WCF SSL Rest based web service with basic authetication - wcf

Question

I have a simple WCF REST based service deployed (development ofcourse) using SSL. I am trying to make it work with basic authentication but quite frankly am getting nowhere with it.
IIS 6.0
REST based - Using webHttpBinding
Here is what my web.config looks like ... just the relevant portions:
<system.serviceModel>
<services>
<service behaviorConfiguration="ThisTestService.MyTestServiceBehavior"
name="ThisTestService.MyTestService">
<endpoint address="" binding="webHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="Secure" behaviorConfiguration="WebBehavior" contract="ThisTestService.IMyTestService">
<identity>
<dns value="localhost" />
</identity>
</endpoint>
<endpoint address="mex" binding="mexHttpsBinding" bindingConfiguration="Secure" contract="IMetadataExchange"></endpoint>
</service>
</services>
<behaviors>
<serviceBehaviors>
<behavior name="ThisTestService.MyTestServiceBehavior">
<!-- To avoid disclosing metadata information, set the value below to false and remove the metadata endpoint above before deployment -->
<serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="false" httpsGetEnabled="true"/>
<!-- To receive exception details in faults for debugging purposes, set the value below to true. Set to false before deployment to avoid disclosing exception information -->
<serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="true"/>
</behavior>
</serviceBehaviors>
<endpointBehaviors>
<behavior name="WebBehavior">
<webHttp/>
</behavior>
</endpointBehaviors>
</behaviors>
<bindings>
<webHttpBinding>
<binding name="Secure">
<security mode="TransportCredentialOnly">
<transport clientCredentialType="Basic"/>
</security>
</binding>
</webHttpBinding>
</bindings>
</system.serviceModel>
I have Anonymous authentication turned off in IIS on the virtual directory for the WCF service and Basic authentication is turned on.
When I try to access it say using https://localhost/ThisTestService/MyTestService.svc, I cannot get to it. It gives the "Could not find a base address that matches scheme http for the endpoint with binding WebHttpBinding. Registered base address schemes are [https].".
I've googled a lot but so far all my attempts to understand and fix the issue have been in vain. If I use anonymous authentication then I have no issues however I need to use basic authentication.
Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Answer 1

You need to turn on https for the virtual directory in which you are hosting the service. (As explained in the last para of this article: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa751792.aspx)