WCF Discovery finds endpoint but host is "localhost"
- by Flo
I am trying to use the Discovery feature in WCF using http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd456783(v=VS.100).aspx as a starting point. It works fine on my machine, but then I wanted to run the service on a different machine. The service was discovered properly but the hostname of the found service is always "localhost" which is of course not much use.
Service Endpoint:
var endpointAddress = new EndpointAddress(new UriBuilder { Scheme = Uri.UriSchemeNetTcp, Port = port}.Uri);
var endpoint = new ServiceEndpoint(ContractDescription.GetContract(typeof(IServiceInterface)), new NetTcpBinding (), endpointAddress);
Client:
static EndpointAddress FindServiceAddress<T>()
{
Stopwatch stopwatch = new Stopwatch();
stopwatch.Start();
DiscoveryClient discoveryClient = new DiscoveryClient(new UdpDiscoveryEndpoint());
// Find endpoints
FindResponse findResponse = discoveryClient.Find(new FindCriteria(typeof(T)));
Console.WriteLine(string.Format("Searched for {0} seconds. Found {1} Endpoint(s).",stopwatch.ElapsedMilliseconds / 1000,findResponse.Endpoints.Count));
if (findResponse.Endpoints.Count > 0)
{
return findResponse.Endpoints[0].Address;
}
return null;
}
Should I simply set the Host to System.Environment.MachineName?
