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  gopikrsna

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  ailed to add a service. Service metadata may not be accessible

  Apr 01, 2012 07:29 AM|LINK

  Am getting error "Failed to add a service. Service metadata may not be accessible. 

  Make sure your service is running and exposing metadata."

  The below is my config file : 

  <?xml version="1.0"?>
  <configuration>
  
    <system.web>
      <compilation debug="true" targetFramework="4.0" />
    </system.web>
    <system.serviceModel >
      
      
      <services>
        
        <service name="CalculatorWcfServiceWeb.CalculatorService.Service" 
                 behaviorConfiguration="myBehav">
          
          <endpoint address="SOAP"
                    binding="wsHttpBinding" 
                    bindingConfiguration="wsHttp"
                    contract="CalculatorWcfServiceWeb.CalculatorService.Service"/>
          
          <endpoint contract="IMetadataExchange" binding="mexHttpBinding" address="mex" />
          
        </service>
        
      </services>
      
      <bindings>
        <wsHttpBinding>
          
          <binding name="wsHttp">          
            <security mode="Message">
              <message clientCredentialType="UserName"/>
            </security>          
          </binding>
          
        </wsHttpBinding>
      </bindings>
      
      <behaviors>
        <serviceBehaviors>
          <behavior name="myBehav">
            <serviceCredentials>
              <userNameAuthentication userNamePasswordValidationMode="Custom"
              customUserNamePasswordValidatorType="CalculatorWcfServiceWeb.CalculatorService.SampleValidator,CalculatorWcfServiceWeb.CalculatorService"
                  cacheLogonTokens="true"  cachedLogonTokenLifetime="01:00:00"/>
            </serviceCredentials>
            <!-- To avoid disclosing metadata information, set the value below to false and remove the metadata endpoint above before deployment -->
            <serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="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="true"/>
          </behavior>        
        </serviceBehaviors>
        
      </behaviors>
      <serviceHostingEnvironment multipleSiteBindingsEnabled="true" />
      
    </system.serviceModel>  
   <system.webServer>
      <modules runAllManagedModulesForAllRequests="true"/>
    </system.webServer>
    
  </configuration>
  

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  Ken Tucker

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  Re: ailed to add a service. Service metadata may not be accessible

  Apr 01, 2012 10:55 AM|LINK

  It looks like your wcf service should show the wsdl.  Are you sure the types you are returning from the service are serializable?

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  Steven Cheng...

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  Re: ailed to add a service. Service metadata may not be accessible

  Apr 03, 2012 02:57 AM|LINK

  Hi gopikrsna,

  From the configuration and code you posted, it looks good. I assume that the WCF service is a .svc based service hosted in web application, correct? If so, have you tried using web browser to view the .svc file to see whether it can show you the default description page and WSDL page?

  The following reference shows how to configure metadata for WCF service:

  #How to: Publish Metadata for a Service Using a Configuration File
  http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms734765.aspx

  For troubleshooting, you can use fiddler tool to watch the HTTP traffice between browser and the service to see if there is any more detailed error info.

  #Fiddler web debugger
  http://www.fiddler2.com/fiddler2/

  in addition, if there is any error, exception occured in service, you can also use the WCF tracing to log the errors. And if possible, it is more convenient that you directly use visual studio to debug the service.

  #Service Trace Viewer Tool (SvcTraceViewer.exe)
  http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms732023.aspx

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  • Marked as answer by peter pi - msft on Apr 10, 2012 01:59 AM