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WCF endpoints on production server

I have made a simple WCF service, and it´s working like a charm in my developer environment. But now I'm moving it to my test server (AZURE) and i can´t get the endpoint address correct. The IIS is up and running, and the service is working locally on the test server.
When I try to test the service in WCF Test client, I receive an error when I try to invoke that the endpoint is incorrect:
There was no endpoint listening at mypathattestserver/Service1.svc
that could accept the message. This is often caused by an incorrect
address or SOAP action. See InnerException, if present, for more
details.
This is my web.config:
<services>
<service behaviorConfiguration="Test.Service1Behavior" name="Test.tfn">
<endpoint address="" binding="basicHttpBinding" contract="Test.IService1">
<identity>
<dns value="http://mypathattestserver.cloudapp.net/service1.svc"/>
</identity>
</endpoint>
<endpoint address="mex" binding="mexHttpBinding" contract="IMetadataExchange"/>
</service>
</services>
<behaviors>
<serviceBehaviors>
<behavior name="Test.Service1Behavior">
<serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true"/>
<serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="false"/>
</behavior>
</serviceBehaviors>
</behaviors>

I would suggest the following steps:
Check the service with another client. SoapUI is a very good web service client. If the service responds to SoapUI then the problem is on your client
If the server is fine and the problem is at your client, remove the reference looking at the specific server and add it again.
Finally, check your firewalls. If the system plays fine by having the client and the server on the same machine, the firewalls could be a problem when the server is located on another machine.
Hope I helped!

Could not find default endpoint element error

I am getting below error while consuming a WCF service. I have developed a wcf service which is being consumed by a usercontrol.And user control is used as module in DNN.
But if i simply consume the wcf in web application it is working fine but consuming in DNN module is giving below error
Could not find default endpoint element that references contract 'OperationService.IOperation' in the ServiceModel client configuration section. This might be because no configuration file was found for your application, or because no endpoint element matching this contract could be found in the client element.
Please advise.
Client side config is below
<system.serviceModel>
<bindings>
<wsHttpBinding>
<binding name="WSHttpBinding_IOperation" />
</wsHttpBinding>
</bindings>
<client>
<endpoint address="http://localhost:54147/WCFService/Service.svc"
binding="wsHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="WSHttpBinding_IOperation"
contract="OperationService.IOperation" name="WSHttpBinding_IOperation">
<identity>
<dns value="localhost" />
</identity>
</endpoint>
</client>
</system.serviceModel>
Added service config of wcf service from comment
<system.serviceModel>
<services>
<service behaviorConfiguration="ServiceBehavior" name="Operation">
<endpoint address="" binding="wsHttpBinding"
contract="IOperation">
<identity>
<dns value="localhost"/>
</identity>
</endpoint>
<endpoint address="mex" binding="mexHttpBinding"
contract="IMetadataExchange"/>
</service>
</services>
<behaviors>
<serviceBehaviors>
<behavior name="ServiceBehavior">
<serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true"/>
<serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="false"/>
</behavior>
</serviceBehaviors>
</behaviors>
</system.serviceModel>

copy the section from the app.config to your site's web.config. you may need to change the endpoint's address attribute.

The contract name needs to be fully qualified (namespace + name) in the <endpoint> element, like this:
<endpoint address="" binding="wsHttpBinding"
contract="OperationService.IOperation">
Also, make sure that the name attribute in the <service> element matches the name attribute in the .svc file markup.

invoke WCF service on other machines on the same network not working

I have a WCF Service running on my local machine
Everything themes to be running okay
Question is
if i can Invoke this WCF Service on my local machine browser
why it is not available on other machines
what i have tried :
my service address was localhost : port on the other machine i replaced the localhost with the ip of the machine where my WCF service is running and it didn't work
in my App.config i changed the baseaddress as you can see below from localhost to the machine ip and it didn't work either
i created a web application and call my service using getJson and it worked on my local machine browser and not on any of the other machine it loads the whole page and gives me error on getJson
what i am missing here ??? i don't know
IService1.cs
[OperationContract]
[WebGet(UriTemplate = "GetName/{name}",
ResponseFormat = WebMessageFormat.Json)]
List<Eval> GetName(string name);
App.config
<system.web>
<compilation debug="true" targetFramework="4.0" />
</system.web>
<system.webServer>
<modules runAllManagedModulesForAllRequests="true"/>
</system.webServer>
<system.serviceModel>
<bindings>
<webHttpBinding>
<binding name="webHttpBindingWithJsonP" crossDomainScriptAccessEnabled="true"></binding>
</webHttpBinding>
</bindings>
<services>
<service name="WcfServiceLibrary1.Service1">
<host>
<baseAddresses>
<add baseAddress = "http://192.168.1.5:8733/Design_Time_Addresses/WcfServiceLibrary1/Service1/" />
</baseAddresses>
</host>
<endpoint address="" binding="webHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="webHttpBindingWithJsonP" contract="WcfServiceLibrary1.IService1" behaviorConfiguration="web">
<identity>
<dns value="localhost"/>
</identity>
</endpoint>
<endpoint address="mex" binding="mexHttpBinding" contract="IMetadataExchange"/>
</service>
</services>
<behaviors>
<serviceBehaviors>
<behavior>
<serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="True"/>
<serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="False" />
</behavior>
</serviceBehaviors>
<endpointBehaviors>
<behavior name="web">
<webHttp/>
</behavior>
</endpointBehaviors>
</behaviors>
</system.serviceModel>
WCF Test Client
Browser

It might be that firewall is stopping service call. Open inbound connection on port 8733 on machine where WCF is hosted. In case of Windows, open the Windows Firewall with Advanced Security dialog box, in the left pane, click Inbound Rules, and then, in the right pane, click New Rule and select Port option.

