<serviceCredentials> Element

Specifies the credential to be used in authenticating the service and the client credential validation-related settings.

<system.serviceModel>

  <behaviors>

    <serviceBehaviors>

      <behavior> of <serviceBehaviors>

        <serviceCredentials> Element

                                    
                                    <serviceCredentials type="String">
                                
                                    
                                       <clientCertificate>
                                
                                    
                                       </clientCertificate>
                                
                                    
                                       <issuedTokenAuthentication>
                                
                                    
                                       </issuedTokenAuthentication>
                                
                                    
                                       <peer>
                                
                                    
                                       </peer>
                                
                                    
                                       <secureConversationAuthentication>
                                
                                    
                                       </secureConversationAuthentication>
                                
                                    
                                       <serviceCertificate>
                                
                                    
                                       </serviceCertificate>
                                
                                    
                                       <userNameAuthentication>
                                
                                    
                                       </userNameAuthentication>
                                
                                    
                                       <windowsAuthentication>
                                
                                    
                                       </windowsAuthentication></serviceCredentials>
                                

Attributes and Elements

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.

Attributes

Attribute	Description
type	A string that specifies the type of this configuration element.

Child Elements

Element	Description
<clientCertificate> of <serviceCredentials>	Specifies the certificate to be used when the client certificate is available out-of-band. This element also specifies client certificate validation settings. This element is of type X509InitiatorCertificateServiceElement.
<issuedTokenAuthentication> of <serviceCredentials>	Specifies the current issued token for this service. This element is of type IssuedTokenServiceElement.
<peer> of <serviceCredentials>	Specifies the current credentials for a peer node. This element is of type PeerCredentialElement.
<secureConversationAuthentication> of <serviceCredential>	Specifies the current credentials for a secure conversation. This element is of type SecureConversationServiceElement.
<serviceCertificate> of <serviceCredentials>	Specifies a certificate used by a service to identify itself. This element is of type X509RecipientCertificateServiceElement.
<userNameAuthentication>	Specifies the settings for username password validation. This element is of type UserNameServiceElement.
<windowsAuthentication> of <serviceCredentials>	Specifies the settings for Windows credential validation. This element is of type WindowsServiceElement.

Parent Elements

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Element	Description
<behavior> of <endpointBehaviors>	Specifies a behavior element.

See Also

Reference

ServiceCredentialsElement

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