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WCF service works in VS but not in build

I have a wcf self hosted service that is meant to be consumed by both computers and android phones. i successfully made the service consumable in both targets but when i built an exe file (which is responsible for self hosting the service) the service worked great in the pc but it did not work on the mobile app.
here is my service's app.config file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
<configSections>
<!-- For more information on Entity Framework configuration, visit http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=237468 -->
<section name="entityFramework" type="System.Data.Entity.Internal.ConfigFile.EntityFrameworkSection, EntityFramework, Version=6.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" requirePermission="false" />
</configSections>
<appSettings>
<add key="aspnet:UseTaskFriendlySynchronizationContext" value="true" />
</appSettings>
<system.web>
<compilation debug="true" />
</system.web>
<!-- When deploying the service library project, the content of the config file must be added to the host's
app.config file. System.Configuration does not support config files for libraries. -->
<system.serviceModel>
<bindings>
<basicHttpBinding>
<binding name="httpBinding" maxBufferSize="128000000" maxReceivedMessageSize="128000000" />
</basicHttpBinding>
<webHttpBinding>
<binding name="webBinding" closeTimeout="00:02:00" sendTimeout="00:02:00"
maxBufferSize="6553600" maxReceivedMessageSize="6553600" crossDomainScriptAccessEnabled="true" />
</webHttpBinding>
</bindings>
<diagnostics performanceCounters="Default" />
<services>
<service name="DeltaService.Data">
<endpoint address="data" binding="basicHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="httpBinding"
name="data" contract="DeltaService.IData">
<identity>
<dns value="localhost" />
</identity>
</endpoint>
<endpoint address="json" behaviorConfiguration="Rest" binding="webHttpBinding"
bindingConfiguration="webBinding" name="restdata" contract="DeltaService.IData">
<identity>
<dns value="localhost" />
</identity>
</endpoint>
<endpoint address="mex" binding="mexHttpBinding" contract="IMetadataExchange" />
<host>
<baseAddresses>
<add baseAddress="http://localhost:8000/delta_api/" />
</baseAddresses>
</host>
</service>
</services>
<behaviors>
<endpointBehaviors>
<behavior name="Rest">
<webHttp helpEnabled="true" defaultOutgoingResponseFormat="Json" />
</behavior>
<behavior name="Web">
<webHttp />
</behavior>
</endpointBehaviors>
<serviceBehaviors>
<behavior name="">
<useRequestHeadersForMetadataAddress />
<serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true" httpsGetEnabled="true" />
<serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="false" />
</behavior>
</serviceBehaviors>
</behaviors>
<serviceHostingEnvironment
aspNetCompatibilityEnabled="true"
multipleSiteBindingsEnabled="true"/>
</system.serviceModel>
<system.webServer>
<modules runAllManagedModulesForAllRequests="true"/>
</system.webServer>
<entityFramework>
<defaultConnectionFactory type="System.Data.Entity.Infrastructure.LocalDbConnectionFactory, EntityFramework">
<parameters>
<parameter value="mssqllocaldb" />
</parameters>
</defaultConnectionFactory>
<providers>
<provider invariantName="System.Data.SqlClient" type="System.Data.Entity.SqlServer.SqlProviderServices, EntityFramework.SqlServer" />
</providers>
</entityFramework>
</configuration>
and here is the code that launches the service:
serviceHost = new ServiceHost(typeof(Data));
NetHttpBinding netHttpBinding = new NetHttpBinding();
netHttpBinding.MaxReceivedMessageSize = 128 * 1000000; //128Mb
serviceHost.AddServiceEndpoint(typeof(IData), netHttpBinding, url);
erviceHost.Open();

It seems that you host the service by using other hosting programs. One thing we must take into consideration is that we needn’t configure the service endpoint and binding information when hosting the service in a hosting program(such as WinForms application).
There is a distinction when hosting in those two ways. When we hosting the service by running on the Visual studio, the system will automatically search for the service configuration, thus the configuration in the Appconfig file will take effect, proper binding generates different kinds of service (restful and soap web service). But the service by using NetHttpBinding will be different from the aforementioned service when hosting the service in other programs.
In a word, I suggest you use below code in the self-hosting program.
ServiceHost sh = new ServiceHost(typeof(Data));
sh.Open();
It will automatically search for the service configuration in Appconfig file so that the service will be published in proper ways.
Feel free to let me know if the problem still exists.

