I'm trying to consume a WS-Security enabled service with WCF. Authentication works using a UsernameToken. I'm not very knowledgeable with WCF web service clients, but I think my configuration below works for regular HTTP communication. I (mostly) used this guide to configure it. The main difference is that I used the VS2010 "Add Service Reference" UI instead of a command prompt.
My problem is that I need to do this over HTTPS. When I use <security mode="Message"> in my app.config, I believe my soap envelope contains the needed WS-Security headers. I can't tell for sure because I can't get logging to work. However, I get the following error: The provided URI scheme 'https' is invalid; expected 'http'. Parameter name: via.
Below are the contents of my app.config file, as well as a sample of my client code.
<configuration>
<system.serviceModel>
<bindings>
<wsHttpBinding>
<binding name="Omitted" closeTimeout="00:01:00" openTimeout="00:01:00" receiveTimeout="00:10:00" sendTimeout="00:01:00" allowCookies="false" bypassProxyOnLocal="false" hostNameComparisonMode="StrongWildcard" maxBufferPoolSize="524288" maxReceivedMessageSize="65536" messageEncoding="Text" textEncoding="utf-8" useDefaultWebProxy="true">
<readerQuotas maxDepth="32" maxStringContentLength="8192" maxArrayLength="16384" maxBytesPerRead="4096" maxNameTableCharCount="16384" />
<security mode="Message">
<transport clientCredentialType="None" proxyCredentialType="None" realm="" />
<message clientCredentialType="UserName" algorithmSuite="Default" negotiateServiceCredential="false" />
</security>
</binding>
</wsHttpBinding>
</bindings>
<client>
<endpoint address="https://omitted.com/service" binding="wsHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="Omitted" contract="Omitted.Omitted" name="Omitted" />
</client>
</system.serviceModel>
var service = new OmittedClient();
service.ClientCredentials.UserName.UserName = "username";
service.ClientCredentials.UserName.Password = "password";
var response = service.DoSomething(new DoSomethingRequest());
Thanks to 500 - Internal Server error for helping me figure it out. Here are the steps I took:
Generate a proxy using Visual Studio/WCF.
Change the security mode to TransportWithmessageCredential.
Use the following code to specify a username/password.
var client = new WebServiceClient();
client.ClientCredentials.UserName.UserName = "USERNAME";
client.ClientCredentials.UserName.Password = "PASSWORD";
If you get a response back, but WCF complains when processing it, there might be a timestamp missing from the response. If that's the case, try this to fix it.
// WCF complains about a missing timestamp (http://www.west-wind.com/weblog/posts/2007/Dec/09/Tracing-WCF-Messages)
var elements = service.Endpoint.Binding.CreateBindingElements();
elements.Find().IncludeTimestamp = false;
service.Endpoint.Binding = new CustomBinding(elements);
I have a WCF client connecting to a WCF Service hosted in IIS via WsHttpBinding with Message level security and UserName client credential type.
In the client, I specify my username and password in an instance of the generated proxy class representing the service. The one proxy instance is used for all subsequent calls, and the service authenticates these credentials in the custom validator either when I explicitly call Open() or when I make my first call on the service. The validation is only made on this initial call, and not on subsequent calls. e.g.:
var client = new MyServiceClient();
client.ClientCredentials.UserName.UserName = "username";
client.ClientCredentials.UserName.Password = "password"; client.ClientCredentials.ServiceCertificate.Authentication.CertificateValidationMode =
X509CertificateValidationMode.None;
client.GetStuff1(); // authentication is made here
client.GetStuff2(); // already authenticated, no further authentication. Why/How?
client.GetStuff3(); // already authenticated, no further authentication. Why/How?
How is this session maintained? How can I configure the server and/or client so that authentication is done on each call rather than the "session" that seems to exist? Is this not determined by the <reliableSession> which I have off?
