I have a WCF service hosted on my local machine as windows service. Now I'm trying to add a service reference in the client (again on my local dev machine) but I'm getting an error
Metadata contains a reference that cannot be resolved:
'net.tcp://localhost:8523/Service1'. Could not connect to
net.tcp://localhost:8523/Service1. The connection attempt lasted for a
time span of 00:00:02.0011145. TCP error code 10061: No connection
could be made because the target machine actively refused it
I checked that the Windows firewall doesn't block port 8523. I even created a new rule in Windows firewall to allow run 8523 port. But when I'm running netstat -sp tcp
I can't seem to find port 8523. But I can see Serice1 service's state is set to START in Services. This is the config files
Service Library
<system.serviceModel>
<services>
<service name="WcfServiceLibrary1.Service1">
<endpoint
address=""
binding="netTcpBinding" bindingConfiguration=""
contract="WcfServiceLibrary1.IService1">
<identity>
<dns value="localhost" />
</identity>
</endpoint>
<endpoint
address="mex"
binding="mexTcpBinding" bindingConfiguration=""
contract="IMetadataExchange" />
<host>
<baseAddresses>
<add baseAddress="net.tcp://localhost:8523/Service1" />
</baseAddresses>
</host>
</service>
</services>
<behaviors>
<serviceBehaviors>
<behavior name="">
<serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="false" />
<serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="false" />
</behavior>
</serviceBehaviors>
</behaviors>
</system.serviceModel>
Config in the windows service project looks identical.
Best Answer
Michael, this is a net.tcp binding that I typically use for a WCF service.
Try to add it to your configuration:
Also, my services are running under
ServiceAccount.LocalSystem
.Check
if the service is listening.
EDIT: my Service class below. Note that the current directory of the windows service is set programatically to the BaseDirectory, i.e. the directory of the executable.