WCF Restful service IIS Error

Question

i have made a service and deployed on somee.com and im getting the handler error. http://rssfeed.somee.com/RSSFeed.svc I am not really sure what is causing the problem or what am i missing here.

Answer 1

You probably need to enable WCF/http activation on your server.

On server 2012, it's under server manager -> roles and features -> features -> .net framework 4.5 features -> wcf services -> http activation

On windows 7/8: programs and features -> Turn windows services on or off -> .NET Framework Advanced services -> WCF -> Http activation.

Try that, run iis reset and refresh your service

Specifically for somee.com, to use svc extensions in wcf services;

If your WCF service has an extension .svc you need to add a Managed handler for that extension in your Web.Config file.

Web.Config Handler configuration examples:

v3

<system.webServer>
    <handlers>
        <add name=".svc" verb="*" path="*.svc" type="System.ServiceModel.Activation.HttpHandler, System.ServiceModel, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" />

v4

<system.webServer>
    <handlers>
         <add name=".svc" verb="*" path="*.svc" type="System.ServiceModel.Activation.ServiceHttpHandlerFactory, System.ServiceModel.Activation, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" />

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Answer 2

In addition to above I would also check your mapping for the web service in your web.config file.

And the configuration of the type of binding you are using.For example

<service behaviorConfiguration="RestBehavior" name="folder1.folder2.service">
        <endpoint address="" behaviorConfiguration="web" binding="webHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="webBinding"
           contract="folder1.folder.Iservice" />
      </service>

and then a definition of your binding as well with the configuration you need.