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there was no endpoint listening at http //localhost that could accept the message

I have two project in my machine. In first application i have created WCF service it works correct only i have tested, hosting in console application after hosting press Ctlr+F5 displaying message Host started # 13-Jan-16 12:28:01 PM...
Where as in second application i am trying to add Add Service reference showing an error....
There was an error downloading 'http://localhost:8035/_vti_bin/ListData.svc/$metadata'.
Unable to connect to the remote server
No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it 127.0.0.1:8035
Metadata contains a reference that cannot be resolved: 'http://localhost:8035/'.
There was no endpoint listening at http://localhost:8035/ that could accept the message. This is often caused by an incorrect address or SOAP action. See InnerException, if present, for more details.
Unable to connect to the remote server
No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it 127.0.0.1:8035
If the service is defined in the current solution, try building the solution and adding the service reference again.
App.config: host application...
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
<system.serviceModel>
<behaviors>
<serviceBehaviors>
<behavior name="mexBehaviour">
<serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true" />
</behavior>
</serviceBehaviors>
</behaviors>
<services>
<service name="HelloService.HelloService" behaviorConfiguration="mexBehaviour">
<endpoint address="HelloService" binding="basicHttpBinding" contract="HelloService.IHelloService">
</endpoint>
<endpoint address="HelloService" binding="netTcpBinding" contract="HelloService.IHelloService">
</endpoint>
<endpoint address="mex" binding="mexHttpBinding" contract="IMetadataExchange" />
<host>
<baseAddresses>
<add baseAddress="http://localhost:8035/" />
<add baseAddress="net.tcp://localhost:8032"/>
</baseAddresses>
</host>
</service>
</services>
</system.serviceModel>
</configuration>

cosume a WCF windows service from another PC

I have created a WCF service and hosted it in a windows service. Testing this service with visual studio works fine and I can consume it. Now I have installed the service on a PC (called PC1) and using another PC (called PC2) I wish to be able to discover it and consume it. I imagine that I will have to modify the app.config file to achieve this.
Here is my current app.config, what do I need to modify to get this to work from other networked computers? I'm guessing the base address is a start?
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
<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>
<services>
<service name="WcfAVOLibrary.AVOs">
<endpoint address="" binding="wsDualHttpBinding" contract="WcfAVOLibrary.IAVOs">
<identity>
<dns value="localhost" />
</identity>
</endpoint>
<endpoint address="mex" binding="mexHttpBinding" contract="IMetadataExchange" />
<host>
<baseAddresses>
<add baseAddress="http://localhost:8733/Design_Time_Addresses/WcfAVOLibrary/AVOs/" />
</baseAddresses>
</host>
</service>
</services>
<behaviors>
<serviceBehaviors>
<behavior>
<!-- 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>
</behaviors>
</system.serviceModel>
</configuration>
oh and i'm running .Net 4.5

(if the web service is not implemented, I recommend this link
http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/28693/Deploying-ASP-NET-Websites-on-IIS-7-0)
You should try to modify the web.config in this place:
<baseAddresses>
<add baseAddress="http://192.168.1.2/Design_Time_Addresses/WcfAVOLibrary/AVOs/" />
</baseAddresses>
where 192.168.1.2 is your current ip, or localhost works too, it would see like this:
<baseAddresses>
<add baseAddress="http://localhost/Design_Time_Addresses/WcfAVOLibrary/AVOs/" />
</baseAddresses>

At first place, change localhost by pc1 on base address, like
http://pc1:8733/Design_Time_Addresses/WcfAVOLibrary/AVOs/
After it, try to open the base address url from browser on pc2 (yes, never mind that it is win. service - this is your service url and should be accessible). It should be ok, you need not to continue before you get it work.
When it done - review client's config to match service address.

Was facing the same issue. Added inbound rule to open the port 8733 in Windows Firewall. It worked!

