WCF NetTcpBinding with mex

Question

I\'m trying to publish a wcf service using nettcpbinding. I want to publish metadata, using ?wsdl. I added the following line to the config file:

Answer 1

You need to publish service metadata via http for wsdl. Add the following tag to the <system.serviceModel> tag of your config file

<behaviors>
  <serviceBehaviors>
    <behavior name = "MetadataBehavior">
      <serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled = "true"/>
    </behavior>
  </serviceBehaviors>
</behaviors>

You will also need to specify an http address where the service metadata in wsdl will be available from. Add this to the <service> node of your config file :

<host>
  <baseAddresses>
    <add baseAddress="net.tcp://localhost:8001" />
    <add baseAddress="http://localhost:8000/Service1" />
  </baseAddresses>
</host>

Then if you go to http://localhost:8000/Service1?wsdl, you should see the wsdl for your service.

Answer 2

You can try mexTcp binding and make sure your base address starts with net.tcp://.....

Answer 3

You need to use the <serviceMetadata> element.

    <behaviors>
      <serviceBehaviors>
      <behavior name="metadataSupport">
        <!-- Enables the IMetadataExchange endpoint in services that -->
        <!-- use "metadataSupport" in their behaviorConfiguration attribute. -->
        <!-- In addition, the httpGetEnabled and httpGetUrl attributes publish -->
        <!-- Service metadata for retrieval by HTTP/GET at the address -->
        <!-- "http://localhost:8080/SampleService?wsdl" -->
        <serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true" httpGetUrl=""/>
      </behavior>
    </serviceBehaviors>
  </behaviors>