You have configured your address to be localhost. That address can only be reached from your computer, not from the outside.
When you host your service, pick an address that can be reached from the outside. As I don't know where your device is, I don't know how much "outside" you need. Local network? WAN? Make sure you read a tutorial on that and pick the address or DNS entry you need.

Wcf large data file

I am trying to upload an image file in base64 format from a angular app. The app is working fine for small images but wcf is giving error of entity too large error for images larger then 200kb. My webconfig file is like this.
<configuration>
<appSettings>
<add key="aspnet:UseTaskFriendlySynchronizationContext" value="true"/>
</appSettings>
<connectionStrings>
<add name="ApplicationServices" connectionString="data source=LAPTOP-7JC2DRGE;Integrated Security=true;Initial Catalog=ExamDB" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient"/>
</connectionStrings>
<system.web>
<compilation debug="true" targetFramework="4.6.1"/>
<httpRuntime targetFramework="4.6.1" />
<httpModules>
<add name="ApplicationInsightsWebTracking" type="Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.Web.ApplicationInsightsHttpModule, Microsoft.AI.Web"/>
</httpModules>
<membership>
<providers>
<clear />
<add name="AspNetSqlMembershipProvider" type="System.Web.Security.SqlMembershipProvider" connectionStringName="ApplicationServices" enablePasswordRetrieval="false" enablePasswordReset="true" requiresQuestionAndAnswer="false" requiresUniqueEmail="false" maxInvalidPasswordAttempts="5" minRequiredPasswordLength="6" minRequiredNonalphanumericCharacters="0" passwordAttemptWindow="10" applicationName="/" />
</providers>
</membership>
<roleManager enabled="true">
<providers>
<clear />
<add connectionStringName="ApplicationServices" applicationName="/" name="AspNetSqlRoleProvider" type="System.Web.Security.SqlRoleProvider" />
<add applicationName="/" name="AspNetWindowsTokenRoleProvider" type="System.Web.Security.WindowsTokenRoleProvider" />
</providers>
</roleManager>
</system.web>
<system.serviceModel>
<behaviors>
<serviceBehaviors>
<behavior name="serviceBehaviors">
<!-- To avoid disclosing metadata information, set the values below to false 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="false"/>
</behavior>
</serviceBehaviors>
<endpointBehaviors>
<behavior name="web" >
<webHttp />
</behavior>
</endpointBehaviors>
</behaviors>
<services>
<service name="ExamService.ExamService" behaviorConfiguration="serviceBehaviors">
<endpoint address="" contract="ExamService.IExamService" binding="webHttpBinding" behaviorConfiguration="web" ></endpoint>
</service>
</services>
<protocolMapping>
<add binding="basicHttpsBinding" scheme="https" />
</protocolMapping>
<serviceHostingEnvironment aspNetCompatibilityEnabled="true" multipleSiteBindingsEnabled="true"/>
</system.serviceModel>
<system.webServer>
<modules runAllManagedModulesForAllRequests="true">
<remove name="ApplicationInsightsWebTracking"/>
<add name="ApplicationInsightsWebTracking" type="Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.Web.ApplicationInsightsHttpModule, Microsoft.AI.Web"
preCondition="managedHandler"/>
</modules>
<!--
To browse web app root directory during debugging, set the value below to true.
Set to false before deployment to avoid disclosing web app folder information.
-->
<directoryBrowse enabled="true"/>
<validation validateIntegratedModeConfiguration="false"/>
</system.webServer>
</configuration>
I tried previous answers on this site but none seems to be working. I am using framework 4.6.

