WCF without IIS

Question

HI all,

is it possible to use WCF, hosting WCF service and call it by a client without IIS but using TCP/IP ?

Regards

 

Answer 1

Hi

Check this

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb332338.aspx

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Answer 2

On 12/15/2011 11:14 AM, skuanet wrote:

> HI all,

>

> is it possible to use WCF, hosting WCF service and call it by a client

> without IIS but using TCP/IP ?

>

 

Yes, you can use HTTP, TCP/IP, Named Pipe or MSMQ as WCF service

communication types.

 

Answer 3

See: How to: Host WCF in a Windows Service Using TCP : http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff649818.aspx

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Answer 4

HelloHere are the steps

compile your wcf service code suppose Service implementation class name is "mytestService" and servicecontract is "ImytestService"

1.create new project i will chose windows console application for example

2.add refrence to your serviccode dll

3.add refrence to System.ServiceModel

4.Add following code in main method

ServiceHost mysrvHost=new ServiceHost(typeof(mytestService));

//configure endpoints

mysrvHost.AddServiceEndPoint(typeof(ImytestService),new NetTcpBinding(),"net.tcp://localhost:9929/MyTestService");

//you can add other endpoints if you want just copy paste and change the binding and address

now

//host the service

mysrvHost.Open();

//Hope that helps

Thankyou

 

 

 

Answer 5

For this you can use the following:

1. Self Hosting using Managed .NET application

2. Hosting in Windows Service.

 

Regards,

PuriG

Answer 6

Yes, this is possible of hosting a WCF service without IIS for net.tcp. This is the beauty of WCF service which provides many options to host a service with various binding it supports using

1.     IIS

2.     Windows Service

3.     Console Application

4.     Win Form Application

 Infect the modern IIS (> 7.0) is only capable of hosting WCF Service with other binding like tcp.

When you host WCF service in IIS, it enjoy the power of Concurrency, instantiation, security, Load Balancing and many more feature which comes with IIS  but if you do not host WCF with IIS than you need to configure your service manually or relaying on default settings.

 

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