WCF Client does not consider Host Address

I have the following configuration file for WCF service. There is a host defined in the config. Still, when I print the service address from the client, it does not know about the host. The printed result is:
http://localhost:3187/Service1.svc/MyFolder
Why doesn’t it take into account the host name? What modification do we need to do for it?
Note: I am running from VS 2010 for running service and client website.
Service1Client myClientService = new Service1Client();
Response.Write(myClientService.Endpoint.Address);
Client Configuration (Autogenerated by Visual Studio)
<client>
<endpoint address="http://localhost:3187/Service1.svc/MyFolder"
binding="wsHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="WSHttpBinding_IService1"
contract="MyWCFReference.IService1" name="WSHttpBinding_IService1">
<identity>
<userPrincipalName value="U16990#ustr.com" />
</identity>
</endpoint>
</client>
The server side configuration is:
<services>
<!--MyService-->
<service name="MyWCFServiceApplication.MyService"
behaviorConfiguration="WeatherServiceBehavior">
<host>
<baseAddresses>
<add baseAddress="http://localhost:80/ServiceModelSamples/FreeServiceWorld"/>
</baseAddresses>
</host>
<endpoint address="MyFolder"
binding="wsHttpBinding"
contract="MyWCFServiceApplication.IService1" />
<endpoint address="mex"
binding="mexHttpBinding"
contract="IMetadataExchange" />
</service>
</services>
<behaviors>
<serviceBehaviors>
<behavior name="WeatherServiceBehavior">
<serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true"/>
<serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="False"/>
</behavior>
</serviceBehaviors>
</behaviors>
<serviceHostingEnvironment multipleSiteBindingsEnabled="true" />

When a WCF service is hosted in an ASP.NET process, through either IIS or the ASP.NET Development Server (a.k.a Cassini), the baseAddresses setting in the service's configuration file is ignored since the service will always be reachable through the URL of the SVC file.
The URL you're seeing on the client is therefore correct:
http://localhost:3187/Service1.svc/MyFolder
As you can see, the base address of the service becomes the URL of the SVC file on the web server.

You're talking about a WCF client - yet, the config you posted only contains config for a service (the server side) ... (the <services> section).
I can't see any client configuration in what you posted - there ought to be a <client> section in your config somewhere

WCF security authentication

I have a simple service and I try to set up authentication. On the client I want the user to enter their Windows user account. And the WCF will use the username/password provided by the client and authenticate them against Windows authentication.
Here is my server app.config
<system.serviceModel>
<services>
<service name="WcfService.Service1" behaviorConfiguration="WcfService.Service1Behavior">
<host>
<baseAddresses>
<add baseAddress = "http://localhost:8731/Design_Time_Addresses/WcfService/Service1/" />
</baseAddresses>
</host>
<endpoint address ="" binding="wsHttpBinding" contract="WcfService.IService1">
<identity>
<dns value="localhost"/>
</identity>
</endpoint>
<endpoint address="mex" binding="mexHttpBinding" contract="IMetadataExchange"/>
</service>
</services>
<behaviors>
<serviceBehaviors>
<behavior name="WcfService.Service1Behavior">
<serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="True"/>
<serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="True" />
<serviceCredentials>
<userNameAuthentication userNamePasswordValidationMode = "Windows"/>
</serviceCredentials>
</behavior>
</serviceBehaviors>
</behaviors>
</system.serviceModel>
Here is my client app.config
<system.serviceModel>
<bindings>
<wsHttpBinding>
<binding name="WSHttpBinding_IService1">
<security mode = "Message">
<message clientCredentialType = "UserName"/>
</security>
</binding>
</wsHttpBinding>
</bindings>
<client>
<endpoint address="http://localhost:8731/Design_Time_Addresses/WcfService/Service1/"
binding="wsHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="WSHttpBinding_IService1"
contract="ServiceReference1.IService1" name="WSHttpBinding_IService1">
<identity>
<dns value="localhost" />
</identity>
</endpoint>
</client>
</system.serviceModel>
Here is my code on the client
ServiceReference1.Service1Client client = new WcfAuthentication.ServiceReference1.Service1Client();
client.ClientCredentials.UserName.UserName = "mywindowsusername";
client.ClientCredentials.UserName.Password = "mywindowsuserpassword";
Console.WriteLine(client.GetData(5));
But I'm always getting this exception :
{"Secure channel cannot be opened because security negotiation with the remote endpoint has failed. This may be due to absent or incorrectly specified EndpointIdentity in the EndpointAddress used to create the channel. Please verify the EndpointIdentity specified or implied by the EndpointAddress correctly identifies the remote endpoint. "}
{"The request for security token has invalid or malformed elements."}

It looks like you generated the service and client configuration separately (by hand). It usually is a good idea to generate the client configuration from the service using svcutil or Visual Studio's 'Add Service Reference'. This way you know that you get the client config that corresponds to the service config.
What you want is possible, but WCF doesn't allow you to transmit your username/password token in plain text when using wsHttpBinding. This means that you must either host your service using https or use a service certificate. Here's a post with some more details.
But I'm also wondering why you would want anything like this. It may be a better idea to use integrated Windows authentication. This is even the default setting for wsHttpBinding. This way you do not need your client(s) to enter their Windows username/password.

I think Windows Authentication with WsHttpBinding only works with https.
See this: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff650619.aspx

binding.Security = new WSHttpSecurity{Mode = SecurityMode.None};