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MiniProfiler with multilayered WCF services

I have a set of WCF services that call each other I would like to use the MiniProfiler to profiles the complete stack, right the way down to the MVC site that uses them. It looks something like this:

MVC Site -> Facade WCF Service -> Capability WCF Service

I found this question MvcMiniProfiler profiling web app and lower layers and got it up and running. When I tried to implement this in the Capability WCF Service below the Facade WCF Service but I don't get any profiling info back.

Does anyone has any ideas if this should work or what I have to do to get it to work.

Solution

  • Yes it should and does work across multiple layers of WCF service.

    To get this to work is actually pretty straight forward and exactly as you might expect:

    1. Follow the instructions here MvcMiniProfiler profiling web app and lower layers

    2. Add the behaviourConfiguration attribute to the client endpoint as well as the service endpoint in the WCF service that calls the other WCF service(s).

    3. Follow the steps in "Setup WCF Host" from step 1 above for the WCF service that is getting called.

    4. Sit back and enjoy the profiling goodness. ;)

    It is worth downloading the code for the MiniProfiler.WCF and taking a look I had not come across this technique before. https://github.com/SamSaffron/MiniProfiler