Auto-resolving a hostname in WCF Metadata Publishing

Question

I am running a self-hosted WCF service. In the service configuration, I am using localhost in my BaseAddresses that I hook my endpoints to. When trying to con

Answer 1

What .NET version are you using? If you're using .NET 4.0, add the UseRequestHeadersForMetadataAddressBehavior to your service host:

UseRequestHeadersForMetadataAddressBehavior urh = 
    new UseRequestHeadersForMetadataAddressBehavior();
serviceHost.Description.Behaviors.Add(urh);

Obviously, this needs to be done prior to opening the service host.

If you're using .NET 3.5, there's a hotfix that adds this behavior: support.microsoft.com/kb/971842.