Making WCF service work

Question

I'm using Visual Studio Express 2010, I've created WCF service called OperatorService.svc. Two files were added to my App_Code IOperatorService.cs and OperatorService.cs. My web.config was updated with

  <system.serviceModel>
    <services>
      <service name="OperatorService">
        <endpoint address="https://ssl.mysite.com/WCF/OperatorService"   
            binding="ws2007HttpBinding" 
            bindingConfiguration="SecurityByTransport" 
            contract="IOperatorService" />
      </service>
    </services>
    <bindings>
      <basicHttpBinding>
        <binding name="SecurityByTransport">
          <security mode="Transport">
            <transport clientCredentialType="None" />
          </security>
        </binding>
      </basicHttpBinding>
    </bindings>
  </system.serviceModel>

Now when i'm trying to access this service online, get an error to create EndPoint but i can't figure our how to create EndPoint especially when WCF address is SSL HTTPS: enabled website.

Can someone help meh?

Answer 1

The endpoint address, if you are IIS hosting, should be either left empty or a relative address.

WCF services can have base addresses. A base address defines a core part of the address space that the service can listen on and endpoints are defined relative to that base address. If you leave the address empty then the endpoint listens on the base address.

When you are self hosting you can specify a base address in a couple of different ways: in the ServiceHost constructor or in the config file. However, if you are IIS hosting then the base address is already a given - it is the location of the .svc file

As far as HTTPS goes, if you say that you are using transport security then the base address will automatically map to HTTPS as long as that is enabled as a protocol in web application in IIS manager. However, if you are using the Visual Studio Web Development Server (aka Cassini) then that does not support SSL

Answer 2

Launch the WCF config tool (SvcConfigEditor.exe, it is a available in the menu of Visual Studio, otherwise the path should be C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0\Bin) and open your config file, it is GUI tool to help you make a correct config.

The error in the config file is an incomplete endpoint element, you need to specify some attributes on the endpoint to make it work. The easiest way is to use the config tool, but of course it can be hand written. MSDN has a reference on the syntax.