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Ian Ringrose
Ian Ringrose

Reputation: 51927

Is WCF Service Host (wcfSvcHost.exe) limited to local client (localhost)?

I need to set up two machines later today for a domo of a client/server app written with WCF. (Both machines have Visual Studio 2008 installed)

I have been testing the applications using the WCF Service Host (wcfSvcHost.exe) on my PC.

Will wcfSvcHost.exe let a client connect from a remote machine over HTTP (ideally port 80)?

Or is it limited to local clients (localhost) only like the Visual Studio 2008 inbuilt web server?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 978

Answers (2)

Shiraz Bhaiji
Shiraz Bhaiji

Reputation: 65491

No it is not limited to the local machine. You will need to config the project to use port 80. You may also need to open the firewall.

You should not use the wcfsvchost in a production environment

On Vista to use port 80, you also will need to run

netsh http add urlacl url=http://+:80/MyUri user=DOMAIN\user

with admin rights

On XP it is more complex...

Upvotes: 2

Dani
Dani

Reputation: 15081

It is not limited, but you better build your own configurable host. also -make sure you have no firewall blocking the ports that you are using...

Upvotes: 0

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