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?

Is the remote machine running on an internal network? Is this network the same as local machine's? I have no experience of AX 2012, but given the error message you get when you set the security mode to none, and the fact it works remotely, it could be a mismatched subnet. — James Wright, May 17 '13 at 08:54

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 24 '13 at 11:23

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

Change the adapter of the service from Net.Tcp to HTTP
Change security details of service's binding by going to AX->Inbound Port->Configure.
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
Enable only windows authentication on IIS.

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>

Take the dll of this console application and paste it in your other machine (the one not on the same domain)
Create a console application and add reference to this dll. Use this dll to access the service.
Paste the same app.config contents.

Add these three lines in the .cs file

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

Should work now.

Consuming ax2012 services in windows console application

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