trying to consume wcf service but I think my web.config file is incorrect

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I am having try trying to consume a service. I am trying to deploy it to a server and consume it however I get this error. I have created a web application and added a wcf service. I am getting this

Server stack trace: at System.ServiceModel.Channels.HttpChannelUtilities.ValidateRequestReplyResponse(HttpWebRequest request, HttpWebResponse response, HttpChannelFactory factory, WebException responseException, ChannelBinding channelBinding) at System.ServiceModel.Channels.HttpChannelFactory.HttpRequestChannel.HttpChannelRequest.WaitForReply(TimeSpan timeout) at System.ServiceModel.Channels.RequestChannel.Request(Message message, TimeSpan timeout) at System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.RequestChannelBinder.Request(Message message, TimeSpan timeout) at System.ServiceModel.Channels.ServiceChannel.Call(String action, Boolean oneway, ProxyOperationRuntime operation, Object[] ins, Object[] outs, TimeSpan timeout) at System.ServiceModel.Channels.ServiceChannelProxy.InvokeService(IMethodCallMessage methodCall, ProxyOperationRuntime operation) at System.ServiceModel.Channels.ServiceChannelProxy.Invoke(IMessage message)

Exception rethrown at [0]: at System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RealProxy.HandleReturnMessage(IMessage reqMsg, IMessage retMsg) at System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RealProxy.PrivateInvoke(MessageData& msgData, Int32 type) at IBusinessV1.CheckForUpdate(String currentVersion) at BusinessV1Client.CheckForUpdate(String currentVersion)

Is there something wrong with my config?

<system.serviceModel>
   <services>
      <service name="SP.WebWCF.Business_v1">
          <endpoint 
             address="https://services.mydomain.com" 
             binding="basicHttpBinding"
             bindingConfiguration="" 
             contract="SP.WebWCF.IBusiness_v1"
             listenUri="/" isSystemEndpoint="true" />
      </service>
    </services>
    <behaviors>
       <serviceBehaviors>
           <behavior>
              <serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true"/>
              <serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="false"/>
           </behavior>
       </serviceBehaviors>
    </behaviors>
    <serviceHostingEnvironment multipleSiteBindingsEnabled="true" />
</system.serviceModel>

marc_s marc_s · Accepted Answer · 2010-11-14T10:42:02

Ok, so your did show the server config, but you never really told us what the error is - you show the stack trace - but not the error message.....

Anyway, looking at your service config, one thing seems a bit odd - your service address:

address="https://services.mydomain.com" 
binding="basicHttpBinding"

Typically this would either be something like

address="https://services.mydomain.com/MyServiceVirtualDir/MyService.svc"

if you're hosting your service inside IIS, or something like

address="https://services.mydomain.com/MyService"

if you're self-hosting in a Windows NT service or something.

Can you double-check your address - are you 100% sure it's correct??

Update: also, you're using https://, however, you're not showing any security-settings in your service config. Just for test: can you invoke your service when you change the service address in the config to just http:// ??

trying to consume wcf service but I think my web.config file is incorrect

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