WCF is using the wrong URL reference

Question

I created a WCF service that works beautifully on my dev box, but when I move the code over to the web server, it gives me the following error:

There was no channel actively listening at 'http://live01.farm02.webhost.com/webservice/service.svc'. This is often caused by an incorrect address URI. Ensure that the address to which the message is sent matches an address on which a service is listening.; There was no channel actively listening at 'http://live01.farm02.xxxxxx.lan/webservice/service.svc'. This is often caused by an incorrect address URI. Ensure that the address to which the message is sent matches an address on which a service is listening.

When I go to www.domain.com/services/service.svc?disco, it displays the following:

<discovery>
<contractRef ref="http://live01.farm02.xxxxxx.lan/webservice/Service.svc?wsdl" docRef="http://live01.farm02.xxxxxx.lan/webservice/Service.svc"/&gt;
</discovery>

Obviously, both the contractRef and docRef URLs are using the server's internet unreachable hostname instead of one of the host header names assigned to the site.

Here's a minimalist version of my config file, I removed the mex endpoint for simplicity and clarity:

<system.serviceModel>
  <serviceHostingEnvironment aspNetCompatibilityEnabled="true">
  </serviceHostingEnvironment>
  <behaviors>
    <serviceBehaviors>
      <behavior name="MyServiceBehavior">
        <serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="true"  />
      </behavior>
    </serviceBehaviors>
  </behaviors>
  <services>
    <service behaviorConfiguration="MyServiceBehavior" name="MyServices">
      <endpoint binding="wsHttpContextBinding" name="MyEndpoint" contract="IMyServices" address="" />
    </service>
  </services>
</system.serviceModel>

How do I get my service to use the host header name or ip address of the site instead of the server's unreachable host name?

Answer 1

This should fix your issue.

http://knowledgebaseworld.blogspot.com/2010/06/domain-name-replaced-with-machine-name.html

Imran