Configure SSL binding for RESTful WCF. How?

4
votes

My current config looks like so:

<system.serviceModel>
    <serviceHostingEnvironment aspNetCompatibilityEnabled="true"/>
    <standardEndpoints>
      <webHttpEndpoint>
        <!--Set limit to 5 megabytes-->
        <standardEndpoint helpEnabled="true" automaticFormatSelectionEnabled="true" maxReceivedMessageSize="5242880">
          <readerQuotas maxDepth="2147483647" maxStringContentLength="2147483647"
                        maxArrayLength="2147483647"
                        maxBytesPerRead="2147483647"
                        maxNameTableCharCount="2147483647" />

        </standardEndpoint>

      </webHttpEndpoint>
    </standardEndpoints>
  </system.serviceModel>

This works when I have http and https bindings both configured for my website.

I connect to service via https and everything works great.

Now I want to remove http binding on IIS completely. And I started to get error like this:

Could not find a base address that matches scheme http for the endpoint with binding WebHttpBinding. Registered base address schemes are [https].

[InvalidOperationException: Could not find a base address that matches scheme http for the endpoint with binding WebHttpBinding. Registered base address schemes are [https].]
System.ServiceModel.ServiceHostBase.MakeAbsoluteUri(Uri relativeOrAbsoluteUri, Binding binding, UriSchemeKeyedCollection baseAddresses) +16582113
System.ServiceModel.Description.ConfigLoader.ConfigureEndpointAddress(ServiceEndpointElement serviceEndpointElement, ServiceHostBase host, ServiceEndpoint endpoint) +117
System.ServiceModel.Description.ConfigLoader.ConfigureEndpoint(StandardEndpointElement standardEndpointElement, ServiceEndpointElement serviceEndpointElement, ContextInformation context, ServiceHostBase host, ServiceDescription description, ServiceEndpoint& endpoint, Boolean omitSettingEndpointAddress) +937
System.ServiceModel.Description.ConfigLoader.LookupEndpoint(ServiceEndpointElement serviceEndpointElement, ContextInformation context, ServiceHostBase host, ServiceDescription description, Boolean omitSettingEndpointAddress) +8728167
System.ServiceModel.Web.WebServiceHost.AddAutomaticWebHttpBindingEndpoints(ServiceHost host, IDictionary`2 implementedContracts, String multipleContractsErrorMessage, String standardEndpointKind) +982
System.ServiceModel.Web.WebServiceHost.OnOpening() +311
System.ServiceModel.Channels.CommunicationObject.Open(TimeSpan timeout) +612
System.ServiceModel.HostingManager.ActivateService(String normalizedVirtualPath) +255
System.ServiceModel.HostingManager.EnsureServiceAvailable(String normalizedVirtualPath) +1172

[ServiceActivationException: The service '/DEMO/mobile' cannot be activated due to an exception during compilation. The exception message is: Could not find a base address that matches scheme http for the endpoint with binding WebHttpBinding. Registered base address schemes are [https]..] System.Runtime.AsyncResult.End(IAsyncResult result) +901424
System.ServiceModel.Activation.HostedHttpRequestAsyncResult.End(IAsyncResult result) +178702
System.Web.CallHandlerExecutionStep.OnAsyncHandlerCompletion(IAsyncResult ar) +136

I found bunch of samples for WCF but REST WCF looks different on config side and I want to understand why it compains. From looks of my config - it should not work over SSL at all but it does work when https binding present..

3
c#.netwcfrestweb-config
If you want to remove the http binding on IIS just right click on the website select edit bindings option and delete the http protocol from the bindings list. That should be enough – Rajesh
No. If I do that - I get exactly error I posted. – katit
Are you trying to access the url with http? – Rajesh
No.I want to leave HTTPS only. If I remove http binding I get this error – katit
Can you create a new website and just map the https binding and deploy your application in that website and check if thatworks? – Rajesh

3 Answers

3
votes

Do what the error says... fix your binding 

 <services>
      <service name="service" behaviorConfiguration="serviceBehavior">
        <endpoint address="" binding="webHttpBinding"
              bindingConfiguration="https"
contract="IContract" behaviorConfiguration="endpointBehavior">
        </endpoint>
      </service>
    </services> 

<bindings>
 <webHttpBinding>
  <binding name="https" maxReceivedMessageSize="65536">
    <security mode="Transport" />
    <readerQuotas maxDepth="2147483647" maxStringContentLength="2147483647"
                        maxArrayLength="2147483647"
                        maxBytesPerRead="2147483647"
                        maxNameTableCharCount="2147483647" />

  </binding>
 </webHttpBinding>
</bindings>
1
votes

The accepted answer did not work for me because I needed to keep my standard endpoints element. I was able to remove my http-binding and only leave the https-binding in IIS by adding a <webHttpBinding> section to my Web.config

Make sure to not set the name property on the <binding>, otherwise this will not work

Relevant part of my Web.config:

 <system.serviceModel>
    <serviceHostingEnvironment aspNetCompatibilityEnabled="true" />
    <bindings>
      <webHttpBinding>
        <binding>
          <!-- Comment out the following line if HTTP is used. If HTTPS is used, leave it enabled -->
          <security mode="Transport"/>
        </binding>
      </webHttpBinding>
    </bindings>
    <standardEndpoints>
      <webHttpEndpoint>
        <standardEndpoint name="" helpEnabled="false" automaticFormatSelectionEnabled="true"/>
      </webHttpEndpoint>
    </standardEndpoints>
  </system.serviceModel>
0
votes

Try this

<system.serviceModel>
<serviceHostingEnvironment aspNetCompatibilityEnabled="true"/>
<standardEndpoints>
  <webHttpEndpoint>
    <!--Set limit to 5 megabytes-->
    <standardEndpoint helpEnabled="true" automaticFormatSelectionEnabled="true" maxReceivedMessageSize="5242880">
      <readerQuotas maxDepth="2147483647" maxStringContentLength="2147483647"
                    maxArrayLength="2147483647"
                    maxBytesPerRead="2147483647"
                    maxNameTableCharCount="2147483647" />

    </standardEndpoint>
    <security mode="Transport" />
  </webHttpEndpoint>
</standardEndpoints>
</system.serviceModel>