SSL with Self-hosted WCF Service

When we deploy WCF services there are few ways of deploying it.

1. Deploy in IIS as a web service

2. Self-host as a Windows Service

If we have to enable SSL for communication for WCF self-hosted service, we have to follow some special instructions.

The below article shows how to enable SSL for self-hosted WCF service.

http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/24027/SSL-with-Self-hosted-WCF-Service

If you have IIS installed on the same server where you host WCF service, you can follow the below steps to use IIS for binding SSL certificate with WCF port.

1. Create a new WebSite in IIS

2. Add an HTTPS binding and change the HTTPS port to your WCF service listening port. And specify the certificate to use.

3. Stop the newly created WebSite

4. Start your WCF service and now you can access the WCF service over SSL

Please note that you should not delete the IIS web site. Deleting the IIS website will delete all the certificate binding configuration with your WCF port.

The service configuration needs to look like this:

Note that the httpsGetEnabled is set to true. This means that even your mex is encrypted, nifty! Also note that chrise which is the hostname in this case MUST have a corresponding certificate, or no dice.
I'm using the basic HTTP binding. You could do it with wsHTTP as well, but what's the point of getting encrypted messages if your entire transport is encrypted anyways?
Note that clientCredentialType is set to none, this is just to simplify the whole solution, otherwise we get into a whole other article.

The client looks like this:

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