The service class is defined with these attributes:
[ServiceBehavior(IncludeExceptionDetailInFaults = true, AutomaticSessionShutdown = false, InstanceContextMode = InstanceContextMode.Single, ConcurrencyMode = ConcurrencyMode.Multiple)]
The client's app.config is as follows:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
<system.serviceModel>
<bindings>
<wsHttpBinding>
<binding name="wsHttpBindingWithAuth" closeTimeout="00:01:00"
openTimeout="00:01:00" receiveTimeout="00:10:00" sendTimeout="00:01:00"
bypassProxyOnLocal="false" transactionFlow="false" hostNameComparisonMode="StrongWildcard"
maxBufferPoolSize="524288" maxReceivedMessageSize="200000000"
messageEncoding="Text" textEncoding="utf-8" useDefaultWebProxy="true"
allowCookies="false">
<readerQuotas maxDepth="32" maxStringContentLength="8192" maxArrayLength="16384"
maxBytesPerRead="4096" maxNameTableCharCount="16384" />
<reliableSession ordered="true" inactivityTimeout="00:10:00"
enabled="false" />
<security mode="Message">
<!--
<transport clientCredentialType="Windows" proxyCredentialType="None"
realm="" /> -->
<message clientCredentialType="UserName" negotiateServiceCredential="true"
algorithmSuite="Default"/>
</security>
</binding>
</wsHttpBinding>
</bindings>
<client>
<endpoint address="http://testmachine/MyService.svc"
binding="wsHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="wsHttpBindingWithAuth"
contract="NewServiceIIS.IMyService" name="wsHttpBindingWithAuth">
<identity>
<certificate encodedValue="ZZZZ" />
</identity>
</endpoint>
</client>
</system.serviceModel>
</configuration>
This was the source of my frustration and now it is a bliss for you (i.e. you dont need to supply user/pass again)!
Yes, authentication is stored in the channel. Once channel opened, the ClientCredentials cannot be changed. Channel establishes a security context which is retained within the Channel. With wsHttpBinding and message security, this is username/password which is sent to the server everytime.
This is by design. The only way to re-authenticate is to close the channel/proxy and create a new proxy.
If you wonder what establishing security context is, have a look at What are the impacts of setting establishSecurityContext="False" if i use https?
I'm trying to create a LightSwitch management panel for a web-based app. Thats why I was setting up a WCF RIA service to interface with the WCF service of the web app. While testing the loading of the users, I discovered that LightSwitch said that it couldn't load the resource. The Immediate Window told me that a System.InvalidOperationException had occured within System.ServiceModel.dll but VS didnt actually point me towards the loc where the error would have originated. After some line for line code execution, I discovered it choked at the instantiation of the WCF proxy.
An example of the code on the WCF RIA service Class:
Public Class RIAInterface
Inherits DomainService
Private WCFProxy As New Service.UserClient() '<-- Choke Point
Public Sub New()
WCFProxy.Open()
End Sub
<Query(IsDefault:=True)>
Public Function GetUsers() As IQueryable(Of User)
Dim TempList As New List(Of User)
For Each User As Service.User In WCFProxy.GetUsers()
TempList.Add(New User With {.ID = User.ID, .FullName = User.FullName, .EmailAddress = User.Email, .Username = User.UserName, .Class = User.Class.Name, .AccountType = User.Privilege.Name})
Next
Return TempList.AsQueryable
End Function
End Class
After some fooling arround with the RIA service and LightSwitch, something changed. I ran the app and got an actual exception.
Exception Details:
Could not find endpoint element with name 'EduNetBackEnd_IUser' and contract 'EduNet.IUser' in the ServiceModel client configuration section. This might be because no configuration file was found for your application, or because no endpoint element matching this name could be found in the client element.
