Add service reference when using netTcp binding

Question

I have a WCF service that I tested by copying its interfaces to a sample client project.
Now I want to work properly by adding a service reference.

Answer 1

You need to do:

1. maxHttpBinding -> mexTcpBinding - you cannot use mexHttpBinding on net.tcp endpoint (and it's mex not max)
2. the contract for mex endpoint must be IMetadataExchange - as you want to have service metadata available through this endpoint
3. httpGetEnabled="false" as there will be no http endpoint to get metadata from
4. When I was testing the solution in a simple console host I needed to change name in tag to Externals.ExecutionService (but this depends on how you instantiate the service)

Then your service reference will be available at: net.tcp://localhost:3040/ExecutionService/mex as base address is net.tcp://localhost:3040/ExecutionService and the relative address for the mex endpoint is set to mex

Final app.config is below:

For a quick test if the configuration is correct I used console host app as a service host. Program.cs:

using System;
using System.ServiceModel;

namespace Externals
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {

            var sh=new ServiceHost(typeof(ExecutionService));
            sh.Open();
            Console.WriteLine("Service running press any key to terminate...");
            Console.ReadKey();
            sh.Close();
        }
    }
}

Run the console app and try to add service reference to your project through net.tcp://localhost:3040/ExecutionService/mex.