How-To Auto Discover a WCF Service?

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  •  09-06-2019
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Question

Is there a way to auto discover a specific WCF service in the network? I don't want to config my client with the address if this is possible.

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Solution

What you want to look at is the WS-Discovery protocol. I found a sample on netfx3's website of using the specification. I would recommend searching services based on scope, by probing for services based on a specific endpoint.

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Yes there is a way to auto discovery services. The .NET 4.0 includes a feature called WCF-Discovery its based on the WS-Discovery protocol. There is a training kit that shows a HOL here: (http) code.msdn.microsoft.com/wcfwf4 You can also follow the team's blog here: (http) blogs.msdn.com/discovery/Default.aspx

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