How to configure WCF services using Configuration Files

[Pollock]

How to configure WCF services using Configuration Files, I understand that when self-hosting this is required but is this harmful or even used when operating under IIS? I am unable to use and start this services, Please suggest how do i do that?

Thanks in advance.

[Swetlano]

Configuring a Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) service with a configuration file, the service's base address is determined by the web site & virtual directory into which your wcf service is placed. wcf also gives you the flexibility of providing endpoint and service behavior data at the point of deployment instead of at design time. This topic outlines the primary techniques available. Windows Communication Foundation supports a pretty extensive XML configuration schema in your app.config or web.config file to configure both service providers and service consumers as an alternative to using code to set things up.

[Tweaker]

A WCF service is configurable using the .NET Framework configuration technology. It is merely a convenience that avoids you having to enter a full address for each endpoint. If it is present, the endpoints can have relative addresses. Most commonly, XML elements are added to the Web.config file for an Internet Information Services (IIS) site that hosts a WCF service. This is a good thing in most respects. What causes problems for people getting into WCF is that the WCF is too configurable.

[Vitus]

WCF uses the System.Configuration configuration system of the .NET Framework. When configuring a service in Visual Studio, use either a Web.config file or an App.config file to specify the settings. Instead of using the XML hierarchical nature to represent a service or client configuration, the WCF configuration schema is based on keys (identifiers) and references, similar to how you'd do it in a relational database. In order to configure our service we are going to use the Microsoft Service Configuration Editor. This editor allows us to configure our WCF service and can be launched right from Visual Studio.