Sitecore Configuration issue

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I'm new to Sitecore, (very new) and I'm trying to get an existing project working locally. All so far so good, apart from the error:

Could not find configuration node: contentSearch/indexConfigurations/indexUpdateStrategies/syncMaster

The references to the this in the config files are:

web.config:

 <contentSearch>
  <configuration type="Sitecore.ContentSearch.ContentSearchConfiguration, Sitecore.ContentSearch">
    <indexes hint="list:AddIndex">
      <index id="sitecore_dev_index" type="Sitecore.ContentSearch.LuceneProvider.LuceneIndex, Sitecore.ContentSearch.LuceneProvider">
        <param desc="name">$(id)</param>
        <param desc="folder">$(id)</param>
        <!-- This initializes index property store. Id has to be set to the index id -->
        <param desc="propertyStore" ref="contentSearch/indexConfigurations/databasePropertyStore" param1="$(id)"/>
        <configuration ref="contentSearch/indexConfigurations/devLuceneIndexConfiguration"/>
        <strategies hint="list:AddStrategy">
          <!-- NOTE: order of these is controls the execution order -->
          <strategy ref="contentSearch/indexConfigurations/indexUpdateStrategies/syncMaster"/>
        </strategies>

And some patch files that do the following:

 <indexConfigurations>
    <indexUpdateStrategies>
      <syncMaster>
        <patch:delete />
      </syncMaster>

EDIT Also in SiteCore.ContentSearch.DefaultConfigurations.config

          <syncMaster type="Sitecore.ContentSearch.Maintenance.Strategies.SynchronousStrategy, Sitecore.ContentSearch">
        <param desc="database">master</param>
      </syncMaster>

Can someone help me identify what I am looking for here to fix this, as it is not completely obvious

The error is relating to syncMaster update strategy which you are deleting via the patch. Why are you deleting the syncMaster update strategy? It's required for the Master index — Jonathan Robbins
Not 100% sure whats going on with it, as mentioned taken over the project and tyring to get it building locally. I think it might be different profile configurations getting mixed into the build. at the moment — James Simpson
Remove that patch for the time being and see if you get a new error or if it works correctly — Jonathan Robbins
Yea, thats cracked it... The path was in a .environment.config file for a certain profile, and it was breaking the local build. Thanks! — James Simpson
Great, glad that's sorted it - I'll add it as a full answer below for others to see in future — Jonathan Robbins

Jonathan Robbins Jonathan Robbins · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-22T14:58:53

The error message is stating that it is trying to find the syncMaster update strategy as referenced in the ContentSearch Configuration file

<strategy ref="contentSearch/indexConfigurations/indexUpdateStrategies/syncMaster"/>

Your patch config file actively removes the syncMaster update strategy from configuration.

<syncMaster>
    <patch:delete />
</syncMaster>

Therefore remove that patch file and the syncMaster will stay in config and therefore the error will be resolved.

Sitecore Configuration issue

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