How to use SSL with a WCF web service? - wcf

Question

I have a web service in asp.net running and everything works fine. Now I need to access some methods in that web-service using SSL. It works perfect when I contact the web-service using http:// but with https:// I get "There was no endpoint listening at https://...".
Can you please help me on how to set up my web.config to support both http and https access to my web service. I have tried to follow guidelines but I can't get it working.
Some code:
My TestService.svc:
[ServiceContract(Namespace = "")]
[AspNetCompatibilityRequirements(RequirementsMode = AspNetCompatibilityRequirementsMode.Allowed)]
public class TestService
{
[OperationContract]
[WebGet(ResponseFormat = WebMessageFormat.Json)]
public bool validUser(string email) {
return true;
}
}
My Web.config:
<system.serviceModel>
<serviceHostingEnvironment aspNetCompatibilityEnabled="true" multipleSiteBindingsEnabled="true" />
<behaviors>
<endpointBehaviors>
<behavior name="ServiceAspNetAjaxBehavior">
<enableWebScript />
</behavior>
</endpointBehaviors>
<serviceBehaviors>
<behavior name="ServiceBehavior">
<serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="true" />
</behavior>
<behavior name="">
<serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true" />
<serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="false" />
</behavior>
</serviceBehaviors>
</behaviors>
<services>
<service behaviorConfiguration="ServiceBehavior" name="TestService">
<endpoint address="" behaviorConfiguration="ServiceAspNetAjaxBehavior"
binding="webHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="ServiceBinding"
contract="TestService" />
</service>
</services>
<bindings>
<webHttpBinding>
<binding name="ServiceBinding" maxBufferPoolSize="1000000" maxReceivedMessageSize="1000000">
<readerQuotas maxDepth="1000000" maxStringContentLength="1000000" maxArrayLength="1000000" maxBytesPerRead="1000000" maxNameTableCharCount="1000000"/>
</binding>
</webHttpBinding>
</bindings>
</system.serviceModel>

Answer 1

Instead of using the webHttpBinding, try creating a customBinding instead:
<customBinding>
<binding name="poxBindingHttps" closeTimeout="00:00:20">
<textMessageEncoding writeEncoding="utf-8" />
<httpsTransport manualAddressing="true"/>
</binding>
<binding name="poxBindingHttp" closeTimeout="00:00:20">
<textMessageEncoding writeEncoding="utf-8" />
<httpTransport manualAddressing="true"/>
</binding>
</customBinding>
You'll also need to setup the webHttpBehavior like so:
<behaviors>
<endpointBehaviors>
<behavior name="ajaxBehavior">
<enableWebScript/>
<webHttp/>
</behavior>
</endpointBehaviors>
</behaviors>
And finally, your service & endpoint:
<services>
<service name="TestService">
<endpoint name="sslDefault" address="" binding="customBinding" bindingConfiguration="poxBindingHttps" behaviorConfiguration="ajaxBehavior" contract="TestService"/>
<endpoint name="noSslDefault" address="" binding="customBinding" bindingConfiguration="poxBindingHttp" behaviorConfiguration="ajaxBehavior" contract="TestService"/>
</service>
</services>
Hopefully that works out for you in creating an SSL endpoint

Answer 2

It sounds like there is more an issue with IIS no listening on port 443 (The port used for HTTPS). Check IIS that there is a certificate installed and that it is listening on the secure port.