Server Name in WCF Service MEX

Question

User-651425173 posted

I have a service that I have been running for a while but I notice that when I visit the service in a browser, it is reporting the name of the server that the site is being hosted on not the domain. Since the service is only accessed through SSL I feel this might be why I am having connection issues with the service since the SSL cert is trying to validate my domain name not the box's name. Is there a way to get this to work in Server 2008 so that the domain not the computer name shows up?

 

 

Answer 1

User-1000095884 posted

Hi,

it is reporting the name of the server that the site is being hosted on not the domain.

I am not that understand your issue, what is the specific issue you have encountered?

Best Regards.

Answer 2

User-742633084 posted

Hi Armysniper,

For IIS hosted WCF services (over HTTP or HTTPS), you will need to configure the IIS web site's bindings (http or https specific ones) and specify a host header (as the full qualified domain name you want). Here are some former threads and web articles talking about this:

#HOWTO: Fix WCF Host Name on IIS
http://gavinmckay.wordpress.com/2009/03/24/howto-fix-wcf-host-name-on-iis/

#WCF WSDL & xsd:import schemaLocations link to local machine name not domain name while hosted in IIS
http://www.codemeit.com/wcf/wcf-wsdl-xsdimport-schemalocations-link-to-local-machine-name-not-domain-name-while-hosted-in-iis.html