Communication between two WCF Services in selfhosting Server

In a selfhosting service as described in this MSDN article
there are two servies.
Now I want to call one from the other. One does some database related stuff and the other provides some work. I want to use the database functionality in the other service.
I tried to add a service reference as mentioned here: Stackoverflow with similar question
but I get the message: "There was an error downloading metadata from the address",
so adding a service reference is not possible.
The service on their own both are running and working, as I already use them from client applications.
This is the web.config from the service I want to use.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
<system.web>
<compilation debug="true" targetFramework="4.0" />
</system.web>
<system.serviceModel>
<behaviors>
<serviceBehaviors>
<behavior>
<serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true"/>
<serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="true"/>
</behavior>
</serviceBehaviors>
</behaviors>
<serviceHostingEnvironment multipleSiteBindingsEnabled="true" />
</system.serviceModel>
<system.webServer>
<modules runAllManagedModulesForAllRequests="true"/>
</system.webServer>
</configuration>
And here are parts from the App.config from my selfhosting service
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<configuration>
<system.serviceModel>
<!-- omitted lots of blocks -->
<services>
<service name="MyProject.WorkService.GeneralWorkService" behaviorConfiguration="SimpleServiceBehavior">
<host>
<baseAddresses>
<add baseAddress="http://localhost:8080/"/>
</baseAddresses>
</host>
<endpoint address="traceability" binding="basicHttpBinding" name="WorkService" contract="MyProject.Service2.Contracts.IService2"/>
<endpoint address="mex" binding="mexHttpBinding" contract="IMetadataExchange"/>
</service>
<service name="MyProject.DatabaseService.GeneralDatabaseService" behaviorConfiguration="SimpleServiceBehavior">
<host>
<baseAddresses>
<add baseAddress="http://localhost:8000/"/>
</baseAddresses>
</host>
<endpoint address="gateway" binding="basicHttpBinding" name="DatabaseService" contract="MyProject.DatabaseService.Contracts.IDatabaseService"/>
<endpoint address="mex" binding="mexHttpBinding" contract="IMetadataExchange"/>
</service>
</services>
<client>
<endpoint name="Service2EP" address="http://localhost/someWork" binding="basicHttpBinding" contract="MyProject.Service2.IService2">
</endpoint>
<endpoint name="DatabaseServiceEP" address="http://localhost/gateway" binding="basicHttpBinding" contract="MyProject.DatabaseService.IDatabaseService">
</endpoint>
</client>
</system.serviceModel>
<startup>
<supportedRuntime version="v4.0" sku=".NETFramework,Version=v4.0"/>
</startup>
</configuration>
-update-
I can use a browser window to see my service on
http://localhost:8000
Perhaps there is some other way to use my service. Should I use some proxy
that can be generated with svcutil?
Perhaps there are better ways. Adding the service reference seems not to work
and I cannot tell why.

Are you sure that you have the mex-endpoint configured in the config of the service you are trying to reference?
If you haven't the service will not expose the info required (WSDL) to make the service reference... .

There are at least 4 possibilities:
The metadata exchange mex endpoint is not defined
Metadata exchange is not enabled
You are using the wrong address
You are being blocked by some security setting
From There was an error downloading metadata from the address

Finally found the answer.
Had to copy the endpoints from the selfhosting app.config into the service web.config.
And from that point on, the error messages in the dialog (link "Details" at the bottom)
were helpful.
Just had to add the service behavior to the DatabaseService that I already have defined in the selfhosting app.config.
Thank you all for all your help. Will accept W1ck3dHcH's answer, as it was right, but I just did not see it.

"A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time" when trying to access the windows service

I have created a windows service and added that service reference to my metro application.
I have created a package and installed the package in another system and also the windows service. The application has installed successfully. Now I try to run the application. the below exception is thrown while calling the service
There was no endpoint listening at
"http://localhost/TFSClientWindowsService/TFSCClientWindowsService/
that could accept the message. This is often caused by incorrect
address or SOAP action. InnerException: A connection attempt failed
because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of
time, or established connection failed because connected host failed
to respond at 127.0.0.1:80
Below is my config settings at service level:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<configuration>
<system.serviceModel>
<behaviors>
<serviceBehaviors>
<behavior name="MyBehavior">
<serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true"/>
<serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="true"/>
</behavior>
</serviceBehaviors>
</behaviors>
<services>
<service name="TFSClientWindowsService.TFSCClientWindowsService" behaviorConfiguration="MyBehavior">
<endpoint address="" binding="basicHttpBinding" contract="TFSClientWindowsService.ITFSCClientWindowsService">
<identity>
<dns value="localhost"/>
</identity>
</endpoint>
<endpoint address="mex" binding="mexHttpBinding" contract="IMetadataExchange"/>
<host>
<baseAddresses>
<add baseAddress="http://localhost/TFSClientWindowsService/TFSCClientWindowsService/"/>
</baseAddresses>
</host>
</service>
</services>
</system.serviceModel>
<startup><supportedRuntime version="v4.0" sku=".NETFramework,Version=v4.0"/></startup>
</configuration>
when I install the package and access the service it is functioning correctly in my system. but not when I install it in another system.