This is the the ServiceModel configuration in the App.config:
<system.serviceModel>
<bindings>
<wsHttpBinding>
<binding name="EduNetBackEnd_IUser" closeTimeout="00:01:00" openTimeout="00:01:00"
receiveTimeout="00:10:00" sendTimeout="00:01:00" bypassProxyOnLocal="false"
transactionFlow="false" hostNameComparisonMode="StrongWildcard"
maxBufferPoolSize="524288" maxReceivedMessageSize="65536"
messageEncoding="Text" textEncoding="utf-8" useDefaultWebProxy="true"
allowCookies="false">
<readerQuotas maxDepth="32" maxStringContentLength="8192" maxArrayLength="16384"
maxBytesPerRead="4096" maxNameTableCharCount="16384" />
<reliableSession ordered="true" inactivityTimeout="00:15:00"
enabled="true" />
<security mode="None">
<transport clientCredentialType="Windows" proxyCredentialType="None"
realm="" />
<message clientCredentialType="Windows" negotiateServiceCredential="true" />
</security>
</binding>
</wsHttpBinding>
</bindings>
<client>
<endpoint address="[Service_Address]"
binding="wsHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="EduNetBackEnd_IUser"
contract="EduNet.IUser" name="EduNetBackEnd_IUser" />
</client>
</system.serviceModel>
We have a requirement to call a WCF service from another WCF Service. To test this I build a sample console application to display a simple string. The setup is:
Console App -> WCF Service 1 -> WCF Service 2
Console App calls a method of service 1 and the service 1 method eventually calls service 2 method to return a string. I am able to call Console -> Service 1 but Service 1 -> Service 2 is not working. It throws an exception:
"Could not find default endpoint element that references contract 'ITestService2' in the ServiceModel client configuration section. This might be because no configuration file was found for your application, or because no endpoint element matching this contract could be found in the client element."
To accomplish this, I have created a WCF Service 2 with one method that returns a string (nothing fancy).
namespace TestServices
{
[ServiceContract]
public interface ITestService2
{
[OperationContract]
string GetSomething(string s);
}
}
Then I create service1 - ITestService1.cs and TestService1.cs that consumes service2 method GetSomething().
namespace TestServices
{
[ServiceContract]
public interface ITestService1
{
[OperationContract]
string GetMessage(string s);
}
}
namespace TestServices
{
class TestService1 : ITestService1
{
public string GetMessage(string s)
{
TestService2 client = new TestService2();
return client.GetSomething("WELCOME " + s);
}
}
}
Note: I create a proxy for Service2 using svcutil.exe. It creates a app.config and TestService2.cs files that I copied in TestService1 project folder to reference.
Finally, I created the console app that just creates an instance of Service1 and calls the GetMessage() method.
static void Main(string[] args)
{
TestService1 client = new TestService1();
Console.WriteLine(client.GetMessage("Roger Harper"));
Console.ReadKey();
}
When I call the service 2 directly from Console application, it works without any issue. The same config and proxy class when copied with in service 1. It throws error. The config file looks like:
config file for service 1 in console application:
<configuration>
<system.serviceModel>
<bindings>
<wsHttpBinding>
<binding name="WSHttpBinding_ITestService1" closeTimeout="00:01:00"
openTimeout="00:01:00" receiveTimeout="00:10:00" sendTimeout="00:01:00"
bypassProxyOnLocal="false" transactionFlow="false" hostNameComparisonMode="StrongWildcard"
maxBufferPoolSize="524288" maxReceivedMessageSize="65536"
messageEncoding="Text" textEncoding="utf-8" useDefaultWebProxy="true"
allowCookies="false">
<readerQuotas maxDepth="32" maxStringContentLength="8192" maxArrayLength="16384"
maxBytesPerRead="4096" maxNameTableCharCount="16384" />
<reliableSession ordered="true" inactivityTimeout="00:10:00"
enabled="false" />
<security mode="Message">
<transport clientCredentialType="Windows" proxyCredentialType="None"
realm="" />
<message clientCredentialType="Windows" negotiateServiceCredential="true"
algorithmSuite="Default" establishSecurityContext="true" />
</security>
</binding>
</wsHttpBinding>
</bindings>
<client>
<endpoint address="http://localhost:3227/WCFTestSite/TestService1.svc"
binding="wsHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="WSHttpBinding_ITestService1"
contract="ITestService1" name="WSHttpBinding_ITestService1">
<identity>
<dns value="localhost" />
</identity>
