Consuming ax2012 services in windows console application

Question

I have a remote machine with AX2012 installed and in it I have built a custom service in AX2012 and I am able to use it properly in a windows console application (VS2010). But when I try to connect to the service from my own machine through a windows console application (VS2012) , it gives me the error "The server has rejected the client credentials."

My code is as follows :

 ServiceReference1.TestService1Client t = new ServiceReference1.TestService1Client();
        t.ClientCredentials.UserName.UserName = "vanya";
        t.ClientCredentials.UserName.Password = "*******";
        t.ClientCredentials.Windows.AllowedImpersonationLevel = System.Security.Principal.TokenImpersonationLevel.Impersonation;
        ServiceReference1.CallContext c = new ServiceReference1.CallContext();
        c.Company = "ussi";
        ServiceReference1.EventList eventss = t.getEventItems(c, "BradPSUS", "contoso.com");

The binding in my app.config is as follows :

 <bindings>
        <netTcpBinding>
          <binding name="NetTcpBinding_TestService1" transferMode="Buffered" />

            <binding name="NetTcpBinding_ItemService" />
        </netTcpBinding>
    </bindings>

If I add security mode = "none" in the app.config I get the following error "The socket connection was aborted. This could be caused by an error processing your message or a receive timeout being exceeded by the remote host, or an underlying network resource issue. Local socket timeout was '00:00:59.9609696'"

This same thing works perfectly on the remote machine but does not work on my machine. How do I proceed?

Answer 1

After a week I have found the solution. Adding the answer to help others who might face this problem in future :

1. Change the adapter of the service from Net.Tcp to HTTP

2. Change security details of service's binding by going to AX->Inbound Port->Configure.

3. Host the service in IIS, you have to host a service on IIS if you want to use it from other domains. This link explains the process http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg731848.aspx

4. Enable only windows authentication on IIS.

5. Create a console application in visual studio on the same machine on which AX is installed. Add reference to the service. Your app.config should look like this :

       <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
       <configuration>
        <system.serviceModel>     
         <bindings>
         <basicHttpBinding>
            <binding name="BasicHttpBinding_Service1" allowCookies="true"
         maxBufferPoolSize="20000000" maxBufferSize="20000000" maxReceivedMessageSize="20000000">
   
       <readerQuotas maxDepth="32" maxStringContentLength="200000000"
           maxArrayLength="200000000" />
       <security mode="TransportCredentialOnly">
         <transport clientCredentialType="Windows" />
       </security>
     </binding>
   </basicHttpBinding>
       </bindings>
              <client>          
          <endpoint address="http://******/MicrosoftDynamicsAXAif60/Test3/xppservice.svc"
         binding="basicHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="BasicHttpBinding_Service1"
         contract="ServiceReference1.Service1" name="BasicHttpBinding_Service1" >           
     </endpoint>
   </client>
     </system.serviceModel>
       </configuration>
   

6. Take the dll of this console application and paste it in your other machine (the one not on the same domain)

7. Create a console application and add reference to this dll. Use this dll to access the service.

8. Paste the same app.config contents.

9. Add these three lines in the .cs file

       workListSvc.ClientCredentials.Windows.ClientCredential.Domain = "*****";
       workListSvc.ClientCredentials.Windows.ClientCredential.UserName = "kevin";
       workListSvc.ClientCredentials.Windows.ClientCredential.Password = "*****";
   

10. Should work now.