Controlling the port of /webservices/Configuration/ReadService.svc

Question

I have a simple console app which has the following line of code:

Session session = new Session(username);

It always throws the following error

{"Unable to connect to service. Please see inner exception for details: There was 
no endpoint listening at `http://localhost:81/webservices/Configuration/ReadService.svc`
that could accept the message. This is often caused by an incorrect address or 
SOAP action. See InnerException, if present, for more details."}

It seems like I have a config file somewhere pointing at port 81 on my server. Where is this configured? When I access http://localhost/webservices/Configuration/ReadService.svc on my machine I can see the web service.

I tried searching my machine for references to localhost:81, but that didn't seem to reveal the answer.

Answer 1

There is a setting in the registry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment\TRIDION_CONFIGURATION_URL which contains the ReadService, could that perhaps be set incorrectly?

Answer 2

I am pretty sure this is on the System.config, but unfortunately can't verify it now. I can however tell you why it is on Port 81.

The installer was probably executed on a brand new server, which did not have the IIS role installed. This means the installer added the role, which comes with a site on port 80 (the IIS default site) and it will show an error message stating that "Cannot use port 80, do you want to use port 81 instead"?

I tend to always install the IIS role before running the installer to avoid this situation.

I'll try to check which file it's on once I get an instance running around here.

Answer 3

Was your CMS implementation installed under :81 but you've since changed it?

I would search the Tridion_Home folder and its subfolders for "81" otherwise, search your 'client' folders for 81.

UPDATE:

Perhaps you could share some more code and the service snippets from your web.config?