</endpoint>
</client>
</system.serviceModel>
</configuration>
config file for service 2 in service1 folder:
<configuration>
<system.serviceModel>
<bindings>
<wsHttpBinding>
<binding name="WSHttpBinding_ITestService2" closeTimeout="00:01:00"
openTimeout="00:01:00" receiveTimeout="00:10:00" sendTimeout="00:01:00"
bypassProxyOnLocal="false" transactionFlow="false" hostNameComparisonMode="StrongWildcard"
maxBufferPoolSize="524288" maxReceivedMessageSize="65536"
messageEncoding="Text" textEncoding="utf-8" useDefaultWebProxy="true"
allowCookies="false">
<readerQuotas maxDepth="32" maxStringContentLength="8192" maxArrayLength="16384"
maxBytesPerRead="4096" maxNameTableCharCount="16384" />
<reliableSession ordered="true" inactivityTimeout="00:10:00"
enabled="false" />
<security mode="Message">
<transport clientCredentialType="Windows" proxyCredentialType="None"
realm="" />
<message clientCredentialType="Windows" negotiateServiceCredential="true"
algorithmSuite="Default" establishSecurityContext="true" />
</security>
</binding>
</wsHttpBinding>
</bindings>
<client>
<endpoint address="http://localhost:3227/WCFTestSite/TestService2.svc"
binding="wsHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="WSHttpBinding_ISriWCFTestService2"
contract="ITestService2" name="WSHttpBinding_ITestService2">
<identity>
<dns value="localhost" />
</identity>
</endpoint>
</client>
</system.serviceModel>
</configuration>
Appreciate if someone can help me in resolving this issue. I also tried prefixing the contract name with namespace but it didn't work. Not sure how the same config/proxy works directly from console and not with in another service. Please HELP!!! Thanks in advance.
From my understating you have a console app that is self hosting a wcf service that service is calling a second wcf service. I am guessing you have a wcf service1 defined in dll that the console app loads and then attempts to call. I think your issue may be that sice service 1 is in a dll its not loading the config file where you have defined the link to service 2. Try creating the endpoint programmaticly and see if that gets you thorough the issue.
I've created one WCF service and deployed it on Server. When I browse this service it gives me positive response with ?wsdl URL. Now I'm trying to test the service through WCF Test client. It shows proper metadata. But when I try to invoke any of the method from the service it shows me an exception... here are the erro details with stack trace..
The HTTP request is unauthorized with
client authentication scheme
'Anonymous'. The authentication header
received from the server was
'Negotiate,NTLM'.
Server stack trace:
at
System.ServiceModel.Channels.HttpChannelUtilities.ValidateAuthentication(HttpWebRequest
request, HttpWebResponse response,
WebException responseException,
HttpChannelFactory factory)
The HTTP request is unauthorized with client
authentication scheme 'Anonymous'. The
authentication header received from
the server was 'Negotiate,NTLM'.
Server stack trace:
at
System.ServiceModel.Channels.HttpChannelUtilities.ValidateAuthentication(HttpWebRequest
request, HttpWebResponse response,
WebException responseException,
HttpChannelFactory factory)
Client Bindings:
<bindings>
<wsHttpBinding>
<binding name="WSHttpBinding_IServiceMagicService" closeTimeout="00:01:00"
openTimeout="00:01:00" receiveTimeout="00:10:00" sendTimeout="00:01:00"
bypassProxyOnLocal="false" transactionFlow="false" hostNameComparisonMode="StrongWildcard"
maxBufferPoolSize="524288" maxReceivedMessageSize="65536"
messageEncoding="Text" textEncoding="utf-8" useDefaultWebProxy="true"
allowCookies="false">
<readerQuotas maxDepth="32" maxStringContentLength="8192" maxArrayLength="16384"
maxBytesPerRead="4096" maxNameTableCharCount="16384" />
<reliableSession ordered="true" inactivityTimeout="00:10:00"
enabled="false" />
<security mode="None">
<transport clientCredentialType="Windows" proxyCredentialType="None"
realm="" />
<message clientCredentialType="Windows" negotiateServiceCredential="true"
establishSecurityContext="true" />
</security>
</binding>
</wsHttpBinding>
</bindings>
Server Bindings:
<bindings>
<wsHttpBinding>
<binding name="WSHttpBinding_SEOService" closeTimeout="00:10:00" openTimeout="00:01:00" receiveTimeout="00:10:00" sendTimeout="00:10:00" bypassProxyOnLocal="true" transactionFlow="false" hostNameComparisonMode="StrongWildcard" maxBufferPoolSize="999524288" maxReceivedMessageSize="655360000" messageEncoding="Text" textEncoding="utf-8" useDefaultWebProxy="true" allowCookies="false">