If you are developing a WinRT app, you cannot talk to a service running on localhost. See this thread for more discussion... http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winappswithcsharp/thread/17a542e1-8035-4139-9395-d73e3b222eb6

Hosting a WCF service over TCP | Structuring Project

I'm trying to develop a WCF service in the following manner:
A class library project which will have all contract and their implementations , called WcfContracts.
A WCF service library project which will have the configuration part i.e it will have only the app.config. The project will have references to the class library which is having the contract & their implementations.i.e to WcfContracts.This project is called WcfServiceHosting.
A windows service which can host the WCF service. The service will have the same app.config as the WCF service and will be used only for hosting the WCF service.I created a new app.config in the service project, and copied the contents of the app.config from WCF service library to it.
A WPF client application, which was intended to talk to the service hosted in the windows service. I was adding ServiceReference to the WCF contract.
All projects lie in the same solution.
However while doing the above I'm not able to add the service reference in the client project. If I keep the contracts & implementations in the same WCF service library everything works fine.
The following is my app.config for WCF service library:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
<system.web>
<compilation debug="true" />
</system.web>
<system.serviceModel>
<services>
<service behaviorConfiguration="WcfServiceHosting.Service1Behavior"
name="WcfServiceHosting.CalculatorService">
<endpoint address="" binding="netTcpBinding" bindingConfiguration=""
contract="**WcfServiceHosting.ICalculatorService**">
<identity>
<dns value="localhost" />
</identity>
</endpoint>
<endpoint address="mex" binding="mexTcpBinding" bindingConfiguration=""
contract="IMetadataExchange" />
<host>
<baseAddresses>
<add baseAddress="net.tcp://localhost:8523/CalculatorService" />
</baseAddresses>
</host>
</service>
</services>
<behaviors>
<serviceBehaviors>
<behavior name="WcfServiceHosting.Service1Behavior">
<serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="false" />
<serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="false" />
</behavior>
</serviceBehaviors>
</behaviors>
</system.serviceModel>
</configuration>
Now the above works just fine because IcalculatorService and CalculatorService resides in the same assembly i.e WcfServiceHosting.
Now if I remove the ICalculatService and CalculatorService from WcfServiceHosting and add it to WcfContracts, I'm not able to add the service reference. It does not show up in the reference dialog while discovering.
The following is my modified contract:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
<system.web>
<compilation debug="true" />
</system.web>
<system.serviceModel>
<services>
<service behaviorConfiguration="WcfServiceHosting.Service1Behavior"
name="**WcfContracts.CalculatorService**">
<endpoint address="" binding="netTcpBinding" bindingConfiguration=""
contract="WcfContracts.ICalculatorService">
<identity>
<dns value="localhost" />
</identity>
</endpoint>
<endpoint address="mex" binding="mexTcpBinding" bindingConfiguration=""
contract="IMetadataExchange" />
<host>
<baseAddresses>
<add baseAddress="net.tcp://localhost:8523/CalculatorService" />
</baseAddresses>
</host>
</service>
</services>
<behaviors>
<serviceBehaviors>
<behavior name="WcfServiceHosting.Service1Behavior">
<serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="false" />
<serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="false" />
</behavior>
</serviceBehaviors>
</behaviors>
</system.serviceModel>
</configuration>
The above does not work, can you please tell me why? I have added the necessary references and all.
Thanks,
- Mike

Add Service Reference won't be able to see any contracts that aren't hosted. You need to reference the contracts (or contain them in) a project that hosts the WCF service.
e.g. how would add references know how your CalculatorServce should be hosted (TCP, HTTP, NamedPipes, MSMQ) if a host wasn't there to include the config?