Question

Might be the same issue as this previuos question: WCF Proxy but not sure…

I have an HTTPS service connfigured to use transport security and, I hope, Windows credentials. The service is only accessed internally (i.e. within the intranet). The configuration is as follows:

<configuration>   <system.serviceModel>     <services>       <service name='WCFTest.CalculatorService' behaviorConfiguration='WCFTest.CalculatorBehavior'>         <host>           <baseAddresses>             <add baseAddress = 'https://localhost:8000/WCFTest/CalculatorService/' />           </baseAddresses>         </host>         <endpoint address ='basicHttpEP' binding='basicHttpBinding' contract='WCFTest.ICalculatorService' bindingConfiguration='basicHttpBindingConfig'/>             <endpoint address='mex' binding='mexHttpsBinding' contract='IMetadataExchange'/>       </service>     </services>     <bindings>       <basicHttpBinding>         <binding name='basicHttpBindingConfig'>           <security mode='Transport'>             <transport clientCredentialType = 'Windows'/>           </security>         </binding>       </basicHttpBinding>     </bindings>     <behaviors>       <serviceBehaviors>         <behavior name='WCFTest.CalculatorBehavior'>                     <serviceAuthorization impersonateCallerForAllOperations='false'  principalPermissionMode='UseWindowsGroups' />           <serviceCredentials >             <windowsAuthentication allowAnonymousLogons='false' includeWindowsGroups='true' />           </serviceCredentials>           <serviceMetadata httpsGetEnabled='True'/>           <serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults='False' />         </behavior>       </serviceBehaviors>     </behaviors>   </system.serviceModel> </configuration> 

When I run the service I can’t see the service in IE. I get a ‘this page can not be displayed’ error. If I try and create a client in VS2008 via the ‘add service reference’ wizard I get this error:

There was an error downloading ‘https://localhost:8000/WCFTest/CalculatorService/‘. There was an error downloading ‘https://localhost:8000/WCFTest/CalculatorService/‘. The underlying connection was closed: An unexpected error occurred on a send. Authentication failed because the remote party has closed the transport stream. Metadata contains a reference that cannot be resolved: ‘https://localhost:8000/WCFTest/CalculatorService/‘. An error occurred while making the HTTP request to https://localhost:8000/WCFTest/CalculatorService/. This could be due to the fact that the server certificate is not configured properly with HTTP.SYS in the HTTPS case. This could also be caused by a mismatch of the security binding between the client and the server. The underlying connection was closed: An unexpected error occurred on a send. Authentication failed because the remote party has closed the transport stream. If the service is defined in the current solution, try building the solution and adding the service reference again.

I think I’m missing some fundamental basics here. Do I need to set up some certificates? Or should it all just work as it seems to do when I use NetTcpBinding?

Thanks

Answer 1

Change

<endpoint address ='basicHttpEP' binding='basicHttpBinding' contract='WCFTest.ICalculatorService' bindingConfiguration='basicHttpBindingConfig'/> 

to

<endpoint address ='basicHttpEP' binding='basicHttpsBinding' contract='WCFTest.ICalculatorService' bindingConfiguration='basicHttpBindingConfig'/>