<readerQuotas maxDepth="32" maxStringContentLength="900000" maxArrayLength="900000" maxBytesPerRead="900000" maxNameTableCharCount="900000" />
<reliableSession ordered="true" inactivityTimeout="00:10:00" enabled="false" />
<security mode="None">
<transport clientCredentialType="Windows" proxyCredentialType="None" realm="" />
<message clientCredentialType="Windows" negotiateServiceCredential="true" establishSecurityContext="true" />
</security>
</binding>
<binding name="WSHttpServiceMagicBinding" closeTimeout="00:10:00" openTimeout="00:01:00" receiveTimeout="00:10:00" sendTimeout="00:10:00" bypassProxyOnLocal="true" transactionFlow="false" hostNameComparisonMode="StrongWildcard" maxBufferPoolSize="999524288" maxReceivedMessageSize="655360000" messageEncoding="Text" textEncoding="utf-8" useDefaultWebProxy="true" allowCookies="false">
<readerQuotas maxDepth="32" maxStringContentLength="900000" maxArrayLength="900000" maxBytesPerRead="900000" maxNameTableCharCount="900000"/>
<reliableSession ordered="true" inactivityTimeout="00:10:00" enabled="false"/>
<security mode="None">
<transport clientCredentialType="Windows" proxyCredentialType="None" realm=""/>
<message clientCredentialType="Windows" negotiateServiceCredential="true" establishSecurityContext="true"/>
</security>
</binding>
</wsHttpBinding>
</bindings>
Client's Client Section:
<client>
<endpoint address="http://hydwebd02.solutions.com/GeoService.Saveology.com/ServiceMagicService.svc"
binding="wsHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="WSHttpBinding_IServiceMagicService"
contract="IServiceMagicService" name="WSHttpBinding_IServiceMagicService" />
</client>
Server's Services Section:
<services>
<service behaviorConfiguration="GeoService.Saveology.com.CityStateServiceProviderBehavior"
name="GeoService.Saveology.com.CityStateServiceProvider">
<endpoint binding="wsHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="WSHttpBinding_SEOService"
contract="SEO.Common.ServiceContract.ICityStateService" />
<endpoint address="mex" binding="mexHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration=""
contract="IMetadataExchange" />
</service>
<service behaviorConfiguration="GeoService.Saveology.com.ServiceMagicServiceProviderBehavior"
name="GeoService.Saveology.com.ServiceMagicServiceProvider">
<endpoint binding="wsHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="WSHttpServiceMagicBinding"
contract="SEO.Common.ServiceContract.IServiceMagicService">
</endpoint>
<endpoint address="mex" binding="mexHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="" contract="IMetadataExchange" />
</service>
</services>
I didn't have control over the security configuration for the service I was calling into, but got the same error. I was able to fix my client as follows.
In the config, set up the security mode:
<security mode="TransportCredentialOnly">
<transport clientCredentialType="Windows" proxyCredentialType="None" realm="" />
<message clientCredentialType="UserName" algorithmSuite="Default" />
</security>
In the code, set the proxy class to allow impersonation (I added a reference to a service called customer):
Customer_PortClient proxy = new Customer_PortClient();
proxy.ClientCredentials.Windows.AllowedImpersonationLevel =
System.Security.Principal.TokenImpersonationLevel.Impersonation;
I have a similar issue, have you tried:
proxy.ClientCredentials.Windows.AllowedImpersonationLevel =
System.Security.Principal.TokenImpersonationLevel.Impersonation;
Another possible solution to this error that I found. Might not have answered OP's exact question but may help others who stumble across this error message.
I was creating my Client in code using WebHttpBinding, in order to replicate the following line:
<security mode="TransportCredentialOnly">
<transport clientCredentialType="Windows" proxyCredentialType="Windows" />
</security>
I had to do:
var binding = new WebHttpBinding(WebHttpSecurityMode.TransportCredentialOnly);
binding.Security.Transport.ClientCredentialType = HttpClientCredentialType.Windows;
binding.Security.Transport.ProxyCredentialType = HttpProxyCredentialType.Windows;
as well as setting proxy.ClientCredentials.Windows.AllowedImpersonationLevel = System.Security.Principal.TokenImpersonationLevel.Impersonation;
I had a similar problem and tried everything suggested above. Then I tried changing the clientCreditialType to Basic and everything worked fine.
