I developed a simple WCF service with VS 2010. And i hosted in the default website in IIS by Adding Application and set the Physical Path
And i tried to browse the .svc file it gives me the following error:
"The configuration section 'protocolMapping' cannot be read because it is missing a section declaration"
and I tried many solutions but it doesn't work
I Created WCF Service Library has an App.config with this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
<appSettings>
<add key="aspnet:UseTaskFriendlySynchronizationContext" value="true" />
</appSettings>
<system.web>
<compilation debug="true" />
</system.web>
<!-- When deploying the service library project, the content of the config file must be added to the host's
app.config file. System.Configuration does not support config files for libraries. -->
<system.serviceModel>
<services>
<service name="EvalServiceLibrary.EvalService">
<clear />
<endpoint address="basic" binding="basicHttpBinding" contract="EvalServiceLibrary.IEvalService"
listenUriMode="Explicit">
<identity>
<dns value="localhost" />
<certificateReference storeName="My" storeLocation="LocalMachine"
x509FindType="FindBySubjectDistinguishedName" />
</identity>
</endpoint>
<endpoint address="mex" binding="mexHttpBinding" contract="IMetadataExchange"
listenUriMode="Explicit">
<identity>
<dns value="localhost" />
<certificateReference storeName="My" storeLocation="LocalMachine"
x509FindType="FindBySubjectDistinguishedName" />
</identity>
</endpoint>
<endpoint address="ws" binding="wsHttpBinding" contract="EvalServiceLibrary.IEvalService"
listenUriMode="Explicit">
<identity>
<dns value="localhost" />
<certificateReference storeName="My" storeLocation="LocalMachine"
x509FindType="FindBySubjectDistinguishedName" />
</identity>
</endpoint>
<endpoint address="net.tcp://localhost:8888/evalservice" binding="netTcpBinding"
contract="EvalServiceLibrary.IEvalService" listenUriMode="Explicit">
<identity>
<dns value="localhost" />
<certificateReference storeName="My" storeLocation="LocalMachine"
x509FindType="FindBySubjectDistinguishedName" />
</identity>
</endpoint>
<endpoint address="net.pipe://localhost/evalservice" binding="netNamedPipeBinding"
bindingConfiguration="" contract="EvalServiceLibrary.IEvalService" />
<host>
<baseAddresses>
<add baseAddress="http://localhost:8080/evalservice" />
</baseAddresses>
</host>
</service>
</services>
<behaviors>
<serviceBehaviors>
<behavior>
<!-- To avoid disclosing metadata information,
set the values below to false before deployment -->
<serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="True" 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="False" />
</behavior>
</serviceBehaviors>
</behaviors>
</system.serviceModel>
</configuration>
and i Hosted the WCF Service Library application in WCF website (My Client) has an Web.config with this:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<configuration>
<appSettings>
<add key="aspnet:UseTaskFriendlySynchronizationContext" value="true" />
</appSettings>
<system.web>
<compilation debug="false" targetFramework="4.5" />
<httpRuntime targetFramework="4.5"/>
</system.web>
<system.serviceModel>
<services>
<service name="EvalServiceLibrary.EvalService">
<endpoint address="" binding="wsHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="" contract="EvalServiceLibrary.IEvalService" />
<endpoint address="mex" binding="mexHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="" contract="IMetadataExchange" />
<endpoint address="basic" binding="basicHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="" contract="EvalServiceLibrary.IEvalService" />
</service>
</services>
<behaviors>
<serviceBehaviors>
<behavior>
<!-- To avoid disclosing metadata information, set the values below to false before deployment -->
<serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true" 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="false"/>
</behavior>
</serviceBehaviors>
</behaviors>
<protocolMapping>
<add binding="basicHttpsBinding" scheme="https" />
</protocolMapping>
<serviceHostingEnvironment aspNetCompatibilityEnabled="true" multipleSiteBindingsEnabled="true" />
</system.serviceModel>
<system.webServer>
<modules runAllManagedModulesForAllRequests="true"/>
<!--
To browse web app root directory during debugging, set the value below to true.
Set to false before deployment to avoid disclosing web app folder information.
-->
<directoryBrowse enabled="true"/>
</system.webServer>
</configuration>
Amr,
This sounds like you may have permission issues in the folder you .svc is running from, please can you check and see if the following permissions are there:
For the issue with protocol Mapping, please ensure that the app Pool you are using for the IIS site is setup to use .net 4, as from what I understand protocol mapping is only available in .net 4.
Hope this helps