Hosting WCF Service in IIS7

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All,

I have scoured this group, etc. to no avail. I have successfully hosted a WCF (Web) service in IIS7. The problem is that when IIS exposes the endpoint to the service, it used the server's local/DNS name, e.g., MyServer. I need to expose the service to machines outside my network, and this name (MyServer) is not exposed externally. I want to somehow force IIS to use a name I give it vs. using the local/DNS name of the machine on which the service is hosted.

I have tried configuring IIS to use host names/binding, but when I do that, all I ever get from IIS is "bad hostname" - it can't resolve the address to the service/.svc file. I have tried IP + host name, IP alone, hostname alone, various web.config file setting (some of the settings are difficult to follow, I might add)... all yield some sort of error.

This must be a pretty "bread and butter" thing to do... It there a straightforward solution?

Thanks, John

If you want to expose it outside your network, wouldn't an interstitial device outside the realm of wcf route a request for the external IP/Name to your internal server. I don't think this is in WCF's realm. External Request -> Your Company's firewall/device -> translated and routed to -> MyServer. — Ta01
– Ta01, Commented Feb 2, 2011 at 4:30

Greg Sansom · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-02 04:41:16Z

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Use a wildcard in the BaseAddress configuration:

<host>
    <baseAddresses><add baseAddress="http://*/MyService" /></baseAddresses>
</host>

answered Feb 2, 2011 at 4:41

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John Puopolo Over a year ago

Thanks, but unfortunately that doesn't solve the problem. I need to expose the service under a name that is different from the local machine name (I want to expose it under the machine's external IP). I can't believe this is so complicated.

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