<basicHttpBinding>
<binding name="BINDINGNAMEGOESHERE" >
<security mode="TransportCredentialOnly">
<transport clientCredentialType="Basic"></transport>
</security>
</binding>
</basicHttpBinding>
I see this isn't answered yet, this is an exact quote from here:
WSHttpBinding will try and perform an internal negotiate at the SSP layer. In order for this to be successful, you will need to allow anonymous in IIS for the VDir. WCF will then by default perfrom an SPNEGO for window credentials. Allowing anonymous at IIS layer is not allowing anyone in, it is deferring to the WCF stack.
I found this via: http://fczaja.blogspot.com/2009/10/http-request-is-unauthorized-with.html
After googling: http://www.google.tt/#hl=en&source=hp&q=+The+HTTP+request+is+unauthorized+with+client+authentication+scheme+%27Anonymous
Here's what I had to do to get this working. This means:
Custom UserNamePasswordValidator (no need for a Windows account, SQLServer or ActiveDirectory -- your UserNamePasswordValidator could have username & password hardcoded, or read it from a text file, MySQL or whatever).
https
IIS7
.net 4.0
My site is managed through DotNetPanel. It has 3 security options for virtual directories:
Allow Anonymous Access
Enable Basic Authentication
Enable Integrated Windows Authentication
Only "Allow Anonymous Access" is needed (although, that, by itself wasn't enough).
Setting
proxy.ClientCredentials.Windows.AllowedImpersonationLevel = System.Security.Principal.TokenImpersonationLevel.Impersonation;
Didn't make a difference in my case.
However, using this binding worked:
<security mode="TransportWithMessageCredential">
<transport clientCredentialType="Windows" />
<message clientCredentialType="UserName" />
</security>
I had the same error today, after deploying our service calling an external service to the staging environment in azure. Local the service called the external service without errors, but after deployment it didn't.
In the end it turned out to be that the external service has a IP validation. The new environment in Azure has another IP and it was rejected.
So if you ever get this error calling external services
It might be an IP restriction.
I had this error too , and finally this codes worked for me in dot net core 3.1
first install svcutil in command prompt : dotnet tool install --global dotnet-svcutil
Then close command prompt and open it again.
Then create the Reference.cs in command prompt :
dotnet-svcutil http://YourService.com/SayHello.svc
(It needs an enter key and UserName and Password)
Add a folder named Connected Services to project root.
Copy Reference.cs file to Connected Services folder.
Add these 4 lines to Reference.cs after lines where creating BasicHttpBinding and setting MaxBufferSize :
result.Security.Mode = BasicHttpSecurityMode.TransportCredentialOnly;
result.Security.Transport.ClientCredentialType = HttpClientCredentialType.Basic;
result.Security.Transport.ProxyCredentialType = HttpProxyCredentialType.None;
result.Security.Message.ClientCredentialType = BasicHttpMessageCredentialType.UserName;
Use this service in your Controller :
public async Task<string> Get()
{
try
{
var client = new EstelamClient();
client.ClientCredentials.UserName.UserName = "YourUserName";
client.ClientCredentials.UserName.Password = "YourPassword";
var res = await client.EmployeeCheckAsync("service parameters");
return res.ToString();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
return ex.Message + " ************ stack : " + ex.StackTrace;
}
}
Do not forget install these packages in csproj :
<PackageReference Include="System.ServiceModel.Duplex" Version="4.6.*" />
<PackageReference Include="System.ServiceModel.Http" Version="4.6.*" />
<PackageReference Include="System.ServiceModel.NetTcp" Version="4.6.*" />
<PackageReference Include="System.ServiceModel.Security" Version="4.6.*" />
Just got this problem on a development machine (production works just fine). I modify my config in IIS to allow anonymous access and put my name and password as credential.
Not the best way I am sure but it works for testing purposes.
Try providing username and password in your client like below
client.ClientCredentials.UserName.UserName = #"Domain\username";
client.ClientCredentials.UserName.Password = "password";