I suspect you need to add a binding element for the webHttpBinding binding and set maxReceivedMessageSize to something large. The default value is 65536 bytes.
This needs to be set in the system.serviceModel node in the web.config
Below is an example xml set to 5MB
<bindings>
<webHttpBinding>
<binding name="largeMessage" maxReceivedMessageSize="5000000" maxBufferPoolSize="5000000" maxBufferSize="5000000" closeTimeout="00:03:00" openTimeout="00:03:00" receiveTimeout="00:10:00" sendTimeout="00:03:00">
<readerQuotas maxStringContentLength="5000000" maxArrayLength="5000000" maxBytesPerRead="5000000" />
<security mode="None"/>
</binding>
</webHttpBinding>
</bindings>
Could you try updating the services node to explicitely use the binding config (bindingConfiguration attribute equals the binding name attribute). I don't think this is really required as there is only one binding but lets try being explicit.
<services>
<service name="ExamService.ExamService" behaviorConfiguration="serviceBehaviors">
<endpoint address="" contract="ExamService.IExamService" binding="webHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="largeMessage" behaviorConfiguration="web" ></endpoint>
</service>
</services>
UPDATE
Not sure whats going on here. I made a quick dummy service to replicate the problem.
namespace LargeMessageService
{
[ServiceContract]
public interface ILobService
{
[OperationContract]
[WebGet]
string EchoWithGet(string s);
[OperationContract]
[WebInvoke]
string EchoWithPost(string s);
}
public class LobService : ILobService
{
public string EchoWithGet(string s)
{
return "You said " + s;
}
public string EchoWithPost(string s)
{
return "You said " + s;
}
}
}
When I had a configuration without the binding defined it failed with a 413 as you are seeing. When I added the binding it worked. My full web.config with binding:
<appSettings>
<add key="aspnet:UseTaskFriendlySynchronizationContext" value="true" />
</appSettings>
<system.web>
<compilation debug="true" targetFramework="4.6.1" />
<httpRuntime targetFramework="4.6.1"/>
</system.web>
<system.serviceModel>
<behaviors>
<serviceBehaviors>
<behavior name="serviceBehaviors">
<!-- To avoid disclosing metadata information, set the values below to false 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>
<endpointBehaviors>
<behavior name="web" >
<webHttp></webHttp>
</behavior>
</endpointBehaviors>
</behaviors>
<bindings>
<webHttpBinding>
<binding name="largeMessage" maxReceivedMessageSize="5000000" maxBufferPoolSize="5000000" maxBufferSize="5000000" closeTimeout="00:03:00" openTimeout="00:03:00" receiveTimeout="00:10:00" sendTimeout="00:03:00">
<readerQuotas maxStringContentLength="5000000" maxArrayLength="5000000" maxBytesPerRead="5000000" />
<security mode="None"/>
</binding>
</webHttpBinding>
</bindings>
<services>
<service name="LargeMessageService.LobService" behaviorConfiguration="serviceBehaviors">
<endpoint address="" contract="LargeMessageService.ILobService" binding="webHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="largeMessage" behaviorConfiguration="web" ></endpoint>
<endpoint contract="IMetadataExchange" binding="mexHttpBinding" address="mex" />
</service>
</services>
<protocolMapping>
<add binding="basicHttpsBinding" scheme="https" />
</protocolMapping>
<serviceHostingEnvironment aspNetCompatibilityEnabled="true" multipleSiteBindingsEnabled="true"/>
</system.serviceModel>
<system.webServer>
<modules runAllManagedModulesForAllRequests="true"/>
<!--
To browse web app root directory during debugging, set the value below to true.
Set to false before deployment to avoid disclosing web app folder information.
-->
<directoryBrowse enabled="true"/>
</system.webServer>
I was using IISExpress and calling it through Postman by calling the EchoWithPost operation with an xml.
<string xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/">Hello</string>
replacing 'Hello' with a large string (approx 500K)
Try getting this one to work and if it does its a case of trying to work out the difference between this one and your one. Let me know how you get on.

How to resolve system.serviceModel/serviceHostingEnvironment/serviceActivations could not be found. Error in iis hosted wcf service ?

