error "No protocol binding matches the given address ..."

Question

I have 2 WCF serivces hosted in IIS server.

Here is web.config

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<configuration>
  <system.web>
    <compilation debug="true" targetFramework="4.0" />
  </system.web>
  <system.serviceModel>
    <bindings>
      <basicHttpBinding>
        <binding name="HttpBinding" />
      </basicHttpBinding>
    </bindings>
    <services>
      <service name="BShop.Services.BubensService">
        <endpoint address="http://localhost:9001/BubensService" binding="basicHttpBinding"
          bindingConfiguration="HttpBinding" name="" contract="BShop.Services.IBubensService" />
      </service>
      <service name="BShop.Services.OrdersService">
        <endpoint address="http://localhost:9001/OrdersService" binding="basicHttpBinding"
          bindingConfiguration="HttpBinding" contract="BShop.Services.IOrdersService" />
      </service>
    </services>
    <behaviors>
      <serviceBehaviors>
        <behavior>
          <serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true"/>
          <serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="false"/>
        </behavior>
      </serviceBehaviors>
    </behaviors>
    <serviceHostingEnvironment multipleSiteBindingsEnabled="false" />
  </system.serviceModel>
  <system.webServer>
    <modules runAllManagedModulesForAllRequests="true"/>
  </system.webServer>
</configuration>

When I try to run it I got

No protocol binding matches the given address 'http://localhost:9001/BubensService'. Protocol bindings are configured at the Site level in IIS or WAS configuration.

What I missed in config?

Answer 1

When you host your WCF services in IIS, your address defined in the service endpoints is not the one you need to use.

<endpoint 
      // this is **NOT** the address you can use to call your service! 
      address="http://localhost:9001/BubensService"

Rather, the web server, its port (usually 80) and the virtual directory plus the SVC file determine your service address. So you service addresses here would be:

http://YourServer/YourVirtualDirectory/YourServiceFile.svc/

What you can do is define relative addresses, e.g.:

<service name="BShop.Services.BubensService">
   <endpoint name="" 
             address="BubensService" 
             binding="basicHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="HttpBinding"  
             contract="BShop.Services.IBubensService" />
</service>

Then this service would be callable at :

http://YourServer/YourVirtualDirectory/YourServiceFile.svc/BubensService