Enabling Secure Connection for Web Services: Update Native Endpoint

This post is part of the Enabling Secure Connection for Web Services series.

There are several configuration files which need to be amended to enable a secure connection for Web Services. The first is a href=’There are several configuration files which need to be amended to enable a secure connection for Web Services. The first is WSBindings.config; the second is the legacy endpoint config file, DynamicsGPLegacy.config and the third, being covered in this post, is the native endpoint configuration file, DynamicsGP.config, which is, by default, located in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Dynamics\GPWebServices\ServiceConfigs.

There are three elements which need to be updated in the services node:

1. Change the behaviorConfiguration node from GPWCFStaticMetadataBehavior to GPDynamicMetadataBehavior.
2. Change the bindingConfiguration node from WSHttpBindingTarget to WSHttpBindingTargetSSL.
3. Add a new https baseAddress line using the new port and the externally accessible DNS hostname:
   <add baseAddress="https://SERVER.msdynamicsgp.co.uk:48666/Dynamics/GPService"/>

<service name="Microsoft.Dynamics.GP.WebServices.Contract.DynamicsGP" behaviorConfiguration="GPDynamicMetadataBehavior">
        <endpoint address="Mex" name="http" binding="customBinding" bindingConfiguration="CustomBinding" contract="IMetadataExchange"/>
        <endpoint address="GPService" name="GPWebService" binding="wsHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="WSHttpBindingTargetSSL" contract="Microsoft.Dynamics.GP.WebServices.Contract.IGPServices"/>
        <host>
          <baseAddresses>
            <add baseAddress="http://SERVER:48620/Dynamics/GPService"/>
            <add baseAddress="https://SERVER.msdynamicsgp.co.uk:48666/Dynamics/GPService"/>
          </baseAddresses>
        </host>
      </service>

There is one element which need to be updated in the behaviors node:

1. Change the behaviorConfiguration elements under behaviour node from httpGetEnabled to httpsGetEnabled.

        <behavior name="GPDynamicMetadataBehavior">
          <serviceThrottling maxConcurrentSessions="1024"/>
          <serviceMetadata httpsGetEnabled="true"/>
          <serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="true"/>
          <dataContractSerializer maxItemsInObjectGraph="2147483647"/>
          <serviceCredentials>
            <userNameAuthentication cacheLogonTokens="true"/>
          </serviceCredentials>
        </behavior>

Save the changes to the configuration file.