I have an issue when deploying wcf service to remote iis,
first, I have vs solution contains two projects
WCF Library (ExchangeMailCore)
WCF Application(ExchangeMailService)
Inside my library project there is ExchangeEmailService.cs and ExchangeEmailService.cs files.
Then I included the library in ExchangeMailService project and created new .svc file as follows
<%#ServiceHost Language="C#" Debug="true" Service="ExchangeMailCore.ExchangeEmailService" %>
my web.config file as follows,
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<configuration>
<appSettings>
<!--<add key="aspnet:UseTaskFriendlySynchronizationContext" value="true" />-->
<add key="aspnet:UseTaskFriendlySynchronizationContext" value="true" />
<add key="ClientSettingsProvider.ServiceUri" value="" />
</appSettings>
<system.web>
<!--<compilation debug="true" targetFramework="4.5" />
<httpRuntime targetFramework="4.5"/>-->
<compilation debug="true" />
<membership defaultProvider="ClientAuthenticationMembershipProvider">
<providers>
<add name="ClientAuthenticationMembershipProvider" type="System.Web.ClientServices.Providers.ClientFormsAuthenticationMembershipProvider, System.Web.Extensions, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" serviceUri="" />
</providers>
</membership>
<roleManager defaultProvider="ClientRoleProvider" enabled="true">
<providers>
<add name="ClientRoleProvider" type="System.Web.ClientServices.Providers.ClientRoleProvider, System.Web.Extensions, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" serviceUri="" cacheTimeout="86400" />
</providers>
</roleManager>
</system.web>
<system.serviceModel>
<!--<bindings>
<basicHttpBinding>
<binding name="NetTcpBindingEndpointConfig">
--><!--<security mode="Message" />--><!--
<security mode="Transport">
<transport clientCredentialType="Windows">
</transport>
--><!--<message clientCredentialType=""/>--><!--
</security>
</binding>
</basicHttpBinding>
</bindings>-->
<!--<services>
<service name="ExchangeMailCore.ExchangeEmailService">
</service>
</services>-->
<services>
<service name="ExchangeMailCore.ExchangeEmailService">
<endpoint address="" binding="basicHttpBinding" contract="ExchangeMailCore.IExchangeEmailService" />
<endpoint address="mex" binding="mexHttpBinding" contract="IMetadataExchange" />
<host>
<baseAddresses>
<add baseAddress="http://localhost:8734/Design_Time_Addresses/ExchangeMailCore/ExchangeEmailService/" />
</baseAddresses>
</host>
</service>
</services>
<!--<behaviors>
<serviceBehaviors>
<behavior>
--><!-- To avoid disclosing metadata information, set the values below to false before deployment --><!--
<serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="True" httpsGetEnabled="False"/>
--><!-- 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>-->
<behaviors>
<serviceBehaviors>
<behavior>
<!-- To avoid disclosing metadata information,
set the values below to false before deployment -->
<serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="True" httpsGetEnabled="False" />
<!-- 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="False" />
</behavior>
</serviceBehaviors>
</behaviors>
<!--<protocolMapping>
<add binding="basicHttpBinding" scheme="http" />
</protocolMapping>
<serviceHostingEnvironment aspNetCompatibilityEnabled="true" multipleSiteBindingsEnabled="true" />-->
</system.serviceModel>
<system.webServer>
<modules runAllManagedModulesForAllRequests="true"/>
<!--
To browse web app root directory during debugging, set the value below to true.
Set to false before deployment to avoid disclosing web app folder information.
-->
<directoryBrowse enabled="true"/>
</system.webServer>
</configuration>
This runs perfectly on localhost, but when I deploy to the remote server it gives following error,
.Net framework is 4.5
Is any one can help on this?

After spending beautiful night, I found the solution, solution is adding the required library files(.dlls) to the deployed folder bin folder, I was using the EWS for email extraction so I have to add ews library to the bin folder of the published folder, thanks, hops this will help to someone.

