Moving to https = Could not find a base address that matches scheme - wcf

Question

I've created a simple WCF service in an existing web site. I've tested it and all seems well. I've now made the site require https but now when I visit the svc via a browser (or any client) I get --
Could not find a base address that matches scheme https for the endpoint with binding MetadataExchangeHttpsBinding. Registered base address schemes are [http].
Stack trace is as follows:
[InvalidOperationException: Could not find a base address that matches scheme https for the endpoint with binding MetadataExchangeHttpsBinding. Registered base address schemes are [http].]
System.ServiceModel.ServiceHostBase.MakeAbsoluteUri(Uri relativeOrAbsoluteUri, Binding binding, UriSchemeKeyedCollection baseAddresses) [phone]
System.ServiceModel.Description.ConfigLoader.LoadServiceDescription(ServiceHostBase host, ServiceDescription description, ServiceElement serviceElement, Action`1 addBaseAddress, Boolean skipHost) [phone]
System.ServiceModel.ServiceHostBase.LoadConfigurationSectionInternal(ConfigLoader configLoader, ServiceDescription description, ServiceElement serviceSection) +69
System.ServiceModel.ServiceHostBase.ApplyConfiguration() +178
Microsoft.IdentityModel.Protocols.WSTrust.WSTrustServiceHost.ApplyConfiguration() +46
System.ServiceModel.ServiceHostBase.InitializeDescription(UriSchemeKeyedCollection baseAddresses) +184
System.ServiceModel.ServiceHost.InitializeDescription(Type serviceType, UriSchemeKeyedCollection baseAddresses) +46
System.ServiceModel.ServiceHost.InitializeDescription(Object singletonInstance, UriSchemeKeyedCollection baseAddresses) +43
System.ServiceModel.ServiceHost..ctor(Object singletonInstance, Uri[] baseAddresses) +247
Microsoft.IdentityModel.Protocols.WSTrust.WSTrustServiceHost..ctor(WSTrustServiceContract serviceContract, Uri[] baseAddresses) +72
Microsoft.IdentityModel.Protocols.WSTrust.WSTrustServiceHost..ctor(SecurityTokenServiceConfiguration securityTokenServiceConfiguration, Uri[] baseAddresses) +70
Microsoft.IdentityModel.Protocols.WSTrust.WSTrustServiceHostFactory.CreateServiceHost(String constructorString, Uri[] baseAddresses) +280
System.ServiceModel.HostingManager.CreateService(String normalizedVirtualPath, EventTraceActivity eventTraceActivity) +1434
System.ServiceModel.HostingManager.ActivateService(ServiceActivationInfo serviceActivationInfo, EventTraceActivity eventTraceActivity) +52
System.ServiceModel.HostingManager.EnsureServiceAvailable(String normalizedVirtualPath, EventTraceActivity eventTraceActivity) +598

Answer 1

You need to change the configuration for the service so that the HTTPS enabled bindings are used. You may want to check out this blog post: http://weblogs.asp.net/srkirkland/archive/2008/02/20/wcf-bindings-needed-for-https.aspx
The suggested solution there is to define a custom binding within web.config/app.config and set its security mode to Transport:
<bindings>
<webHttpBinding>
<binding name="webBinding">
<security mode="Transport" />
</binding>
</webHttpBinding>
</bindings>
Then use this binding in the binding configuration for the endpoint:
<endpoint address="" behaviorConfiguration="..." binding="webHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="webBinding" contract="..." />