Error: zero application (non-infrastructure) endpoints on Azure - wcf

Question

I have a running, mature WCF service that I am trying to deploy on Windows Azure as a Web Role (with a custom wrapper, of course). My RoleEntryPoint.OnStart() method creates a ServiceHost instance, where it trips with the zero application endpoints error. The configuration (web.config) service model section is:
<system.serviceModel>
<services>
<service name="Linguasys.QualitativeAnalysis.Processing" behaviorConfiguration="defaultServiceBehavior">
<endpoint address="" behaviorConfiguration="wcfAzureWrapperStoryMapping.StoryMapperAspNetAjaxBehavior" binding="webHttpBinding" contract="Linguasys.QualitativeAnalysis.IProcessing" />
<!--
<endpoint address="soap" behaviorConfiguration="" binding="basicHttpBinding" contract="Linguasys.QualitativeAnalysis.IProcessing" />
-->
</service>
</services>
<behaviors>
<endpointBehaviors>
<behavior name="wcfAzureWrapperStoryMapping.StoryMapperAspNetAjaxBehavior">
<!--
<enableWebScript />
-->
<webHttp faultExceptionEnabled="true" />
</behavior>
</endpointBehaviors>
<serviceBehaviors>
<behavior name="defaultServiceBehavior">
<serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true" httpsGetEnabled="false" />
<serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="true" />
</behavior>
</serviceBehaviors>
</behaviors>
<bindings>
<webHttpBinding></webHttpBinding>
<basicHttpBinding></basicHttpBinding>
</bindings>
<protocolMapping>
<add binding="basicHttpsBinding" scheme="https" />
</protocolMapping>
<serviceHostingEnvironment aspNetCompatibilityEnabled="true" multipleSiteBindingsEnabled="true">
<!--
<serviceActivations>
<add relativeAddress="StoryMapper.svc" service="Linguasys.QualitativeAnalysis.Processing"/>
</serviceActivations>
-->
</serviceHostingEnvironment>
</system.serviceModel>
Never mind the activation bits, the basic HTTP binding, etc. They were added later to see whether it will work.
I see that my web.config ends up at the siteroot and approot and all the other places.
What am I missing?

Answer 1

Your RoleEntryPoint.OnStart() method runs in WaIISHost.exe which does not know anything about your web.config. For more info see http://azure.microsoft.com/blog/2010/12/02/new-full-iis-capabilities-differences-from-hosted-web-core/, and for information about how the processes run see http://blogs.msdn.com/b/kwill/archive/2011/05/05/windows-azure-role-architecture.aspx.
Two options:
Move your WCF configuration to WebRole1.dll.config (or whatever your role entry point binary's name is). Make sure you set the .config to Content and copy local.
Instantiate your ServiceHost in w3wp (ie. Global.asax).