WCF hosted on IIS express ssl enabled

I've been banging my head for a week now, I am trying to run a WCF service on IIS express and do a GET from the browser, everything works fine in HTTP, but the minute I try the HTTPS it fails with
HTTP 404. The resource you are looking for (or one of its dependencies) could have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable. Please review the following URL and make sure that it is spelled correctly.
I have tried every single config file in stackoverflow answers I also tried this I know it is for IIS but I can't see why it is not working On IIS express. here my config file:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<configuration>
<appSettings>
<add key="aspnet:UseTaskFriendlySynchronizationContext" value="true" />
</appSettings>
<system.web>
<compilation debug="true" targetFramework="4.5" />
<httpRuntime targetFramework="4.5"/>
</system.web>
<system.serviceModel>
<serviceHostingEnvironment aspNetCompatibilityEnabled="true" />
<behaviors>
<endpointBehaviors>
<behavior name="webHttpEnablingBehaviour">
<webHttp />
</behavior>
</endpointBehaviors>
<serviceBehaviors>
<behavior name="webHttpEnablingBehaviour">
<serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true" />
</behavior>
</serviceBehaviors>
</behaviors>
<services>
<service
name="ElasticSearchAPI.GetElasticService" behaviorConfiguration="webHttpEnablingBehaviour">
<endpoint contract="IMetadataExchange" binding="mexHttpBinding" address="mex" />
<endpoint address=""
binding="webHttpBinding"
bindingConfiguration="default"
contract="ElasticSearchAPI.IGetElasticService"
behaviorConfiguration="webHttpEnablingBehaviour">
</endpoint>
<endpoint address="other"
binding="basicHttpBinding"
bindingConfiguration="default"
contract="ElasticSearchAPI.IGetElasticService">
</endpoint>
</service>
</services>
<client />
<bindings>
<webHttpBinding>
<binding name="default" ></binding>
</webHttpBinding>
<basicHttpBinding>
<binding name="default" allowCookies="true"></binding>
</basicHttpBinding>
</bindings>
</system.serviceModel>
<system.webServer>
<modules runAllManagedModulesForAllRequests="true"/>
<validation validateIntegratedModeConfiguration="false"/>
<!--
To browse web app root directory during debugging, set the value below to true.
Set to false before deployment to avoid disclosing web app folder information.
-->
<directoryBrowse enabled="true"/>
<httpProtocol>
<customHeaders>
<add name="Access-Control-Allow-Origin" value="*" />
</customHeaders>
</httpProtocol>
</system.webServer>
</configuration>
I am sure I am missing something really silly, but I am really out of ideas, your help is much appreciated.
Update
I can get to my .svc with https but when i try a get from a browser or post from fiddler nothing is working

Use ServiceBehaviour like below-
<serviceBehaviors>
<behavior>
<serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true" httpsGetEnabled="true"/>
</behavior>
This may help you.

In WCF Service Config file add following :
<binding name="secureHttpBinding">
<security mode="Transport">
<transport clientCredentialType="None" />
</security>
</binding>
In client application config file add following :
<httpProtocol>
<customHeaders>
<add name="Access-Control-Allow-Origin" value="*" />
</customHeaders>
</httpProtocol>
This will allow you to host and access WCF service with HTTPS protocol.

Problems accessing WCF service via the web

Thanks to stackoverflow (mostly), I have created a WCF service that is able to pull data from our ms sql database and relay it back in a json format. The service works as expected locally and on its home server within our network. However, I can't seem to access the service when outside the network.
Are there additional parameters needed in the code to accommodate being published over the web or is it possibly just a host setup and has nothing to do with WCF or the service?
The server is 2008 R2 & IIS 7.5 which is currently hosting a dozen or so of our websites. We have setup a port for the service as well.
This is the web.config file I am using:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
<system.web>
<customErrors mode="Off" />
<compilation debug="true" targetFramework="4.0">
<assemblies>
<add assembly="System.Data.Entity, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" />
</assemblies>
</compilation>
</system.web>
<system.serviceModel>
<serviceHostingEnvironment multipleSiteBindingsEnabled="true">
</serviceHostingEnvironment>
<services>
<service behaviorConfiguration="SrvcBehavior" name="Service.svc">
<endpoint address="JSON" behaviorConfiguration="JSONEndpointBehavior" binding="webHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="" name="RESTEP" contract="Service.Isvc" />
<endpoint address="SOAP" binding="basicHttpBinding" name="Basic" contract="Service.Isvc" />
<endpoint address="mex" binding="mexHttpBinding" contract="IMetadataExchange" />
</service>
</services>
<behaviors>
<endpointBehaviors>
<behavior name="JSONEndpointBehavior">
<webHttp />
</behavior>
</endpointBehaviors>
<serviceBehaviors>
<behavior name="SrvcBehavior">
<serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true" />
<serviceDebug />
</behavior>
</serviceBehaviors>
</behaviors>
</system.serviceModel>
<connectionStrings>
<add name="conn" connectionString="server=SERVER-DATABASE\SQL2005;database=myDatabase;uid=USERID;password=USERPASSWORD;" />
</connectionStrings>
</configuration>