/ui/plugins"
+    },
+    login: {
+      href: "http://localhost:8081/scm/api/v2/auth/access_token"
+    }
+  }
+};
+
+const indexResourcesAuthenticated = {
+  version: "2.0.0-SNAPSHOT",
+  _links: {
+    self: {
+      href: "http://localhost:8081/scm/api/v2/"
+    },
+    uiPlugins: {
+      href: "http://localhost:8081/scm/api/v2/ui/plugins"
+    },
+    me: {
+      href: "http://localhost:8081/scm/api/v2/me/"
+    },
+    logout: {
+      href: "http://localhost:8081/scm/api/v2/auth/access_token"
+    },
+    users: {
+      href: "http://localhost:8081/scm/api/v2/users/"
+    },
+    groups: {
+      href: "http://localhost:8081/scm/api/v2/groups/"
+    },
+    config: {
+      href: "http://localhost:8081/scm/api/v2/config"
+    },
+    repositories: {
+      href: "http://localhost:8081/scm/api/v2/repositories/"
+    },
+    hgConfig: {
+      href: "http://localhost:8081/scm/api/v2/config/hg"
+    },
+    gitConfig: {
+      href: "http://localhost:8081/scm/api/v2/config/git"
+    },
+    svnConfig: {
+      href: "http://localhost:8081/scm/api/v2/config/svn"
+    }
+  }
+};
+
+describe("fetch index resource", () => {
+  const index_url = "/api/v2/";
+  const mockStore = configureMockStore([thunk]);
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    fetchMock.reset();
+    fetchMock.restore();
+  });
+
+  it("should successfully fetch index resources when unauthenticated", () => {
+    fetchMock.getOnce(index_url, indexResourcesUnauthenticated);
+
+    const expectedActions = [
+      { type: FETCH_INDEXRESOURCES_PENDING },
+      {
+        type: FETCH_INDEXRESOURCES_SUCCESS,
+        payload: indexResourcesUnauthenticated
+      }
+    ];
+
+    const store = mockStore({});
+    return store.dispatch(fetchIndexResources()).then(() => {
+      expect(store.getActions()).toEqual(expectedActions);
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("should successfully fetch index resources when authenticated", () => {
+    fetchMock.getOnce(index_url, indexResourcesAuthenticated);
+
+    const expectedActions = [
+      { type: FETCH_INDEXRESOURCES_PENDING },
+      {
+        type: FETCH_INDEXRESOURCES_SUCCESS,
+        payload: indexResourcesAuthenticated
+      }
+    ];
+
+    const store = mockStore({});
+    return store.dispatch(fetchIndexResources()).then(() => {
+      expect(store.getActions()).toEqual(expectedActions);
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("should dispatch FETCH_INDEX_RESOURCES_FAILURE if request fails", () => {
+    fetchMock.getOnce(index_url, {
+      status: 500
+    });
+
+    const store = mockStore({});
+    return store.dispatch(fetchIndexResources()).then(() => {
+      const actions = store.getActions();
+      expect(actions[0].type).toEqual(FETCH_INDEXRESOURCES_PENDING);
+      expect(actions[1].type).toEqual(FETCH_INDEXRESOURCES_FAILURE);
+      expect(actions[1].payload).toBeDefined();
+    });
+  });
+});