WebServiceHostFactory and IIS authentication

Question

I encounter a problem with using the WebServiceHostFactory in IIS.

\"IIS specified authentication schemes \'IntegratedWindowsAuthentication, Anonymous\', but the binding

Answer 1

This is what worked for me. Adding a dummy endpoint early on (before the service host is opened) as shown below seems to have done the trick. (This MSDN article hinted at this http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb412178.aspx.)

public class MyWebServiceHost : WebServiceHost
{
    public MyWebServiceHost (Type serviceType, params Uri[] baseAddresses) : base(serviceType, baseAddresses)
    {
        // Inserting this dummy endpoint config seemingly does the trick:
        AddServiceEndpoint(typeof(IMyContract), new WebHttpBinding(), string.Empty);
    }

    protected override void ApplyConfiguration()
    {
        // Typical programmatic configuration here per:
        // http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa395224.aspx
    }
}

I'm guessing this prevents WebServiceHost from creating a default endpoint, and thus shutting down a bunch of functionality.