How to add wcf service at runtime

Question

How can i add wcf service at runtime in my winform UI. I created a wcf service which return running processes of hosted machine. I want to add the hosted machine service in

Answer 1

You need to change endpoints dynamically at runtime, so You need WCF Discovery.

Structure :

WCF Consumer(s) <---> WCF Discovery Service <---> WCF Service(s)

Implementation :

1. How to: Implement a Discovery Proxy
2. How to: Implement a Discoverable Service that Registers with the Discovery Proxy
3. How to: Implement a Client Application that Uses the Discovery Proxy to Find a Service

Topology :

• Start Discovery Service [ Structure BackBone ]
• Start Service(s) [ Every Service will ANNOUNCE its startup to the Discovery Service ]
• Start Client(s) [ Every Client will DISCOVER ( FIND & RESOLVE ) Services' endpoints from the Discovery Service ]

Notes :

• Discovery process uses UDP ( Check your Firewall, It can block connections )
• Services MUST announce their startup, thus Self-Hosted services is OK, but IIS-Hosted 5/6 ones is NOT because they started automatically when 1st invoke happends !

Solving IIS-Hosted 5/6 Issue :

• By Extending Hosting Using ServiceHostFactory

So that you can start your IIS-Hosted 5/6 services manually without being invoked for the first time

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You can also use WCF Routing Service.

BROTHER TIP :
Don't go far for a Serverless ( No-BackBone, No-BootleNeck, Fully-Distributed, .. etc ) ideal topology, this'll blowup your head and got you crazy :D

For a beginner, I suggest you this tutorial [ WCF Tutorials ]