Problem :
I'm developing this program on one machine.
The service works fine in development server, but when I try to host the service in IIS it gives me an error that:
Cannot find the X.509 certificate using the following search criteria: StoreName 'My', StoreLocation 'CurrentUser', FindType 'FindBySubjectName', FindValue 'WCFServer'.
So is there anyway I can resolve this? I'm trying this code from
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/WCF/9StepsWCF.aspx
certificate creation
makecert.exe -sr CurrentUser -ss My -a sha1 -n CN=WCfServer -sky exchange -pe
makecert.exe -sr CurrentUser -ss My -a sha1 -n CN=WcfClient -sky exchange -pe
Certificate is present in Personal and Trusted People folder in MMC
Service has one function which accepts a number and returns string and works fine
This is my service web.config:
<system.serviceModel>
<bindings>
<wsHttpBinding>
<binding name="wsHttpEndpointBinding">
<security>
<message clientCredentialType="Certificate" />
</security>
</binding>
</wsHttpBinding>
</bindings>
<services>
<service name="WCFServiceCertificate.Service1" behaviorConfiguration="WCFServiceCertificate.Service1Behavior">
<!-- Service Endpoints -->
<endpoint address="" binding="wsHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="wsHttpEndpointBinding" contract="WCFServiceCertificate.IService1">
<!--
Upon deployment, the following identity element should be removed or replaced to reflect the
identity under which the deployed service runs. If removed, WCF will infer an appropriate identity
automatically.
-->
<!--<identity>
<dns value="localhost"/>
</identity>-->
</endpoint>
<endpoint address="mex" binding="mexHttpBinding" contract="IMetadataExchange"/>
</service>
</services>
<behaviors>
<serviceBehaviors>
<behavior name="WCFServiceCertificate.Service1Behavior">
<!-- 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="false"/>
<serviceCredentials>
<clientCertificate>
<authentication certificateValidationMode="PeerTrust"/>
</clientCertificate>
<serviceCertificate findValue="WcfServer"
storeLocation="CurrentUser"
storeName="My"
x509FindType="FindBySubjectName" />
</serviceCredentials>
</behavior>
</serviceBehaviors>
</behaviors>
</system.serviceModel>
This is my Client Config
<system.serviceModel>
<bindings>
<wsHttpBinding>
<binding name="WSHttpBinding_IService1" closeTimeout="00:01:00"
openTimeout="00:01:00" receiveTimeout="00:10:00" sendTimeout="00:01:00"
bypassProxyOnLocal="false" transactionFlow="false" hostNameComparisonMode="StrongWildcard"
maxBufferPoolSize="524288" maxReceivedMessageSize="65536" messageEncoding="Text"
textEncoding="utf-8" useDefaultWebProxy="true" allowCookies="false">
<readerQuotas maxDepth="32" maxStringContentLength="8192" maxArrayLength="16384"
maxBytesPerRead="4096" maxNameTableCharCount="16384" />
<reliableSession ordered="true" inactivityTimeout="00:10:00"
enabled="false" />
<security mode="Message">
<transport clientCredentialType="Windows" proxyCredentialType="None"
realm="" />
<message clientCredentialType="Certificate" negotiateServiceCredential="true"
algorithmSuite="Default" establishSecurityContext="true" />
</security>
</binding>
</wsHttpBinding>
</bindings>
<client>
<endpoint address="http://localhost:1387/Service1.svc" behaviorConfiguration="CustomBehavior"
binding="wsHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="WSHttpBinding_IService1"
contract="ServiceReference1.IService1" name="WSHttpBinding_IService1">
<identity>
<certificate encodedValue="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" />
</identity>
</endpoint>
</client>
<behaviors>
<endpointBehaviors>
<behavior name="CustomBehavior">
<clientCredentials>
<clientCertificate findValue="WcfClient"
x509FindType="FindBySubjectName"
storeLocation="CurrentUser"
storeName="My"/>
<serviceCertificate>
<authentication certificateValidationMode="PeerTrust"/>
</serviceCertificate>
</clientCredentials>
</behavior>
</endpointBehaviors>
</behaviors>
</system.serviceModel>
and simply calling the service at client end using this
Service1Client obj = new Service1Client();
Response.Write(obj.GetData(12));
Now when I run everything works fine without an issue.
As you can service is running at development server.
But when i try to host the service in IIS it gives me an error that
Cannot find the X.509 certificate using the following search criteria: StoreName 'My', StoreLocation 'CurrentUser', FindType 'FindBySubjectName', FindValue 'WCFServer'.
So is there anyway I can resolve this?